This Santa is handcrafted in the Russian city of Sergiyev Posad. It is carved from linden wood and painted with acrylic. Nice work, unusually carved and decorated. Workshop "Viktor".
It shows a winter scene with Snow maiden- Russian fairy tale character, the granddaughter of Russian Santa -Grandfather Frost. 10"
Alexander Berdyaev was a Russian general, who participated in the Napoleonic wars of 1806-1812.