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drugyourlove: привет! I was wondering if you knew anything about the Matryoshka dolls, I want to get a tattoo of one, and I was wondering if you knew if the different designs have any different meanings, like flowers, etc? I can't find anything online about it! Love your blog :) спасибо!

hi! a Matryoshka doll is a symbol itself:) it usually represents a woman dressed in sarafan, a traditional long dress with flower decorations. The design always follows certain proportions, like the shape of the doll’s face, eyes, hair, the position of hands etc… however there are different matryoshka styles all around Russia! here are some proportions I found for you:

http://festival.1september.ru/files/articles/21/2111/211154/img11.GIF

http://festival.1september.ru/files/articles/21/2111/211154/img12.GIF

http://www.interface.ru/iarticle/img/27864_54859037.jpg

http://www.interface.ru/iarticle/img/27864_54859033.jpg

And these are the different Matryoshka styles around Russia:

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4611/126030467.b9/0_5f5b5_13434c31_XL.jpg

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6004/126030467.b9/0_5f5b6_709045a7_XL.jpg

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/5501/126030467.b9/0_5f5b7_1ce4ee1b_XL.jpg

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6003/126030467.b9/0_5f5b9_c955dbd_XL.jpg

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6005/126030467.b9/0_5f5bb_628b6f3c_XL.jpg

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2714/126030467.b9/0_5f5bc_fc18fd83_XL.jpg

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2710/126030467.b9/0_5f5bd_c5d4c554_XL.jpg