HISTORY OF NESTING DOLLS & MATRYOSHKAS
You can’t think of Russia without the Nesting Doll (Matryoshka) coming to mind! For over 100 years, the wooden babushka stacking dolls have been a symbol of Russian culture throughout the world. Due to this cultural ubiquity, we find Nesting Doll and Matryoshka motifs all throughout Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker production. You will see two seven-foot tall matryoshkas right …