Russian Wooden Dolls

A matryoshka doll (Russian: матрёшка; [mɐˈtrʲɵʂkə], also known as a Russian nesting doll, or Russian doll,is a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another. The name “matryoshka” (матрёшка), literally “little matron”, is a diminutive form of Russian female first name “Matryona” (Матрёна) or “Matriosha”