CLINTON - The Museum of Russian Icons will unveil the newest addition to its collection, a collection of nesting dolls from Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Japan and other countries. The exhibit of ...

Fingerless gloves, ranch dressing, and Russian nesting dolls: These are three things I have no use for in life and can happily live without. Yet one of these things is not like the other; one of those ...

Matryoshka is recognized around the world, a traditional Russian mother figure dressed in a bright scarf. Looking out with mournful, painted eyes, she sometimes appears sad but offers comfort with her ...

Although the concept of nesting objets d'arte and even nesting dolls specifically originated outside Russia, matryoshka ("little mother/matron") have become the most iconic of their kind. The earliest ...