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	Matryoshka doll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Matryoshka dolls are often designed to follow a particular theme, for instance peasant girls in traditional dress, but the theme can be almost anything, ranging from fairy tale characters to Soviet leaders.
		Matryoshka dolls are not a traditional Russian handicraft; the first one dates from 1890, and is said to have been inspired by souvenir dolls from Japan.
		Matryoshkas are also used metaphorically, as a design paradigm, known as "Matryoshka principle" or "nested doll principle".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matryoshka_doll (759 words)

	Doll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A doll is a model of a human (often a baby), a humanoid (like Bert and Ernie), an animal or a fictional character (like a Troll or a Smurf), usually made of cloth or plastic.
		A doll or animal model of soft material is also called a plush toy or plushie.
		Dolls are distinguished from action figures, which are generally of plastic or semi metallic construction and poseable to some extent, and exist largely for the purpose of marketing the television shows or films which feature the characters they are often modeled after.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Doll (288 words)

	Arts Gallery
		His doll, made from a piece of wood, was a stylized representation of a Russian woman in traditional costume.
		The new doll was named "matryoshka," a diminutive of Matryona, which is a Russian female name deriving from the Latin "mater," or mother.
		Later, the doll was produced in Maidan and Semyonovsk, in the Nizhny Novgorod region, and in Nolinsk, the Kirov region.
	www.artukraine.com /primitive/matryoshka.htm (463 words)

	Welcome to Russian Dolls and Boxes - Matryoshka History
		The matryoshka is the most famous Russian souvenir which is popular with everyone, it is considered to be a phenomenon in the world culture, a puzzle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, soul of Russia.
		Matryoshka has become sort of a formula of a cultural phenomenon which is unique and has a meaning of its own.
		His matryoshka was a light, elegant, spontaneous figurine of a round faced peasant young girl dressed in colorful scarf, and embroidered shirt, sarafan (Russian national costume) and apron.
	www.russiandollsandboxes.com /history.shtml (741 words)

	Rus: Matryushka the Nesting Dolls
		In the initial period of matryoshka doll development specific attention was paid to faces of the matryoshka, but the clothes were not painted in great detail.
		The heads of many matryoshka dolls were greatly enlarged and it is this reason why a face dominated a body.
		Matryoshkas like the "German doll" (because Germany was the political Governor of old time Ukraine) which was a part of Russian Empire gave a grounding to the artists to design modern political dolls.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/rus_cultures_cuisines/112365/5 (548 words)

	Russian Legacy.com - Russian Nesting Dolls
		The most traditional nesting doll design is one that looks like a young Russian woman dressed in Russian native costume with a scarf on her head.
		Then the nesting doll's head is turned and the necessary amount of wood is removed from within the nesting doll's head to slip on the upper ring.
		The nesting dolls painting imbibes all bright, fresh elements connected with the renewal and the renaissance of Russian society of the 20th century.
	www.russianlegacy.com /nestingdolls.htm (1785 words)

	Art History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It's not surprising then that many of the first Matryoshka dolls utilized the image of a portly, chubby checked mother on the outside doll with the likenesses of her numerous children painted on the smaller, nested inner dolls.
		The Matryoshka have to be made out of the same piece of wood to ensure that the wood reacts in the same way to changing temperatures and climate conditions.
		Provincial (village) Russians often called their ladies "Matryona" or "Matryoshka." This name was derived from the Latin "ma-ter," which means, of course, "mother." The name was associated with the image of a strong, healthy, woman of a big family.
	www.nestingdollcollections.com /WebStore/Information.htm (1029 words)

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		Matryoshka dolls: A slice of Russian folk art changes with the times -!-!- By Anusha Shrivastava -!-!- 2002-03-26 -!-!- The wooden one-fit-into-another Russian Matryoshka dolls are not Russian at all -- at least not in origin.
		As their popularity soared, the dolls were mass-produced and the town of Sergiev Posad remains the largest supplier of Matryoshka dolls.
		The dolls are crafted mainly of lipa, a soft wood that is plentiful and relatively cheap in Russia.
	www.jrn.columbia.edu /studentwork/cns/2002-04-17/syndication/ashrivastava-matryoshkadolls.txt (833 words)

	History of Russian matrioshka nesting dolls with flower painting, traditional stacking dolls, Semionovo matryoshka and ...
		The first Russian nesting doll (matryoshka) was born in 1890 in the workshop "Children's Education" situated in Abramtsevo estate new Moscow.
		Matryoshkas like "German" (German was a political leader Governor of old time Ukraine, which was a part of Russian Empire) gave a soil to artist to design modern politic dolls.
		The connection of certain early type of the matryoshkas of Sergiev Posad with the tradition of the local icon painting school is confirmed both stylistically and virtually.
	russian-crafts.com /nest/history.html (2793 words)

	Russia Matryoshka Doll - Story
		His matryoshka was a round-faced peasant girl in an embroidered shirt, a surafait (a Russian national dress) and an apron, in a colored kerchief holding a fl rooster.
		A doll with a numerous offspring of dolls is a fine metaphor for the oldest symbol of human culture.
		Then the matryoshka’s head is fashioned and enough wood is removed from within the matryoshka’s head to slip on the upper ring.
	www.happymall.com /Collectable/Russia/RusD-Str.htm (1103 words)

	Remarkable Russian painted matryoshka doll - “Grandfather Frost with a Red Sack”
		The doll is generally recognized as a symbol of Russian national art.
		The predecessor of this Russian doll was brought to Russia from the island Honshu.
		The Russian painted matryoshka doll is worldwide famous: Semenovo, Kirov, Polkhovskoy-Maidan nesting dolls-Tatars etc. In every center of Russian folk art there are unique methods and techniques of painting, a special look of nesting doll, their own compositions, favorite motifs.
	goldengrail.com /goods/2/34/1269/details.html (207 words)

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		Once the dolls have been turned out of the wood blanks they are then set up for the artistic touches that will adorn them and give them their individual characters.
		The first matryoshka doll made in Semionovo was made by a man well known for his wooden utensils, rattles, balls and apples, Arsenty Mayorov.
		The 1st period gave us the original matryoshka and the development a lot of new types which were pui onto base of the modern matryoshka dolls.
	www.suite101.com /print_article.cfm/rus_cultures_cuisines/112365 (3543 words)

	Matryoshka
		Lanyard attempted to retrieve the matryoshka doll, which rolled into a crevice at the side of the room during the scuffle.
		In the present day, Natalie enters her office and discovers the matryoshka doll perched on the edge of her desk and the crumpled pages of her father's journal inside.
		"Matryoshka" is the only third season episode written by Millennium staff writers Erin Maher and Kay Reindl, their last episode for the series, although the duo spent a significant portion of the season working on drafts of another script.
	www.fourthhorseman.com /Abyss/Episodes/epi314.htm (1699 words)

	Nesting Dolls - WorldMouse.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A story about Nina, the smallest of a set of six Russian nesting dolls, who is separated from her sisters and swept along on a dangerous journey that eventually brings her back home.
		The doll nests to 5 levels and is approximately 7" H (18cm).
		This reproduction of the orginal Russian stacking doll nests to 8 levels and is approximately 7" H (18cm).
	worldmouse.safeshopper.com /94/cat94.htm (1006 words)

	Royal Family of Russia Matryoshka Dolls
		Back of first doll is painted with a fiery red double-headed eagle and an image of St. George Slaying the Dragon, the heraldic crest of Moscow.
		The names of the rulers are written across each doll between their dates of birth and death, and the dates of their rule are written on the backs.
		The backs of all dolls (with the exception of the final two) are decorated with paintings of the Romanov crest - the double-headed eagle.
	www.therussianshop.com /russhop/matryoshkas/tsardolls.htm (411 words)

	Marty Sheppard: Story - "The Matryoshka Doll" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The dolls are tehn hand-painted and reflect the tremendous variation in Soviet culture in their shapes, sizes, and paint styles.
		Traditionally a matryoshka doll is given as a gift to new-born infants, implying fertility, eternal life and timelessness.
		The first is said to mean grandmother, because the largest doll in the set represents the oldest women in the family and because traditionally the grandparents have hand-crafted the dolls for their grandchildren.
	www.unr.edu /cos/geography/GAIN/materials/matryoshka.html (246 words)

	MATRYOSHKA NESTING DOLLS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Matryoshka comes from the latin word "Mater" meaning Mother, the care giver of the village. The "comfort feeling" of a Mother, also the most famous Russian souvenir, which is popular with everyone.
		The dolls are made out of a limb of a tree and are hand lathe and hand painted in various ways.
		Matryoshka has become sort of a formula of a cultural phenomenon.
	www.artofthelands.com /item.jsp?category=1757 (312 words)

	Matryoshka Dolls--Russian Nesting Dolls
		The one that taught me " big, bigger, the biggest." Matryoshka means "a little Matryona," the Russian name that means "mother." Nesting dolls are probably one of the oldest toys.
		There are many kinds of Matryoshka dolls coming from different areas in Russia.
		One style is exactly like the one I played with as a child, made in Semyonov region near Moscow in a nesting doll factory the same way it was made for my mother and her mother.
	www.natashascafe.com /html/doll.html (168 words)

	InfoHub Forums - Reply to Topic
		The very beginning The first Russian nesting doll (matryoshka) was born in 1890 in the workshop "Children's Education" situated in Abramtsevo estate new Moscow.
		Polkholvsky Maidan nesting dolls Polkhovsky Maidan located to the south-west of Nizhny Novgorod, is a motherland of another style of matryoshka.
		Matryoshka in Soviet time History of matryoshka can be divided into tree periods: 1) 1890 —1930-s 2) 1930-s — beginning 1990s 3) Beginning of 1990-s till this time.
	www.infohub.com /forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=6613 (5190 words)

	Russian matrioshka nesting dolls
		Russian nesting doll (as well called matrioshka, matryoshkas, babushka dolls, babushka's doll, matroshka, matryushka, and stacking dolls) or matryoshka as it sounds in Russian - probably, the most popular Russian national souvenir.
		Here is a collection of nesting dolls that are the most popular among nesting dolls collectors and among matroyshka lovers.
		It is far from completeness but the inventory of nesting dolls is often changed so from time to time you can find more and more new matryoshka nesting dolls.
	russian-crafts.com /nest.html (490 words)

	Maggie's Teachers' Lounge
		A matryoshka doll is hollow so that when you open it up you will find another smaller doll.
		That is why a matryoshka doll is also called a nesting doll.
		You know you have a valuable matryoshka doll if each doll in the set is painted with a different scene.
	www.missmaggie.org /mission5_parts/eng/teaching/matryoshka_nesting.html (346 words)

	Russian Dolls History
		One may see nesting collections as small as several dolls or as large as seventy- two; however, no matter how many there are it is always amusingly interesting to witness all the dolls neatly fit inside of each other.
		The cutest doll can be just under a half-inch tall, small enough to fit inside a wedding ring, whereas the tallest dolls have reached a much larger three feet.
		Since some of the original dolls depicted a stocky mother with a well-fed, healthy family of smaller dolls, the name Matryoshka caught on and is now symbolic of the entire genre.
	www.oldworldmerchant.com /history/RussianHist.cfm (609 words)

	History - Nesting Doll - Matryoshka - etp-nesting-doll
		Please note that due to the hand-crafted nature of the toy colors and ornaments may slightly vary.
		A Matryoshka doll or a Russian nested doll is a set of dolls of decreasing sizes placed one inside another.
		Matryoshka dolls are often designed to follow a particular theme, for instance peasant girls in traditional dress, but the theme can be almost anything, ranging from fairy tale characters to rock stars.
	www.educationaltoysplanet.com /nestingdoll.html (333 words)

	Collectibles and Toys
		The Rollie Pollie is a Russian "Matryoshka" Doll, known as a nestling doll.
		The 5 piece Russian "Matryoshka" Doll or nestling doll known as Rollie Pollie set is signed with a script "e" burnt into the wood base of large piece.
		The doll is from the mid 1800s and has original dress and garments.
	www.collectorsindex.com /other.htm (1049 words)

	Kellers Trading - Alaska Art and Gifts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This Matryoshka doll was hand crafted in Russia.
		The largest doll is 9½ inches tall and is signed by the artist.
		The largest doll is 11½ inches tall and is signed by the artist.
	www.alaskan.com /~snotrek/kellerstrading/matryoshka-dolls.html (414 words)

	Matryoshkas & More
		The first Matryoshka nesting doll was born the 1890's in the Children's Education Workshop-Salon in Abramtsevo, near Moscow.
		An uncountable number of her descendants, nesting dolls of all sizes, shapes, and designs, have found homes with collectors around the world.
		The timeless matron of this family of dolls, the Rooster Girl remains unsurpassed in her antique beauty: the original Matryoshka.
	www.matryoshkasandmore.com.au (438 words)

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		This colorful doll was developed in the 1890's during the Russian Arts and Crafts movement, when wealthy arts patrons built studios on their estates and folk craftsman were invited to work alongside professional artists.
		Each doll was different from the other, and the smallest was a baby.
		Curiously, it seems that he was inspired by a take-apart doll in the form of an old man with four different dolls inside that his wife brought back from a visit to the Japenese island of Honshu.
	www.brom.com /MORSTUFF.HTM (378 words)

	Amazon.ca: Littlest Matryoshka: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Anna, the largest doll, watches as they travel to America, where they are lined up on a shelf, and the smallest doll, Nina, is accidentally knocked to the floor and kicked outside into the snow.
		Nina rides a river of melting snow to a stream, is picked up by a heron, found by a squirrel, tumbles down a rain pipe and is eventually found by Jessie and her cat, who reunite the six sisters.
		Though the difference between any two consecutive dolls is hardly remarkable, the cumulative effect of adding increasingly more decorations is apparent when they are lined up next to each other.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0786801530 (856 words)

	Handcrafted Wooden Work of The August Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		These egg shaped non-nesting dolls are done by Larisa Vashchenko as a low cost alternative to the nesting ones.
		Signed by Larisa and crafted in exactly the same fashion as the five and seven doll sets, they are great gifts for children as a beginning collectible item or toy.
		WM005-L: Matryoshka doll egg shaped, not nested, large 6" for $19.95.
	www.augustcollection.com /catalog.php3?section=woodwork&by=occ&page=3 (331 words)

	Buy Tsar Sultan Matryoshka Doll online, next day delivery
		This is the world famous Matryoshka with more than a hundred years of tradition. The very first Matryoshka doll was made in the 1880's.
		The principle of Matryoshka, as a set of nested dolls was borrowed from ancient Japan. A Russian merchant once brought to Moscow a bone-carved image of a Japanese sage called Fukuruma which nested several other images inside thus symbolising the everlasting chain of life.
		Today the name Matryoshka is incorrectly to all wooden dolls made in Russia. Traditionally Matryoshkas are nested dolls. It is a girl dressed in sarafan and wearing a kerchief. She is called Matryoshka from the Russian name Matryona.
	www.wheesh.com /acatalog/matr03.htm (224 words)

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