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Matryoshka dolls may have been inspired by a nesting doll imported from Japan. [5] [7] The Children's Education workshop where Zvyozdochkin was a lathe operator received a five piece, cylinder-shaped nesting doll featuring Fukuruma in the late 1890s, [8] which is now part of the collection at the Sergiev Posad Museum of Toys. [8]
Vasily Petrovich Zvyozdochkin (Russian: Василий Петрович Звёздочкин; 1876–1956) was a Russian woodturner, wood carver and doll maker.He is credited with making the first Russian matryoshka doll (painted by Sergey Malyutin) in 1890.
A Matryoshka doll, or Russian doll, is a set of dolls of decreasing sizes placed one inside the other. Matryoshka , or variants, may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media
There is no question that the Japanese create nesting wooden dolls, and have done so for centuries. The matrioshka doll first appeared very recently in Russian history. While the doll clearly has contemporary cultural significance in Russia, its origins are decidedly non-Russian. --Popothebright 03:54, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
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A Russian doll (or Matryoshka) is a type of nested, wooden toy. Russian Doll or Russian Dolls may also refer to: Television series. Russian Doll, a 2019 American ...
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