Matryoshka: What Is Its Sacred Meaning?

Rusdolls05 Jan, 2022Other

The story of Matryoshka began when Sergei Malioutine got inspired by Japanese wooden dolls representing the Shichi-fuku-jin. These dolls represent the seven deities of happiness in mythology. The largest of the dolls bore the effigy of Hotei, which is a bald god. It ensured longevity and prosperity to its owner. The other holiness also provided material goods, protection, knowledge, and even good health. To produce the first series of Russian Matryoshka, Malioutine called on Vasily Zvezdochka, a very famous craftsman. And their imagination took place in the form of 8 dolls. The first represented a girl with an apron, five peasants, a Russian boy, and a baby.