Russian Gifts - Russian Collectibles

Welcome to our Russian Gifts and Collectibles Shop. We offer a variety of high quality gifts
and collectibles from Russia. Browse our site and come up with some great
gift ideas for Christmas.

Nesting Dolls

A set of Matryoshka dolls consists of a wooden figure which can be pulled apart
to reveal another figure of the same sort inside. It has in turn another figure
inside, and so on. The number of nested figures is usually six or more. The
shape is mostly cylindrical, rounded at the top for the head and tapered towards
the bottom, but little else; the dolls have no hands (except those that are
painted). The artistry is in the painting of each doll, which can be extremely
elaborate.

The theme is usually peasant girls in traditional dress, but can be almost anything,
ranging from fairy tale characters to Soviet leaders.

Decorative Eggs - Faberge Style Eggs

A Fabergé egg is one of 50 jewelry Easter eggs made by Peter Carl Fabergé of the
Fabergé company for the Russian Tsars between 1885 and 1917. The eggs are
among the masterpieces of the jeweller's art.

Samovars

A samovar is a heated metal container traditionally used to brew tea in and around Russia,
as well as in other Slavic nations and Turkey. It is said to have been invented in Central Asia.

Samovars come in different body shapes: urn-shaped, barrel, cylindric, spherical.

Russian Christmas Shop

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