Product Description
Volzhanka (Волжанка). This cute nesting doll from Kalinin is named after Russia's most famous river: The Volga. She is different in style from Viatka (aka Kirov or Nolinsk), Semenov or Polkh-Maidan dolls. The wood is linden and many of the decorative elements are burnt in. The colors are bright and the paint thickly applied. They tend to come in several color combinations, of which this one, the pink color, is the least common. 3 nest, 4½ down to 1¾". 1 only.
The Kalinin dolls (Калининская Матрешка) were named after the city of Kalinin, which is situated on the Upper Volga River. After 1991, many cities with Soviet names reverted back to their pre-Soviet names. Kalinin once again became Tver, which was its original medieval name. This matryoshka was actually made in the late 1980s and imported to the United States around 1992, by stamping "Made in Russia" on the bottom.