Brest "Daisy" Maidens Nesting Doll. A vintage Brest matryoshka with a red and gold "Made in the USSR" export paper label on the bottom of the first doll. Fine condition with a bit of plastic residue on first doll left over from cellophane wrapper. 7 nest, 5¼" to ¾". Late 1980's. 1 only, as shown.

Refer to Collector's Guide to Nesting Dolls by Michele Lefkovitz, p. 24. She has a section on dolls from the Brest region with many pictures.

Dolls from Brest were made in Belarus (Byelorussia, or Bielarus), which up to 1991 was part of the Soviet empire. Brest (formerly Brest-Litovsk) is a city in Belarus at the border of Poland. For a long time, the Brest Matryoshka factory was a prolific production center for unusual nesting dolls. Their dolls were made from birch wood.