Слайд 2 Do You know anybody who is about 100 years old?
Nice

to meet you! I`m a Russian staking doll. And I`m about 100 years old.
Слайд 3What Is a Staking Doll?
Russian staking doll, or matryoshka, as it

is called in Russian, is probably the most popular Russian national souvenir.
Слайд 4 Also, it seems that
matryoshka has come
to us from

ancient times,
from
the world of legends
and
fairy tales.
Слайд 5The Very Beginning of the Russian Matryoshka.
The first Russian matryoshka was made

in 1809 in the Children's Education work-shop, situated inside the Abramtsevo estate.
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Once, at traditional Saturday meeting, somebody brought a funny Japanese figurine of

a good-natured bald-headed old man called Fukuruma.
The doll consisted of several figurines nestled within one another. It had 7 figurines.
Слайд 7 Japanese Matryoshka
Fukuruma

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There is a legend that the first doll of this type was

made by unknown Russian monk on the Island of Honshu . Actually, this type of nesting toy was well known before − Russian craftsmen carved wooden Easter eggs.
Слайд 9Why 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.