Fairytale Nesting Dolls
This collection is without a doubt the most detailed and intricate that we offer when it comes to the quality of the paintings. Each doll is painted by hand, and many of these dolls are signed by the artist. Aside from the Russian artist's name, there is usually no Russian on the dolls. Each artist paints to be understood by everyone no matter how many pieces the doll may be. Some dolls are only 5 pieces, while some other dolls are 20 or more pieces. In either case, the artist is conveying the entire fairytale throughout each doll. You can literally tell the story as you open the dolls, each smaller doll is another chapter in the story.
Many of these classical Russian folktales are similar to American fairytale, and in some cases they are exactly the same. Take for example the Russian story of Masha and the Bear. In this Russian tale, a young girl named Masha wonders off into the forest and finds an empty home. Her curiosity gets the best of her, and Masha ends up going inside the house. Once inside Masha eats some food, tries on some clothes, and eventually falls asleep in one of the beds. When the owners of the house, who happen to be bears, return they are not very pleased to find Masha in their bed uninvited. Does this sound familiar? It's essentially the same story as Goldilocks and the Three Bears in popular American culture. We also have nesting dolls that tell the story of Little Red Riding Hood, and Morozko (Father Winter). You might have also heard of "Puss in Boots" from the popular childrens movie "Shrek", and our Cinderella nesting dolls are often difficult to keep in stock.
Not all of our Russian fairytale nesting dolls have an American equivalent however. Many of our Russian dolls are uniquely Russian, but this does not mean that you cannot enjoy them just the same. We have provided for our customers a comprehensive listing of all of the Russian fairytale that we carry. You won't hear a story quite like the Tsar Sultan in America, but it is an amazing story, and we have several amazing nesting dolls that tell the story. Please browse our library of Russian folk tales and see which one you like the best. Perhaps its The Great Turnip, Snow Princess, Spotted Hen, Golden Cockerel, or even the story of Ivan Tsarevich. Some of our dolls show scenes from different fair tales as a sort of compilation of Russian tales.
The most popular fairytale nesting doll in Russian homes is probably the Golden Cockerel nesting doll. The Golden Cockerel was originally a poem written in 1834 by Russian author Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin. In Moscow in 1909 Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov adapted this poem for an opera and people still perform it today all around the world. Find this fairytale and others in our nesting dolls, our Russian lacquer boxes, and in our collection of fairytale books!
