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This is a beautiful and unique set of 10 Russian nesting dolls painted and signed by The Russian Artist Snejanna Aymasova.

Height of the biggest doll is 13.7 cm or 5 3/8 inches tall.

I also have a selection of her amazing works in my shop as more Russian Dolls so please take a look and see if there is something else you like

Please note: Shop Dolls listings might vary slightly from the photo as they are each hand painted. Her work has not just a wonderful fine quality finish but also has a beautiful loving warmth to it.

A Matryoshka doll, also known as a Russian nesting doll, Stacking dolls, or Russian doll, is a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another. The name "matryoshka", literally "little matron", is a diminutive form of Russian female first name "Matryona" or "Matriosha".

A set of matryoshkas consists of a wooden figure which separates, top from bottom, to reveal a smaller figure of the same sort inside, which has, in turn, another figure inside of it, and so on.

The first Russian nested doll set was made 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. The figures inside may be of either gender; the smallest, innermost doll is typically a baby turned from a single piece of wood. Much of the artistry is in the painting of each doll, which can be very elaborate. The dolls often follow a theme; the themes may vary, from fairy tale characters to Soviet leaders. In the west, Matryoshka dolls are often mistakenly referred to as "babushka dolls", babushka meaning "grandmother" or "old woman".

I also have similar sets by this Artist in my shop!

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