The article considers the process of development of national culture among students by means of arts and crafts on the example of leather mosaic. As a broadcaster of national culture, patterned leather mosaic spread among the Tatars of the Volga region contributes to the development of national culture, expansion of its borders and the dialogue of cultures. It forms students' interest to cultural and historical values and folk crafts traditions. It promotes the acquisition of skills for designing creative works of artistic value. As a developing mechanism for the propagation of national culture among students by means of leather mosaic, a set of interrelated educational conditions is proposed (creation of a multicultural space for the development of folk art and crafts.