NESTING DOLLS

1. Nesting dolls are painted wooden dolls of different sizes set inside each other.

2. The first nesting doll is said to have originated in China and later appeared
in Japan.

3. The first nesting doll had eight
pieces.

4. Nesting dolls are also known as Matryoshka
dolls.

5. Matryoshka
dolls are native
to Russia.

6. The first Russian
nesting doll set appeared in Moscow in the 1890s.

7. Nesting dolls took inspiration from Japanese dolls to promote Russian folk art and crafts.

8. The first Russian nesting doll set was carved by
Vasily Zvyozdochkin and designed by folk crafts painter Sergey Malyutin.

9. The
Matryoshka doll is a symbol of motherhood and fertility.

10. The doll got its name from
traditional Russian
female names,
“Matriosha” and
“Matryona.”

11. The names
“Matriosha” and “Matryona” are derived from the Latin word “mater,” which means mother .

12. Matryoshka
dolls are dressed in traditional Russian sarafans and headscarves.