by MarianBeaman | Dec 19, 2018 | blog, book review, Family / Nostalgia, Quotations, Uncategorized
Did you know the name Matryoshka means “little matron,” or “mother” in Russian? Do you have a set of nesting dolls? My friend, Kathy Gould, who manages a charity fund ministering to families and children in Ukraine, gave me these dolls years ago. They enjoy...
by MarianBeaman | Dec 24, 2013 | Family / Nostalgia, meditation, Nostalgia, Uncategorized
A matryoshka doll also known as Russian nesting doll refers to a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside the other. The first Russian nesting doll set was carved in 1890 by Vasily Zvyozdochkin from a design by Sergey Malyutin, a folk crafts...
