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 ...

SEMYONOV, Russia -- There are nesting dolls everywhere in Russia. Nesting dolls that look like kings or queens, nesting dolls that look like Vladimir Putin, nesting dolls that, of course, look like ...

WESTMINSTER — The staff at Forbush Memorial Library, in collaboration with the Museum of Russian Icons, is excited to welcome the community to celebrate Russian nesting dolls — Matryoshkas — on ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. Matryoshka dolls are a Russian folk art tradition dating back over a ...

Matryoshka dolls, also known as Russian nesting dolls, are an iconic toy. But how much do you really know about these dolls? This century-old toy long predates the Russian artists who made them ...

“In Russia, think about the cold white winter nights, minus 40 degrees outside. You’re somewhere in the middle of Siberia. It’s all covered with snow,” explains Marina Forbes. With the bitter weather ...

When you think of things that are quintessentially Russian, you might think of those painted wooden nesting dolls stacked one inside another. NPR's John Ruwitch visited the place where most of the ...