From Moscow’s bustling flea markets to global collectors’ shelves, the Matryoshka doll carries a story of tradition, survival ...

Who doesn’t like a little excitement in their life? If you’re familiar with the phrase, “but wait, there’s more,” then you know it certainly applies to kids’ nesting dolls. These delightful dolls, ...

CLINTON – About a thousand little eyes — some much smaller than others as they diminish in size — stare out of colorful wooden bodies at the latest exhibit at the Museum of Russian Icons. The display ...

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 ...

A picture taken on July 15, 2015 shows traditional Russian wooden nesting matryoshka dolls displayed at an exhibition in Moscow From cheery peasant girls in Tsarist times to Soviet-era cosmonauts to ...