Who doesn’t like a little excitement in their life? If you’re familiar with the phrase, “but wait, there’s more,” then you know it certainly applies to kids’ nesting dolls. These delightful dolls, ...

Under the white walls and blue-and-gold cupolas of the Sergiyev Posad monastery, the row of vendors selling nesting dolls and other traditional Russian handicrafts is noticeably shorter this summer.

They’re tiny works of art that can give you a smile. The largest collection of Russian nesting dolls in the country is located at the Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis. “Sometimes you look at a ...