Though the Russian Matryoshka doll was designed and created at the Abramtsevo colony in 1890, the nesting doll concept was popular in China and Japan long before Malyutin and Zvyozdochkin were inspired to put a new spin on it at the Abramtsevo estate.
Legal Definition of recall. 1  1 : a call to return a recall of workers. 2  2 : the right or procedure by which an official may be removed by vote of the people a recall petition. 3  3 : the act of revoking.  4 : a public call by a manufacturer for the return of a defective or especially unsafe product.
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