Russian Matryoshka Made by: Alexandra Avramenko Teacher : Tatyana Lepeshkina Lyceum Dubna, 2009. - презентация

1 Russian Matryoshka Made by: Alexandra Avramenko Teacher : Tatyana Lepeshkina Lyceum Dubna, 2009

2 Do You know anybody who is about 100 years old? Nice to meet you! I`m a Russian staking doll. And I`m about 100 years old.

3 What Is a Staking Doll? Russian staking doll, or matryoshka, as it is called in Russian, is probably the most popular Russian national souvenir.

4 Also, it seems that matryoshka has come to us from ancient times, from the world of legends and fairy tales.

5 The Very Beginning of the Russian Matryoshka. The first Russian matryoshka was made in 1809 in the Children's Education work-shop, situated inside the Abramtsevo estate.

6 Once, at traditional Saturday meeting, somebody brought a funny Japanese figurine of a good-natured bald-headed old man called Fukuruma. The doll consisted of several figurines nestled within one another. It had 7 figurines.

7 Japanese Matryoshka Fukuruma

8 There is a legend that the first doll of this type was made by unknown Russian monk on the Island of Honshu. A ctually, this type of nesting toy was well known before Russian craftsmen carved wooden Easter eggs.

9 Why it is called Matryoshka? Russian wooden dolls with smaller dolls inside are called matryoskas. In old Russian, the name Matryona or Matriosha was a very popular female name among peasants. This name is associated with the image of a mother of a big peasant family.

10 It ` s Matryoska ` s Family.