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What is a matryoshka doll?

Let’s see the description and the history of this word… There are a lot of names of a matryoshka doll. For example, a Russian nested doll, a babushka doll, a matreshka, a matrioshka, a russian doll, a puppet doll and others. These definitions are the same and the meaning of this word is a set of dolls of decreasing sizes placed one inside the other. The word matryoshka means the Russian female first name "Matryona" and the word  babushka means Russian grandmother.

The form of matryoshka doll is usually cylindrical, with a rounded top for the head, tapering toward the bottom, with little or no protruding features; the dolls have no hands (except those that are painted). Traditionally the outer layer is a woman, dressed in a Russian dress which is called sarafan. The figures inside may be either such gender, or other one. The number of nested figures is traditionally at least three or five items, but can be much more, like eleven. The wood that is used for matryoshka production is only lime tree. The explanation of this fact is that this material is very flexible and solid.

Matryoshka dolls are often presented a particular theme, for instance traditional girls in traditional dresses, but the theme can be different, from  fairy-tale characters like Cheburashka to Soviet and Russian leaders like Lenin, Stalin and Putin. Sets of matryoshka are very popular all over the world.

You can buy from us different matryoshkas: historical, traditional, sport, cute, funny and chime dolls. If you don’t find any matryoshka in our site that you would like to buy, you may send us the photo and description of such a matryoshka and we should make and send it to you.