Word: matryoshka
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...stay closer to home this summer, Russia's small local industries suddenly find themselves struggling. Now the government is stepping in to try to keep Russia's artisanal traditions alive. Earlier this year the Russian government announced that it would buy $28.4 million worth of nesting dolls (called matryoshka in Russian), lacquered dishes, crocheted shawls, felt caps and other quintessentially Russian knickknacks to bolster the industry and try to protect the livelihoods of some 30,000 workers at around 240 companies. (See pictures of Russia celebrating Victory...
...about $4 per doll. Factor in the 30% drop in the value of the ruble, and Krytikova now makes only half of what she used to on each doll. "I love my work," she says. "When I die, I've told my sons that they should put up a matryoshka instead of a headstone. But if prices continue to fall, it will be useless for me to continue working...
...does get work as an extra in a series of movies and TV shows, but the bit parts lead nowhere, so she begins to write screenplays of her own. One of them, nestled like a matryoshka doll into the novel itself, is about an ignorant but good-hearted rural immigrant to Beijing who works as a street vendor. The structure of the novel itself resembles a screenplay, told in highly visual prose broken into a series of short chapters. The Beijing Olympics brought viewers images of the city's monumental new architecture. But Guo gives us the insider vantage...
Last week, long-time customers and new visitors browsed in the small shop, tucked in the second floor of the mini-mall next to Tower Records, where the remaining Matryoshka dolls, beaded jewelry and decorated boxes are all 75 percent...
...write…‘I like matryoshka dolls. I like some shirts, embroidered shirts. And some shawls.’ And they understand what to bring,” he says...