on the Island of Honshu . Actually, this type of nesting toy was well known before − Russian craftsmen carved wooden Easter eggs.
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Why it is called “Matryoshka”? Russian wooden dolls with
smaller dolls inside are called matryoskas. In old Russian,
the name Matryona or Matriosha was a very popular female name among peasants. This name is associated with the image of a mother of a big peasant family.