NOTE: DOLL WILL BE IN 75 APPLES ART SHOW. DOLLS BEGIN TO SHIP SATURDAY, NOV 16TH! DR. APPLES’ LEGEND STATES his mother was taken from him and replaced with a doll on a pink pillow. Every year, he is presented a doll similar to the likings of his mother. This is the first doll he received. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the disappearance of his mother. 26. GOLDEN FORTUNE MATRYOSHKA DOLLS (Russian: матрёшка, IPA: [mɐˈtrʲɵʂkə] , also known as Babushka Dolls, Russian Tea dolls, stacking dolls, or Russian dolls, are the set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another. The name "matryoshka" (матрёшка), literally "little matron", is a diminutive form of Russian female first name "Matryona" (Матрёна) or "Matryosha".