![Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the "tourist" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-kgl10g/images/stencil/750x750/products/5030/44007/Vtg_Zag7_A__15611.1778356804.jpg?c=2 "Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the \"tourist\" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.")
![Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the "tourist" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-kgl10g/images/stencil/750x750/products/5030/44008/Vtg_Zag7_OV2__94369.1778356804.jpg?c=2 "Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the \"tourist\" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.")
![Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the "tourist" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-kgl10g/images/stencil/750x750/products/5030/44005/Vtg_Zag7_OV1__23175.1778356804.jpg?c=2 "Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the \"tourist\" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.")
![Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the "tourist" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-kgl10g/images/stencil/750x750/products/5030/44004/Vtg_Zag7_BV__41323.1778356804.jpg?c=2 "Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the \"tourist\" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.")
![Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the "tourist" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-kgl10g/images/stencil/750x750/products/5030/44006/Vtg_Zag7_FL__94654.1778356804.jpg?c=2 "Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the \"tourist\" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.")
![Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the "tourist" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-kgl10g/images/stencil/100x100/products/5030/44007/Vtg_Zag7_A__15611.1778356804.jpg?c=2 "Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the \"tourist\" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.")
![Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the "tourist" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-kgl10g/images/stencil/100x100/products/5030/44008/Vtg_Zag7_OV2__94369.1778356804.jpg?c=2 "Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the \"tourist\" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.")
![Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the "tourist" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-kgl10g/images/stencil/100x100/products/5030/44005/Vtg_Zag7_OV1__23175.1778356804.jpg?c=2 "Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the \"tourist\" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.")
![Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the "tourist" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-kgl10g/images/stencil/100x100/products/5030/44004/Vtg_Zag7_BV__41323.1778356804.jpg?c=2 "Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the \"tourist\" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.")
![Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the "tourist" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-kgl10g/images/stencil/100x100/products/5030/44006/Vtg_Zag7_FL__94654.1778356804.jpg?c=2 "Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the \"tourist\" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.")
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Zagorsk 7-nest Matryoshka [1950s-60s]. One prominent feature of Russian nesting dolls in particular, and Russian applied art, in general, is that folk art, such as this doll, made 65 years ago appears to the observer as if it had been made in even earlier times. This is due to the conditions and skills of production which changed little from the late 19th century up the 1960s and 1970s. Dolls from before the start of the "tourist" era in the USSR - roughly late 1950s - early 1960s - are uncommon. At this time, tourism was on the rise, and with it, the business of making folk art began increasing.
Second half of the 20th century. 7 nest, 4¼" to ⅝". Good condition, paint loss/chipping on several pieces, but no compression cracks. No retouching has been done on this set. Note that the last two pieces of this 7 piece set were painted, but left blank.
See also: Collectible Dolls from Zagorsk and History of Handicrafts in Russia