matryoshka doll
Japanese-created Russian cultural icon: set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another
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A matryoshka doll is a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size that nest inside one another, originally created in Japan but became an iconic symbol of Russian culture. These dolls are valued as decorative objects and souvenirs that represent the artistic tradition of combining multiple pieces into a single unified whole.
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A matryoshka doll or matryoshka (/ˌmætriˈɒʃkə/; Russian: матрёшка), also known as a Russian stacking doll, nesting doll, or simply a Russian doll, is a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another. Matryoshka is a diminutive form of Matryosha (Матрёша), in turn an affectionate form of the Russian female first name Matryona (Матрёна).
A set of matryoshkas consists of a wooden figure, which separates at the middle, 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.