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  2. Matryoshka doll - Wikipedia

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    The original matryoshka set by Zvyozdochkin and Malyutin, 1892. The first Russian nested doll set was carved in 1890 at the Children's Education Workshop by Vasily Zvyozdochkin and designed by Sergey Malyutin, who was a folk crafts painter in the Abramtsevo estate of Savva Mamontov, a Russian industrialist and patron of arts.

  3. Vasily Zvyozdochkin - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Dymkovo toys - Wikipedia

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    The first recorded mentioning of this event took place in 1811, but it is believed to have existed for some 400 years, thus dating the history of the Dymkovo toy at least from the 17th century. In the late 19th century the handicraft fell into decline because the Dymkovo toys had been forced out of the market by the factory -made moulded ...

  5. Russian Dolls: Sex Trade - Wikipedia

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    Russian Dolls: Sex Trade (Dutch: Matroesjka's, meaning Matryoshka doll, also known as Matrioshki or Matrёshki) is a Flemish drama television series about a group of women from Lithuania and Russia who are taken to Belgium by a gang involved in the sex trade to work as sex slaves.

  6. Matryoshka (diamond) - Wikipedia

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    Due to its features, the stone resembles a traditional Russian Matryoshka doll. Experts who studied the find claimed that this was the first such diamond in the history of world diamond mining until October 2019. [3] [4] The maximum size of the diamond is 4.8 × 4.9 × 2.8 mm. The volume of the internal cavity is 6 mm³.

  7. Koshchei - Wikipedia

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    Katschai used animal nesting dolls to try to stop the Little Einsteins team from getting to the Firebird which Katschai had locked up at the top of a building in Russia. In the US television series " Grimm ", in episode 9 of season 3, Koschei is the main guest character.

  8. Talk:Matryoshka doll - Wikipedia

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    A matryoshka doll, also known as a Russian nested doll or a babushka doll, is a set of dolls of decreasing sizes placed one inside the other. The word "matryoshka" (Матрёшка) is derived from the Russian female first name "Matryona" (Матрёна).

  9. Matrioshka brain - Wikipedia

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    Matryoshka dolls set in a row. The concept of a matrioshka brain comes from the idea of using Dyson spheres to power an enormous, star-sized computer. The term "matrioshka brain" originates from matryoshka dolls, which are wooden Russian nesting dolls. Matrioshka brains are composed of several Dyson spheres nested inside one another, the same ...