All about puppets and plastic miniatures at Moscow’s Doll Museum

Nov 15, 2022

Moscow (Russia), Nov 15 (ANI): (ANI / TV Brics) What do a child and a plangonologist have in common? Both wouldn't mind a collection of dolls. It’s been 26 years, there has been a museum in Russia’s capital Moscow where toys from all over the world have come together. Children's dolls share shelves of display cases with "important ladies-dolls" in pompous outfits. Nearby lie the crockery: small teapots and cups beckon guests for tea. But not everyone could have a tea ceremony with porcelain beauties and knockouts at the turn of the century. The situation changed only in the 1930s, when the Soviet government wanted to make toys accessible to all. There are not many Soviet dolls in the exhibition, but Sergey Romanov, a friend of the museum, often comes to see them. The artist-restorer has been collecting Soviet toys for 37 years. He has over 12,000 different dolls in his collection. Some were lying on friends' entresols; others were carefully kept by the restorer's family. These dolls were produced in the second half of the 1930s. And with the advent of Indian films in the Soviet Union. Sari dolls began to enter families. Sergey's collection includes two clay souvenir toys from the 1970s. Some of their elements are handmade. A toy is a whole layer of material culture.This is what generations have played with. In soviet era, children's collections were regularly replenished with new plastic or rubber dolls.So in a game of "daughters-mothers" all children were looked after.