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Troika Unusual

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nd268-7

Price

$170.00

There are 7dolls in the nest. Scenes are depicted Troika Walking. According to the dictionary TROIKA is "three horses harnessed abreast". But for Russian TROIKA is more than only "three horses harnessed abreast". Russian likes driving on TROIKA usually with tinkling of bells on high days and holidays, while celebrating weddings and after carousals; also TROIKA is the mean of conveyance while travelling over boundless Russia. No wonder that TROIKA for Russian is the symbol of national character: driving on TROIKA shows recklessness and fervour of Russian, allows to feel how boundless is Russia and to meditate on theme of unpredictable development of Russia The dolls have unusual shape.They are dressed in traditional Russian sarafans (woman's dress) and very beautiful headcrsves with golden foil on them. The tallest one is

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