Museum of Russian Matryoshka

The huge popularity of the Russian doll, which came to her more than 120 years ago, does not weaken. Appearing in the world, the nesting doll impressed contemporaries with the artistic perfection of the image and the power of expressiveness of his national character, which made it over time not only a toy, but also a memorable sign, a symbol of Russia. The birth of the nesting doll was due to the requirements of the national romantic direction in the art of the XIX century, and the increased demand of buyers for didactic games. During this period, in domestic toy production, much attention was paid to developing intellectual toys. Turning doll-matryoshka in the form of detachable and nested in one another figures easily and effortlessly taught the child to recognize the magnitude of objects, their colors and shapes, helped to develop an eyepiece, spatial representations, a sense of composition.