From top to bottom: These three ladies wear the Russian sarafans or jumpers. The girl on the left has a cloth tag under her skirt: MADE IN SOVIET UNION// Mascha. All wear the woven lapti shoes. The girl in the middle is more unusual then her two companions and is not marked. Very rare dolls in this smaller size include adults and men in occupations. These two girls wear the same type of outfit. The 6 ½-inch girl on the left has blonde mohair showing out from under her scarf. She has the typical spoon-type hands. Her cloth tag reads: MADE IN SOVIET//UNION//6o88 BELORUSSIA. The doll on the right wears the same outfit but her coat is of flannel material while the doll on the left wears a cotton coat. These two 7-inch girls have arms with wire armature. The girl on the left has her plaid skirt slit on the sides to show her white undergarments. Printed right on her underwear it reads: MADE IN SOVIET//UNION//unreadable number// letter GIRL. The girl on the right wears a blue sarafan or jumper and is not marked. ,GHQWLÀFDWLRQFDQDOVREHHDVLHUWKDQWKHODUJHU dolls. Small cloth tags are often sewn under aprons or beneath tunics. The printed markings read: MADE IN SOVIET UNION if they were produced after 1922 and MADE IN RUSSIA if they were made before 1922. Most of the dolls seen here were produced after 1922. 2FFDVLRQDOO\\RXÀQGWDJVWKDWVD\ 86657KH8665 ZDVRIÀFLDOO\FUHDWHGLQ DQGGLVVROYHGLQ One source for purchasing these dolls was through Doll Talk Magazine, published by Kimport Doll Imports, Independence, Missouri, which were offered in their 1930's and 1940's catalogs. The 10-inch dolls were DYDLODEOHIRU DQGWKHVPDOOHURQHVIRUFHQWV DOLL NEWS * UFDC.ORG 137http://www.UFDC.ORG