Q: I have a set of Russian nesting dolls I was told were made by or for the former KGB. The dolls are dressed in similar Soviet uniforms, but there are lists of different things on the back of each doll. The largest doll is marked with the words “Communism” and “Genocide” and a list that includes Poland, Korea, and other communist countries. The next doll lists people who could have been a threat to the KGB (Tito, Kutepov, and S. Bandera). The third has a list of different types of crimes (murders, kidnaps, etc.), and the last a list that appears to be related to Soviet Gulag forced-labor camps. The smallest doll has no list. Can you tell me anything about them?  

Russian Nesting Dolls

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