Unmistakable Russian wooden nesting doll - matryoshka - is often incorrectly called babushka. Matryoshka - matrioshka - is the most popular Russian souvenir. The best matryoshka's come from Sergiev Posad, Vyatka, Maidan, Semyonov and Moscow.

Matryoshka’s & wobbles

Unmistakable Russian wooden nesting doll - matryoshka - is often incorrectly called babushka. Matryoshka - matrioshka - is the most popular Russian souvenir. The best matryoshka's come from Sergiev Posad, Vyatka, Maidan, Semyonov and Moscow.

High-end nesting dolls

€ 1650 ($1980, £1137.93) Matrioshka Russian Fairy Tales by Gavrilenko (#184) Gavrilenko himself, 5-piece, appr. 6,5 in., lime tree wood, oil paint, varnish, a Rembrandt among the matrioshka's in the style of Art Nuveau Russ, Bogatyr, Grey wolf, Baba-Yaga and the wild gees all in one package		€ 850 ($1020, £586.21) Matrioshka Angel (#183) Vavilova, 5-piece matrioshka,lime tree wood, app. 6,45 in.,various paints, transparent varnish, one of a kind
€ 175 ($210, £120.69) Matrioshka Costumes Koursk (#109) 5-piece matryoshka, artist N. Nicolayeva,Moscow, lime-tree, app. 7,48 X 3,35 in , tempera, Costume ( each doll wears a folk costume of one of the regions of Russia. Together they make up a music group ). SOLD