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Matryoshka, a wooden Russian doll with a doll in it, is said to bring fertility, fertility, and good fortune.

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Name

I got the name Matryoshka from Matryona, which is commonly used as a female name in Russia.

Matryona comes from the Latin word “mater,” which means “mother.”

So the traditional Matryoshka looks like a woman wearing a scarf on her head, wearing a traditional dress ‘Sarafan’ and holding a chicken, fruit in her hand.

Matryoshka has various nicknames.

The figure holding Matryoshka’s doll looks like an egg wrapped around an egg, so it’s called “a stuffed animal,” “a stacked doll” because it’s piled up one by one, and in Russia, a grandmother wearing a scarf reminds her of her grandmother, so she’s called “Babushka,” which means “grandmother” in Russian.

Matryoshka has various nicknames.

It is said that holding a doll is like wrapping an egg, so it’s called “Nesting Doll.” It’s also called a “packing doll” because several dolls are piled up one by one.

In Russia, grandmothers are usually depicted wearing scarves, and Matryoshka’s appearance reminds us of grandmothers, so it is also called Babushka Doll by borrowing the word Babushka, which means “grandmother,” in Russian.

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Appearance

There are several small dolls in the body that are separated from top to bottom, and basically a woman wearing a Russian traditional costume, Sarafan, with a scarf around her head and a chicken in her hand.

Besides the basic dolls, you can see various kinds of dolls, and Matryoshka, which looks like a Russian politician, was also very popular.

Especially in the ‘Semenovo’ area, the larger the doll is, the more complete the flower picture is, and many dolls are still being made in this way.

Usually, the smaller the doll opens, the younger it gets.

So if you put the dolls in a row, you can see the process of growing up or a large family.

◈ Martryoshka’s painting technique

The traditional Russian wood painting is called ‘khokhloma’ and is characterized by the free drawing of leaves, berries, and petals in vivid colors.

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Origin

The 19th century saw a strong nationalist craze throughout Europe.

In 1890, Savva Mamontov, a Russian art guardian, created an artist village in Abramtsevo in a birch forest at the Moscow church, trying to create a doll containing Russian values.

(The group of artists gathered here for the revival of Russian retro art is called the Abramtsevo Group.)

Sergei Malutin, a Russian children’s book illustrator who belonged to the group, saw a wooden doll in Fukurokuju, one of Japan’s Seven Lucky Gods, at a workshop on ‘Education of Children’.

The doll had a doll in it, and Savva Mamontov and Segai Malutin were interested in the doll structure and began to capture Russian emotions.

They designed Fukurokuju, which had a big belly and was wearing Chinese clothes, as a woman wearing a Russian traditional costume, Sarafan, with a scarf around her head and a chicken.

And in the hands of an accomplished craftsman, Vassily Zviozdochkin, it’s made of a real doll, and there’s a little doll in a big doll, like a mother holding a daughter, and there’s another little doll in it, and at the very end, there’s a baby doll wrapped in a sheet.

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Trend

In the 1900s, Matryoshka, which was exhibited at the International Crafts Fair in Paris, won the bronze medal and became known.
Matryoshka was created in various places, including myths, tales, and pictures of celebrities, and became a representative souvenir of Russia.

◈ Origin of Dolls in Dolls

Song Dynasty of China (960-1279)

At that time, the carpenter of the Song Dynasty used his ingenious creativity to create a small box in a large box, a box in a smaller box in it in a smaller box.

Eight hundred years later, the box was applied to the doll, and the overlapping doll that later moved to Japan was used to describe the Japanese Seven Lucky Gods.

This design is still being applied in various fields.

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◈ Faberge’ Eggs

Before Matryoshka appeared, the doll structure became familiar with Russia as an Easter egg by the decorative artist Faberje.

In 1885, Emperor Alexandre III of Russia requested and produced it for his wife Maria Feodorovna, who was a Danish princess, to be presented to Peter Carl Faberge, the master of treasure craftsmanship.

Maria Feodorovna was delighted to be presented with a golden egg in a white egg and a small golden chicken in it.
From that year, for about 30 years before the Russian Revolution, Faberge delivered eggs to the royal family every Easter and became widely known not only in Russia but also in the world.

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