Vintage (8 Piece) Russian Leaders Nesting Dolls Matryoska

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Historic Vintage Russian Leaders Nesting dolls/Matryoshka8 Piece collection of Russian leaders circa 1990's. Included are (to the best of my abilities to decipher Russian leadership through-out the 20th and 19th centuries):Boris Yeltsin, ruler of Russian federation from 1991-1999. 11 3/8" (has a chip on it)Mikhail Gorbachev, leader from 1985-1991. 8 3/8"Leonid Illich Brezhnev, leader from 1964-1982. 7"Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, leader from 1953-1964 6"Josef Stalin, leader from 1922-1953. 4 1/2"Vladimir Illyich Lenin, leader from 1917 -19223 1/2"Alexander Kerensky 2 1/2"These specific dolls portraying the leadership of Russia have been banned all together in Russia.The Story Behind the Name"Matryoshka" are Russian wooden dolls with smaller dolls stacked within the bigger ones.In provincial Russia before the revolution the name Matryona or Matriyosha was a very popular female name. It was derived from the Latin root 'mater' which means 'mother'. This name was associated with the image of a mother of a big family who was very healthy and had a portly figure. Subsequently, it became a symbolic name and was used specially to describe brightly painted wooden dolls made in such a way that they could be taken apart to reveal smaller dolls fitting inside one another.Posted with eBay Mobile Posted with eBay for iPad
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