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...more than 30 dolls that, when completed, will represent about $190 worth of merchandise for three days of work. "In 1999, we were able to buy a car, a garage, send one son to university and renovate our apartment on the money my husband and I made from making matryoshki," she says. "But today, you make such a small amount of money for such devilishly complicated work." She notes that since October, she's had to cut her prices by about $4 per doll. Factor in the 30% drop in the value of the ruble, and Krytikova now makes only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trying Times for Russia's Nesting Dolls | 7/5/2009 | See Source »

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