Amazon is selling fan-made Beatles nesting dolls, with the Fab Four immortalized as the traditional Russian wooden toys.

The matryoshka or Russian nesting doll, one of the world’s most famous objects, was originally conceived as a children's toy, but over time became something far greater. "There are many versions of ...

Matryoshka is recognized around the world, a traditional Russian mother figure dressed in a bright scarf. Looking out with mournful, painted eyes, she sometimes appears sad but offers comfort with her ...

SEMYONOV, Russia -- There are nesting dolls everywhere in Russia. Nesting dolls that look like kings or queens, nesting dolls that look like Vladimir Putin, nesting dolls that, of course, look like ...

Russian nesting dolls or Matryoshkas are among the most well-known symbols of Russia and a favorite souvenir for tourists. It seems like Matryoshka has been around since prehistoric times, so it comes ...

A picture taken on July 15, 2015 shows traditional Russian wooden nesting matryoshka dolls displayed at an exhibition in Moscow From cheery peasant girls in Tsarist times to Soviet-era cosmonauts to ...

Fingerless gloves, ranch dressing, and Russian nesting dolls: These are three things I have no use for in life and can happily live without. Yet one of these things is not like the other; one of those ...

A picture taken on July 15 shows traditional Russian wooden nesting matryoshka dolls displayed at an exhibition in Moscow. Photo: AFP From cheery peasant girls in Tsarist times to Soviet-era ...

“In Russia, think about the cold white winter nights, minus 40 degrees outside. You’re somewhere in the middle of Siberia. It’s all covered with snow,” explains Marina Forbes. With the bitter weather ...