A matryoshka doll or a Russian nested doll, also called a stacking doll or Babooshka doll, is a set of dolls of decreasing sizes placed individually inside the other. "Matryoshka" is a derivative of the Russian female first epithet "Matryona", which is traditionally associated with a fat, full-bodied Russian woman.
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| Mamontova, the wife of Savva Mamontov, presented the dolls at the World Exhibition in Paris and the toy earned a bronze medal |
| Soon, legion other places in Russia started management matryoshki of various Nesting Dolls styles. |