Made from natural linden wood. 

Excellent educational set! 

The first doll is about 6.5 inches ( 16.5cm) tall.

Small parts! Not for children under 3. 

A set of five pieces of matryoshka dolls, based on the children's European fairytale "Masha and The Bear "

I will include the printed story.

"Masha and The Bear"

Once upon a time there lived an old man and woman who had a granddaughter named Masha. One day some friends of Masha?s decided to go to the forest to gather mushrooms and berries and they came to Masha?s house to ask her to go with them.

?Grandfather, grandmother,? says Mashenka, ?let me go into the forest with my friends!?

Grandfather and grandmother answer:

- Go, just make sure you don?t lag behind your friends - otherwise you?ll get lost.

The girls came to the forest and began picking mushrooms and berries. 

Mashenka had so much fun so she did?t noticed how she got far away from her friends. 

She got scared and started crying, but her girlfriends did?t hear her cry and they did?t respond.

Mashenka walked and walked through the forest - she got completely lost.

She was going to the opposite direction to the deep dark wild forest. Suddenly she saw a hut standing there. Mashenka knocked on the door - no answer. She pushed the door, the door opened.

Mashenka entered the hut and sat down on a bench by the window.

She sat down and thought:

?Who lives here? Why can?t you see anyone?..?

 And in that hut lived a huge bear. Only he wasn?t at home then: he was walking through the forest. 

The bear returned in the evening, saw Mashenka, and was happy.

?Yeah,? he says, ?now I won?t let you go!? You will live with me. You will light the stove, you will cook porridge, you will feed me porridge.

Masha did?t know what to do, she was very scared of the bear, so she began to live with the bear in the hut.

The bear told her that when he is gone to the forest for the whole day, she can?t leave the hut without him.

?And if you leave,? he says, ?I?ll catch you anyway and then I?ll eat you!?

Mashenka began to think about how she could escape from the bear. There are forests all around, she doesn?t know which way to go, there?s no one to ask...

She thought and thought and came up with an idea.

One day a bear comes from the forest, and Mashenka says to him:

- Bear, bear, let me go to the village for a day: I?ll bring some gifts to grandma and grandpa.

?No,? says the bear, ?you will get lost in the forest.? Give me some gifts, I'll take them myself!

Mashenka was very happy with that answer.

She baked pies, took out a big, big box and said to the bear:

- Here, look: I?ll put the pies in a box, and you take them to grandpa and grandma. Remember: don?t open the box on the way, don?t take out the pies. I?ll climb up the oak tree and keep an eye on you!

?Okay,? the bear answers, ?give me the box!? Mashenka says:

- Go out onto the porch and see if it?s raining! As soon as the bear came out onto the porch, Mashenka immediately climbed into the box and placed a plate of pies on her head.

The bear returned and saw that the box was ready. He put him on his back and went to the village.

A bear walks between fir trees, a bear wanders between birch trees, goes down into ravines, and up hills. He walked and walked, got tired and said to himself :

I'll sit on a tree stump

Let's eat the pie!

 Suddenly Mashenka started yelling from the box:

I See you, I see you!

Don't sit on the tree stump

Don't eat the pie!

Bring all the pies to grandma and to grandpa!

?Look, she?s so big-eyed,? says the bear to himself, ?she sees everything!? He picked up the box and moved on.

He walked and walked and walked and walked, stopped, sat down and said :

I'll sit on a tree stump!

Let's eat the pie!

And Mashenka from the box yelling again:

I See you, I see you!

Don't sit on the tree stump!

Don't eat the pie!

Bring all the pies to grandma and to grandpa!

The bear was surprised:

 She sits high and looks far away! He got up and walked quickly.

He came to the village, found the house where the grandparents lived, and knocked on the gate.

- Knock-Knock! Unlock, open! I brought you some gifts from Mashenka.

And the dogs sensed the bear and rushed at him. They run to chase the bear from all the yards.

The bear got scared, put the box by the gate and ran into the forest without looking back.

Grandfather and grandmother came out to the gate. They saw the box.

- What's in the box? - says the grandmother.

And grandfather lifted the lid, looked and couldn?t believe his eyes: Mashenka was sitting in the box - alive and healthy.

Grandfather and grandmother were delighted. They began to hug Mashenka, kiss her, and call her smart.