A matryoshka doll or a Russian nested doll is a set of dolls of decreasing sizes placed one inside the other. A set of matryoshkas consists of a wooden figure which can be pulled apart to reveal another figure of the same sort inside. It has, in turn, another figure inside, and so on. It's orgins in Russia are said to have derived from a similar tradition of nested dolls in Japan. A few weeks ago I visited a local factory which produces matryoshkas en masse. It was interesting to see the full process - from wood carving, to drawing the faces, to the final painting. However, there was something disconcerting about being surrounded by so many of them at one time - perhaps an irrational fear of the dolls coming to life and waddling after me!
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