The film is dedicated to the Russian nesting doll - its past and present. The following filming was used in the film: a panorama of the exhibition hall, where nesting dolls are presented in different images; General view of the mansion in Leontievsky Lane in Moscow, where the Museum of Russian Matryoshka is located, view of the museum exhibits (b / w plans), general view of the Japanese furukumu toy, which, according to one of the legends, became the prototype of the Russian matryoshka; the guide tells the children about the Russian nesting doll, shows the Sergiev Posad matryoshka, the Vyatka matryoshka and the matryoshka made at the Semyonovsk souvenir production association; general view of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra; production of nesting dolls in the workshops of ZAO "Art products and toys" in Sergiev Posad; general view of the finished product; making nesting dolls in the workshops of the Semyonov association for the production of souvenirs, master-artists paint nesting dolls; President of the Fund of folk arts and crafts of the Russian Federation V.R. Ostrovskaya talks about the Russian nesting doll, about the museum (sinhr.).