diff --git a/alembic/versions/1d2e799ed0f3_product_img_path_constraints_redacted.py b/alembic/versions/1d2e799ed0f3_product_img_path_constraints_redacted.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cf8b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/versions/1d2e799ed0f3_product_img_path_constraints_redacted.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+"""product img_path constraints redacted.
+
+Revision ID: 1d2e799ed0f3
+Revises: 41a6b57158ea
+Create Date: 2026-03-05 20:33:46.459295
+
+"""
+
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision: str = "1d2e799ed0f3"
+down_revision: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = "41a6b57158ea"
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    """Upgrade schema."""
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.alter_column("products", "img_path", existing_type=sa.TEXT(), nullable=True)
+    op.drop_constraint(op.f("products_img_path_key"), "products", type_="unique")
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    """Downgrade schema."""
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.create_unique_constraint(
+        op.f("products_img_path_key"),
+        "products",
+        ["img_path"],
+        postgresql_nulls_not_distinct=False,
+    )
+    op.alter_column("products", "img_path", existing_type=sa.TEXT(), nullable=False)
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
diff --git a/db/models/products.py b/db/models/products.py
index dabb975..e941da4 100644
--- a/db/models/products.py
+++ b/db/models/products.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class Product(Base):
     name: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=False)
     description: Mapped[Optional[str]] = mapped_column(Text)
     price: Mapped[int] = mapped_column()
-    img_path: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=False, unique=True)
+    img_path: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)
     file_id: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True, unique=True)
 
     search_vector: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(TSVECTOR)
diff --git a/dto/catalogue.py b/dto/catalogue.py
index e107d8b..5ed188c 100644
--- a/dto/catalogue.py
+++ b/dto/catalogue.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Optional, Union
 
+from aiogram.types import Message
+
 from db.models import Category
 from db.models.products import Product
 
@@ -22,3 +24,17 @@ class CatalogueView:
     parent_id: Union[int, str, None] = None
     has_next: bool = False
     show_menu: bool = False
+
+
+@dataclass
+class NewCatalogueElement:
+    msg: Message
+    parent_id: Union[int, str]
+
+
+@dataclass
+class NewCategoryContext(NewCatalogueElement): ...
+
+
+@dataclass
+class NewProductContext(NewCatalogueElement): ...
diff --git a/handlers/admins/__init__.py b/handlers/admins/__init__.py
index 5e7a61d..054f790 100644
--- a/handlers/admins/__init__.py
+++ b/handlers/admins/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from .inline_mode import router as inline_router
 from .menu import router as menu_router
 from .product_mgmt import router as product_router
+from .creation import router as creation_router
 
-routers = [inline_router, menu_router, product_router]
+routers = [inline_router, menu_router, product_router, creation_router]
diff --git a/handlers/admins/creation.py b/handlers/admins/creation.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a09759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/handlers/admins/creation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+from aiogram import F, Router
+from aiogram.types import CallbackQuery, Message
+from aiogram.fsm.context import FSMContext
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+
+from dto.catalogue import NewCategoryContext
+from misc.filters import IsVerified
+from misc.kb.client import get_back_to_catalogue
+from misc.mapper import parse_cat_id
+from misc.states import AdminControlStorage
+from misc.kb.common import return_menu
+from repositories.categories import CategoriesRepository
+from services.catalogue import CatalogueService
+
+router = Router()
+
+
+@router.callback_query(IsVerified(), F.data.startswith("new:"))
+async def creation_init(
+    cb: CallbackQuery,
+    state: FSMContext,
+    session: AsyncSession,
+    catalogue_service: CatalogueService,
+):
+    await state.clear()
+
+    data = cb.data.split(":")
+    mode = data[1]
+    cat_id = data[2]
+
+    path = await catalogue_service.get_path(session, cat_id)
+
+    if mode == "category":
+        await cb.message.edit_text(
+            f"{path} <i>-> ...</i>\n\n<b>🏷️ Введите название новой категории.</b>",
+            reply_markup=get_back_to_catalogue(cat_id),
+        )
+
+        ctx = NewCategoryContext(cb.message, cat_id)
+        await state.set_state(AdminControlStorage.new_category)
+        await state.set_data({"ctx": ctx})
+
+    if mode == "product":
+        ...
+
+
+@router.message(AdminControlStorage.new_category)
+async def create_new_category(
+    msg: Message,
+    state: FSMContext,
+    session: AsyncSession,
+    categories_repo: CategoriesRepository,
+):
+    await msg.delete()
+
+    data = await state.get_data()
+    ctx: NewCategoryContext | None = data.get("ctx")
+
+    if not ctx:
+        await msg.reply("❌ Ошибка при создании категории.", reply_markup=return_menu)
+        return
+
+    category = await categories_repo.add_category(
+        session, name=msg.text, parent_id=parse_cat_id(ctx.parent_id)
+    )
+
+    await ctx.msg.edit_text(
+        f"✅ Категория {msg.text} создана успешно.",
+        reply_markup=get_back_to_catalogue(category.id, text="🛒 Перейти"),
+    )
diff --git a/handlers/client/catalogue.py b/handlers/client/catalogue.py
index ed4b105..a02ffb4 100644
--- a/handlers/client/catalogue.py
+++ b/handlers/client/catalogue.py
@@ -26,15 +26,16 @@ async def subcatalogue(
 
     view = await catalogue_service.build_category_view(session, cat_id)
     kb = render_catalogue(view, is_admin=is_admin)
+    path = await catalogue_service.get_path(session, cat_id)
 
     if cb.message.photo:
         await cb.message.delete()
-        await cb.answer(
-            "category selection",
+        await cb.message.answer(
+            f"{path}",
             reply_markup=kb,
         )
         return
     await cb.message.edit_text(
-        "category selection",
+        f"{path}",
         reply_markup=kb,
     )
diff --git a/handlers/client/products.py b/handlers/client/products.py
index 343f0ba..c92e6a2 100644
--- a/handlers/client/products.py
+++ b/handlers/client/products.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import os
+import logging
 from re import Match
 from aiogram import Router, F
 from aiogram.types import CallbackQuery, FSInputFile
+from aiogram.exceptions import TelegramBadRequest
 from aiogram.fsm.context import FSMContext
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ from services.catalogue import CatalogueService
 from services.orders import OrderService
 
 router = Router()
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 @router.callback_query(
@@ -73,17 +76,9 @@ async def product_card(
             cart_amount=order_item,
         )
 
-    if product.file_id:
-        await cb.message.delete()
-
-        msg = await cb.message.answer_photo(
-            product.file_id,
-            caption=get_product_description(product),
-            reply_markup=kb,
-        )
-        return
-
-    if not os.path.isfile(product.img_path):
+    if not product.file_id and not (
+        product.img_path and os.path.isfile(product.img_path)
+    ):
         await cb.message.edit_text(
             get_product_description(product),
             reply_markup=kb,
@@ -91,6 +86,20 @@ async def product_card(
         return
 
     await cb.message.delete()
+
+    if product.file_id:
+        msg = await cb.message.answer_photo(
+            product.file_id,
+            caption=get_product_description(product),
+            reply_markup=kb,
+        )
+        return
+
+    try:
+        await cb.message.edit_text("<b>⏳ Загружаем карточку товара...</b>")
+    except TelegramBadRequest:
+        ...
+
     msg = await cb.message.answer_photo(
         FSInputFile(product.img_path),
         caption=get_product_description(product),
@@ -98,6 +107,7 @@ async def product_card(
     )
 
     if not msg.photo:
+        logger.warning("didnt get a photo back wahhh :(")
         return  # TODO: Add logging
 
     await products_repo.add_product_file_id(
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index c03d1df..7429300 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import logging
 from aiogram import Bot, Dispatcher
 from aiogram.client.default import DefaultBotProperties
 from redis.asyncio import Redis
+from aiogram.client.session.aiohttp import AiohttpSession
 
 from config import BOT_TOKEN, REDIS_URL
 from handlers import admins_routers, client_routers
@@ -31,7 +32,12 @@ os.makedirs("static/img", exist_ok=True)
 async def main():
     dp = Dispatcher()
 
-    bot = Bot(token=BOT_TOKEN, default=DefaultBotProperties(parse_mode="HTML"))
+    aiohttp_session = AiohttpSession(proxy="http://127.0.0.1:2080")
+    bot = Bot(
+        token=BOT_TOKEN,
+        default=DefaultBotProperties(parse_mode="HTML"),
+        session=aiohttp_session,
+    )
 
     # DB services creation
     order_repository = OrderRepository()
diff --git a/misc/kb/admins.py b/misc/kb/admins.py
index 6290adb..4ae629e 100644
--- a/misc/kb/admins.py
+++ b/misc/kb/admins.py
@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
-from typing import Optional, Callable
+from typing import Optional, Callable, Union
 from aiogram.types import InlineKeyboardButton, InlineKeyboardMarkup
 from aiogram.utils.keyboard import InlineKeyboardBuilder
 
 main_menu: InlineKeyboardMarkup = InlineKeyboardBuilder(
     [
-        [InlineKeyboardButton(text="📦 Изменить товары", callback_data="cat:root")],
-        [
-            InlineKeyboardButton(
-                text="📜 Изменить категории", callback_data="edit:categories"
-            )
-        ],
+        [InlineKeyboardButton(text="📦 Изменить каталог", callback_data="cat:root")],
         # [InlineKeyboardButton(text="", callback_data="")],
     ]
 ).as_markup()
 
 
-def back_to_product_kb(product_id: int, *, cb_factory: Callable[[int], str]):
+def back_to_product_kb(
+    product_id: Union[int, str], *, cb_factory: Callable[[int | str], str]
+):
     return InlineKeyboardBuilder(
         [[InlineKeyboardButton(text="⬅️", callback_data=cb_factory(product_id))]]
     ).as_markup()
diff --git a/misc/kb/client.py b/misc/kb/client.py
index 52ac02d..d2542c1 100644
--- a/misc/kb/client.py
+++ b/misc/kb/client.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Optional, Callable
+from typing import Optional, Callable, Union
 
 from aiogram.types import InlineKeyboardButton, InlineKeyboardMarkup
 from aiogram.utils.keyboard import InlineKeyboardBuilder
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from config import PAGE_SIZE
 from db.models import Category, Product
 from dto.cart import CartItemDTO
 from dto.catalogue import CatalogueView, CatalogueType
-from .common import return_menu
+from misc.mapper import serialize_cat_id
 
 
 def pagination_row(
@@ -37,11 +37,33 @@ def cart_btn(cart_items: int) -> InlineKeyboardButton:
 
 
 def get_back_to_catalogue(
-    cat_id: int, *, text: Optional[str] = "⬅️ Назад"
+    parent_id: int,
+    *,
+    text: Optional[str] = "⬅️ Назад",
+    show_controls: bool = False,
+    cat_id: Optional[Union[str, int]] = None,
+    fallback_cb: Optional[str] = "menu:main",
 ) -> InlineKeyboardMarkup:
-    return InlineKeyboardBuilder(
-        [[InlineKeyboardButton(text=text, callback_data=f"cat:{cat_id}")]]
-    ).as_markup()
+
+    builder = InlineKeyboardBuilder()
+
+    if show_controls and cat_id:
+        builder.row(
+            InlineKeyboardButton(
+                text="➕ Категория", callback_data=f"new:category:{cat_id}"
+            ),
+            InlineKeyboardButton(
+                text="➕ Товар", callback_data=f"new:product:{cat_id}"
+            ),
+        )
+
+    builder.row(
+        InlineKeyboardButton(
+            text=text, callback_data=f"cat:{parent_id}" if parent_id else fallback_cb
+        ),
+    )
+
+    return builder.as_markup()
 
 
 def main_menu_kb(cart_items: int) -> InlineKeyboardMarkup:
@@ -58,9 +80,10 @@ def main_menu_kb(cart_items: int) -> InlineKeyboardMarkup:
 
 def render_category(
     children: list[Category],
-    parent_id: Optional[int] = None,
+    parent_id: Optional[Union[str, int]] = None,
     show_menu: bool = False,
     *,
+    cat_id: Optional[Union[str, int]] = None,
     category_cb_factory: Callable[[Category], str],
     is_admin: bool = False,
 ) -> InlineKeyboardMarkup:
@@ -75,12 +98,16 @@ def render_category(
     nav: list[list[InlineKeyboardButton]] = []
 
     if is_admin:
+        cat_id = serialize_cat_id(cat_id)
         nav.append(
             [
                 InlineKeyboardButton(
-                    text="📄 Добавить категорию",
-                    callback_data=f"new:category:{parent_id}",
-                )
+                    text="➕ Категория",
+                    callback_data=f"new:category:{cat_id}",
+                ),
+                InlineKeyboardButton(
+                    text="✍️", callback_data=f"edit:category:{cat_id}"
+                ),
             ]
         )
 
@@ -124,9 +151,7 @@ def render_products(
 
     if is_admin:
         builder.row(
-            InlineKeyboardButton(
-                text="📦 Добавить товар", callback_data=f"new:product:{cat_id}"
-            )
+            InlineKeyboardButton(text="➕ Товар", callback_data=f"new:product:{cat_id}")
         )
 
     nav_buttons = []
@@ -144,11 +169,12 @@ def render_products(
 def render_catalogue(view: CatalogueView, *, is_admin: bool):
     if view.view_type == CatalogueType.CATEGORIES:
         return render_category(
-            children=view.children[:PAGE_SIZE],  # type: ignore
+            children=view.children,
             parent_id=view.parent_id,
             show_menu=view.show_menu,
             category_cb_factory=lambda c: f"cat:{c.id}",
             is_admin=is_admin,
+            cat_id=view.category,
         )
     if view.view_type == CatalogueType.PRODUCTS:
         return render_products(
@@ -162,9 +188,12 @@ def render_catalogue(view: CatalogueView, *, is_admin: bool):
                 f"products:{view.category}:{view.page + 1}" if view.has_next else None
             ),
             is_admin=is_admin,
+            cat_id=view.category,
         )
 
-    return return_menu
+    return get_back_to_catalogue(
+        view.parent_id, show_controls=is_admin, cat_id=serialize_cat_id(view.category)
+    )
 
 
 def render_product_interactions(
diff --git a/misc/mapper.py b/misc/mapper.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1596b7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/mapper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+def parse_cat_id(value: str) -> int | None | bool:
+    if value == "root":
+        return None
+    if str(value).isdigit():
+        return int(value)
+
+    raise Exception("Invalid Category Id.")
+
+
+def serialize_cat_id(cat_id: int | None) -> str:
+    return "root" if cat_id is None else str(cat_id)
diff --git a/misc/states.py b/misc/states.py
index b5c1eac..00c432d 100644
--- a/misc/states.py
+++ b/misc/states.py
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ class SearchStorage(StatesGroup):
 
 class AdminControlStorage(StatesGroup):
     edit_product = State()
+    new_category = State()
diff --git a/misc/texts.py b/misc/texts.py
index 07be491..d509329 100644
--- a/misc/texts.py
+++ b/misc/texts.py
@@ -24,3 +24,8 @@ def get_order_item_list(cart: CartDTO):
     text += f"\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n💰 Итого: {cart.total}₽"
 
     return text
+
+
+def get_breadcrumps_path(products: list[Product]) -> str:
+    products_str = f" -> {' -> '.join([x.name for x in products])}" if products else ""
+    return f"<b>🏠 Каталог{products_str}</b>"
diff --git a/repositories/categories.py b/repositories/categories.py
index dd35f0b..ab2047a 100644
--- a/repositories/categories.py
+++ b/repositories/categories.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+from typing import Optional
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 from sqlalchemy import select
-from typing import Optional
+from sqlalchemy.orm import aliased
 
 from db.models import Category
 
@@ -19,3 +20,36 @@ class CategoriesRepository:
         result = await session.scalars(stmt)
 
         return list(result)
+
+    async def get_category_path(self, session: AsyncSession, category_id: int):
+        base = select(Category.id, Category.parent_id, Category.name).where(
+            Category.id == category_id
+        )
+
+        cte = base.cte(name="path", recursive=True)
+
+        parent = aliased(Category)
+
+        cte = cte.union_all(
+            select(parent.id, parent.parent_id, parent.name).join(
+                cte, cte.c.parent_id == parent.id
+            )
+        )
+
+        stmt = select(cte)
+
+        result = await session.execute(stmt)
+
+        rows = result.all()
+
+        return list(reversed(rows))
+
+    async def add_category(
+        self, session: AsyncSession, *, name: str, parent_id: Optional[int]
+    ) -> Category:
+        category = Category(name=name, parent_id=parent_id)
+
+        session.add(category)
+        await session.commit()
+
+        return category
diff --git a/repositories/products.py b/repositories/products.py
index 9efaf34..347f680 100644
--- a/repositories/products.py
+++ b/repositories/products.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
-from sqlalchemy import select, update
+from sqlalchemy import select
 from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import func
 from typing import Optional
 
@@ -32,13 +32,9 @@ class ProductRepository:
     async def add_product_file_id(
         self, session: AsyncSession, product_id: int, *, file_id: str
     ) -> None:
-        stmt = (
-            update(Product)
-            .where(Product.id == product_id)
-            .where(Product.file_id is None)
-            .values(file_id=file_id)
-        )
-        await session.execute(stmt)
+        product = await self.get_product_by_id(session, product_id)
+        product.file_id = file_id
+
         await session.commit()
 
     async def search(
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 73f5cd7..f0efaeb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ sqlalchemy[asyncio]
 psycopg2
 phonenumbers
 ruff
-redis
\ No newline at end of file
+redis
+aiohttp-socks
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/catalogue.py b/services/catalogue.py
index 4b44c2e..d788b15 100644
--- a/services/catalogue.py
+++ b/services/catalogue.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ from typing import Union, Optional
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
 from dto.catalogue import CatalogueType, CatalogueView
+from misc.mapper import parse_cat_id, serialize_cat_id
+from misc.texts import get_breadcrumps_path
 from repositories import ProductRepository, CategoriesRepository
 from config import PAGE_SIZE
 
@@ -16,11 +18,7 @@ class CatalogueService:
     async def build_category_view(
         self, session: AsyncSession, cat_id: Optional[Union[int, str]], page: int = 0
     ) -> CatalogueView:
-        cat_id = (
-            int(cat_id)
-            if isinstance(cat_id, (int, str)) and str(cat_id).isdigit()
-            else None
-        )
+        cat_id = parse_cat_id(cat_id)
 
         view = CatalogueView(page=page)
         children = await self.categories_repo.get_categories_by_parent_id(
@@ -33,22 +31,28 @@ class CatalogueService:
             view.show_menu = True
         else:  # Subcategories
             view.category = cat_id
-            view.parent_id = category.parent_id or "root"
+            view.parent_id = serialize_cat_id(category.parent_id)
 
         if not children:  # Products
-            view.view_type = CatalogueType.PRODUCTS
             products = await self.product_repo.get_product_by_category(
                 session, cat_id, limit=PAGE_SIZE + 1, offset=view.page * PAGE_SIZE
             )
+            if products:
+                view.view_type = CatalogueType.PRODUCTS
+                view.products = products[:PAGE_SIZE]
+                view.has_next = len(products) > PAGE_SIZE
 
-            if not products:
-                view.view_type = CatalogueType.EMPTY
-
-            view.products = products[:PAGE_SIZE]
-            view.has_next = len(products) > PAGE_SIZE
+                return view
+            view.view_type = CatalogueType.EMPTY
             return view
 
         view.view_type = CatalogueType.CATEGORIES
-        view.children = children[:PAGE_SIZE]
+        view.children = children
 
         return view
+
+    async def get_path(self, session: AsyncSession, cat_id: Union[int, str]):
+        category = int(cat_id) if isinstance(cat_id, int) or cat_id.isdigit() else None
+        products = await self.categories_repo.get_category_path(session, category)
+
+        return get_breadcrumps_path(products)