Matrioshkas, Russian dolls, Moscow

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A matryoshka doll is a Russian nesting doll (Russian: Матрёшка) which is a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside the other. The first Russian nested doll set was carved in 1890 by Vasily Zvyozdochkin from a design by Sergey Malyutin, who was a folk crafts painter at Abramtsevo. Traditionally the outer layer is a woman, dressed in a sarafan, a long and shapeless traditional Russian peasant jumper dress.

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Size: 3872px × 2592px
Location: Moscow, Russia
Photo credit: © Mr. Bolshoy / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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