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Japanese Origin Of Matryoshka Dolls

Even though we immediately think of Russia when we come across these dolls, their origin has a heavy Japanese connection. The creator of the famous Matryoshka doll, Sergey Malyutin found a Japanese Daruma doll on his hands. He found several other Daruma dolls inside which intrigued him a lot. He drew inspiration from this and ended up producing the first ever Matryoshka doll in 1890.