Vasily Petrovich Svyosdotschkin
Wassili Petrovich Swjosdotschkin ( Russian Василий Петрович Звёздочкин , scientific transliteration Vasilij Petrovič Zvëzdočkin ; * 1876 in Schubino , Ujesd Podolsk ; † 1956 ) was a Russian wood carver and carpenter . Together with the painter Sergei Maljutin, he is considered to be the inventor of the matryoshka dolls.
In the 1890s, the two are said to have developed the matryoshka dolls as children's toys. Traditional Japanese statues of the god of luck Fukurokuju , which were located in the house of the book publisher and art patron Anatolij Ivanovich Mamontov , which is also said to have housed the toy shop and the workshop attached to it, are said to have served as a model. The Fukurokuju figures were transformed into Russian peasant women wearing traditional costumes.
According to another story of its origins, Malyutin, who worked in the vicinity of Anatolij Ivanovich Mamontov's brother, the art patron Sawwa Ivanovich Mamontov , commissioned Svyosdotschkin with the manufacture of the Matryoshka dolls. The aim was to revive Russian folk art with this wooden toy .
Web links
- BestRussianTour: Matryoshka Museum (English)
- History of the matryoshka on russlandjournal.de
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| SURNAME | Svyosdotschkin, Vasily Petrovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zvyozdochkin, Vasily; Звёздочкин, Василий Петрович (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian wood carver and carpenter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schubino , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1956 |