Russian Girls
Russian Souvenirs
St. Petersburg
Russian souvenirs and gifts are sold throughout the city - from market stalls to large department stores, hotels also stock their fair share of goods but at ridiculously inflated prices.
The most common souvenirs - Russian nesting dolls (Matryoshka), are widely available in a host of designs and numbers, some nest up to 19 dolls. The quality varies dramatically from top class professional hand-painted types to those that have obviously been crafted by a monkey!
If wooden dolls don't interest you then there are plenty of other Russian gift options to choose, ranging from hand-painted lacquered boxes and bowls to Communist-era bits and pieces.
Every popular tourist attraction has its own community of market stalls selling a range of souvenirs and gifts, often open for negotiation and willingly accepting the dollar.
Shops and department stores in St. Petersburg selling a broader range
of souvenirs and Russian gifts are also worth visiting
as not all have the expected inflated prices - some are even
cheaper than the market stalls!