Matryoshka

Traditional Russian souvenir. There is a museum of Matryoshka in Moscow. Matryoshka symbolizes a family, that is why Russians as well as foreign tourists adore it; tourists often take this toy home. Matryoshka dolls representing politicians - males - have recently appeared, but this is a deviation from the very sense of the toy.Traditional Matryoshka is a wife in a red sarafan.