Russian Dolls in Prague

Problem
What are the Russian dolls called and how do they make them and where?

Answer
We saw the Russian dolls in Prague in shop windows in the old town (Stare Mesto). (Why? See my previous post.)

Story
What is the name for Russians dolls? It depends on which language you are speaking. The Belgian couple sitting at the table beside me in the Golden Star hotel restaurant pronounced everything differently. For example, they said Lay-ka. I asked them to spell the name. L E I K A. I said Leika, pronounced lie-ka.

Wikipedia says:
A matryoshka doll (Russian: матрёшка; IPA: [mɐˈtrʲɵʂkə] ( listen), matrëška), also known as a Russian nesting doll, or Russian doll,[1] is a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another. The name "matryoshka" (матрёшка), literally "little matron", is a diminutive form of Russian female first name "Matryona" (Матрёна) or "Matriosha".

When I visited Russia in the late 1960s the Russian dolls were all traditional folk figures. Now the ones in Prague are all types, like Barbie dolls and Action Man they have different kinds,modern characters, ski fi.

How do they do it? You can do it. A youtube video shows you how.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb7hRuyMS6Q

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author, speaker, language teacher.