The Alyonushka and Ivanushka nesting doll comes from a Russian folktale about two siblings. Poor brother Ivenushka is turned into a young goat or kid. Sister Alyonushka finds a husband and they take care of her younger brother. They live happily until a wicked witch comes along. If you want to know more, you can read the story by clicking on the link below. A copy of the story is include. The scenes were created by Irina Kummer. This doll makes great gift for lovers of folktales. These images have hand painted backgrounds and highlights, and for certain elements, Golden Cockerel reproduces the original hand-painted artwork on printed vinyl and artfully applies them to the dolls. The artist paints and blends the two forms of artwork together into a unified piece. Then the dolls have multiple layers of non-toxic water-based lacquer applied. The designs are done at the Golden Cockerel art studio in St. Petersburg, Russia. The bottom of the largest doll gets stamped with Golden Cockerel’s “Made in Russia” mark of quality, initialed by the artist, and dated like a true collectible. Size of the Largest Piece: 5 inches in height The Nesting Set Includes: Five Story Images Please note that the smaller pieces can be very small. Please make sure your recipient is old enough and wise enough not to swallow the characters (around three and older).