Nesting Dolls

Uses of Russian Nesting Dolls Nesting dolls are the best known and most popular of all Russian souvenirs. Nesting dolls, at first glance, appear quite simple but are fullof unexpected sense. Nesting doll as a form of folk art possess tremendous potential... More

Uses of Russian Nesting Dolls Nesting dolls are the best known and most popular of all Russian souvenirs. Nesting dolls, at first glance, appear quite simple but are fullof unexpected sense. Nesting doll as a form of folk art possess tremendous potential to convey the deepest sense of the events developed in space and time. The Russian word for these wooden dolls is "matryoshka", but they are also called matrioshka, matryoshkas, babushka dolls, babushka s doll,matroshka, matryushka, and stacking dolls. The most traditional nesting doll design is one thatlooks like a young Russian woman dressed in Russian native costume with a scarf on her head. In the traditional nesting doll sets all of the dolls look almost identical to one another,and the number of dolls in the set ranges from 5 to 30, but some custom-made sets contain many more. Nesting doll is a huge artistic event which requires comprehension. It is both sculpture and painting, both the image and soul of Russia, at once ins Less