Matreshkas, or nesting dolls, are the most popular national Russian souvenirs. Matreshka is a descendant of traditional peasant toys that parents used to make for their children. Nesting dolls have gained a wide glory all over the world.
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 Also it seems Matreshka has come to us from a hoary antiquity, from the world of legends and fairy tales. Actually, this wooden doll is "only" about hundred years old. There are many versions how and when it was born, but it is known for certain that its prototypes were brightly painted Easter eggs, which Russian craftsmen turned out on a lathe and painted since olden times. They were hollow inside, and the greater egg placed inside the smaller one. The similar toy was in Japan, it represented a good-natured grey-whiskered old man Darumu and it consisted of five figures placed one into another.
In addition to the finely detailed painting, many matreshkas include a poker work. This technique of burning the wood was used to outline and further define various elements of the painting.
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Kirov Nesting Dolls
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Matreoshka #411
11 pcs.
Height: 8,8"
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Matreoshka #00180
10 pcs.
Blue.
Height: 18cm
Price: $65 USD
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Matreoshka #00380 / 55
10 pcs.
Height: 8"
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Matreoshka #00280 / 95
10 pcs.
Height: 18cm.
Price: $44 USD
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Matreoshka #520
9 pcs
Height: 7"
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Matreoshka #302
7 pcs
Height: 5,6"
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Poker work
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Architecture
15 pcs.
Height: 10,8"
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Architecture
7 pcs.
Height: 20 cm
Price: $48
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Troika
5 pcs.
Height: 16cm
Price: $45
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Fairy tale
5 pcs.
Height: 16cm
Price: $35
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Father Frost
5 pcs.
Size: 15cm
Price: $30
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Summer
7 pcs.
Height: 8"
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