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According to wikipedia Mishka. Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2012-07-07 18:19. According to wikipedia Mishka means Little Fly in Russian and was the name of one of the dogs that went into space before humans were send. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushka#Pchyolka_and_Mushka reply
History of Matryoshka Nesting Dolls. Matryoshka are Russian wooden dolls with smaller dolls stacked within the bigger ones. In provincial Russia before the revolution the name Matryona or Matriyosha was a very popular female name. It was derived from the Latin root 'mater' which means 'mother'.