5 wooden matryoshka dolls with a red berries design and a ladybug on top.

• Height of largest doll: 10.5 cm
• Handmade items, there may be small differences or imperfections.
• Also known as matryoshka or Russian dolls, these nesting dolls fit one inside the other.
• The name “matryoshka” comes from the Latin “mater”, meaning “mother”.
• The word “babushka” in Russian means “grandmother”.
• The first set of matryoshka dolls was made in 1890 by Vasily Zvyozdochkin with a design by Sergey Malyutin.
• They were showcased at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900.
• They are considered a symbol of motherhood and fertility.