What is the purpose/meaning of the Russian dolls (matyroska ?)that stack inside each other.?

Answer 1

I duno da meaning but their cool to look and play with.

Answer 2

Russian Doll Meaning

Answer 3

Matryoshki are a newly russian handicraft; the first one dates from 1890, and is said to have been inspired by souvenir dolls from Korea.
However, the concept of nested objects was familiar in Russia, having been applied to carved wooden apples and Easter eggs; the first Fabergé egg, in 1885, had a nesting of egg, yolk, hen, and crown.

The story tells that Sergei Maliutin, a painter from a folk crafts workshop in the Abramtsevo estate of a famous Russian industrialist and patron of arts Savva Mamontov, saw a set of Korean wooden dolls representing Shichi-fuku-jin, the Seven Gods of Fortune. The largest doll was that of Fukurokuju, a happy bald god with an unusually tall chin. It nested the six remaining deities. Inspired, Maliutin drew a sketch of a Russian version of the toy. It was carved by Vasiliy Zvezdochkin in a toy workshop in Sergiyev Posad and painted by Sergei Maliutin. It consisted of eight dolls; the outermost was a girl in an apron, then the dolls alternated between boy and girl, with the innermost – a baby.

In 1900, M.A. Mamontova, the wife of Savva Mamontov, presented the dolls at the World Exhibition in Paris and the toy earned a bronze medal. Soon, many other places in Russia started making matryoshki of various styles.

Answer 4

Matryoshki are a newly russian handicraft; the first one dates from 1890, and is said to have been inspired by souvenir dolls from Korea. However, the concept of nested objects was familiar in Russia, having been applied to carved wooden apples and Easter eggs; the first Fabergé egg, in 1885, had a nesting of egg, yolk, hen, and crown.

The story tells that Sergei Maliutin, a painter from a folk crafts workshop in the Abramtsevo estate of a famous Russian industrialist and patron of arts Savva Mamontov, saw a set of Korean wooden dolls representing Shichi-fuku-jin, the Seven Gods of Fortune. The largest doll was that of Fukurokuju, a happy bald god with an unusually tall chin. It nested the six remaining deities. Inspired, Maliutin drew a sketch of a Russian version of the toy. It was carved by Vasiliy Zvezdochkin in a toy workshop in Sergiyev Posad and painted by Sergei Maliutin. It consisted of eight dolls; the outermost was a girl in an apron, then the dolls alternated between boy and girl, with the innermost – a baby.

In 1900, M.A. Mamontova, the wife of Savva Mamontov, presented the dolls at the World Exhibition in Paris and the toy earned a bronze medal. Soon, many other places in Russia started making matryoshki of various styles.

During Perestroika matryoshki featuring the leaders of the Soviet Union became a common variety. Starting with the largest, Mikhail Gorbachev, then Leonid Brezhnev (Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko almost never appear due to the short length of their respective terms), then Nikita Khrushchev, Josef Stalin and finally the smallest, Vladimir Lenin. Newer versions starts with Vladimir Putin and then follows with Boris Yeltsin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Josef Stalin and then Vladimir Lenin. Other versions could be a U.S. president version starting with George W. Bush, a British version starting with Prime Minister Tony Blair, A Terrorist/Dictator version starting with Saddam Hussein or Osama Bin Laden or Soccer players, music bands or themes based on TV series as The Simpsons. A doll which represents an old woman is often called baboushka or babushka, that which represents an old man dedoushka or dedushka.

There are several areas with notable matryoshka styles; Sergiyev Posad, Semionovo (currently town of Semyonov), Polkholvsky Maidan, and Kirov.

Answer 5

There are two versions of where they came from.

Some claim they originated on the Japanese island of Honshu brought to Russia by patron named Sawa I. Mamontov.
Some say a Russian monk imported them from japan. Russian craftsmen loved the dolls so much they included them as part of there culture. An Artist named Sergei Malyutin painted the dolls to look like a local peasant girl, it became popular and there you have it the Matreshka was born.

They are fabulous my Grand mother used to go regularly to Moscow to visit family and each member has a set, mine are only 5 dolls my auntie has a set of 24 but some go up to 60!!!

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Answer 7

I love them, they are so cute and old fashioned. I have two sets. It has something to do with the big doll being the mother figure and having a big family with the little dolls stacked inside her.

Answer 8

They're for nomadic people - lots of dolls that pack up really small for when you move on.

Answer 9

The dolls are called "Baboshkas" ( Grandmothers), and represent the family.

Answer 10

It's part of culture and people like playing with them especially kids.