Nesting Doll Collectors Club

Nesting Doll Types

Traditional Russian dolls (Matryoshka)

The following are some traditional styles of nesting dolls from areas of the former USSR (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus).

Semenov region dolls
Zagorsk style (now Sergiev Posad)
Kalinin dolls (woodburned), now Tver
Yoscar Ola and rare Druzba (on right)
Ukrainian dolls
Polkhov region dolls
Kirov dolls (often straw inlaid)
Mordva dolls
Moldavia style (rare Tiraspol on right)
Kazakhstan dolls (modern)
Dolls from the Brest region (now Belarus)

Vintage nesting dolls from other countries

Traditional dolls from Japan
Some of these are older styles from the Russian Matryoshka
Tiny Argentine dolls (made by Svetlana Belikow who moved there from Russia)
Polish nesting dolls and eggs
Dolls from India (typically lower quality)
Plastic dolls: first two from Germany; Hong Kong (with box); and Taiwan

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