1 An important point to know is how to correctly place question marks when using direct quotations. 2  Question marks go inside the quotation marks when the quotation asks the question and outside the quotation marks when the full sentence poses the question. Question marks and exclamation marks go inside the quotation marks when the quoted material is a question or an exclamation and outside the quotation marks when the whole sentence is a question or an exclamation.
Definition of babushka. 1  1a : a usually triangularly folded kerchief for the headb : a head covering (as a scarf) resembling a babushka. 2  2 : an elderly Russian woman.
Photo by marcos_leal CC GA 2.0. It's hard to find a symbol of Russia more popular than the traditional Russian nesting doll. These decorated wooden dolls with a secret are also called matryoshka dolls or babushka dolls. They are recognized even in the countries thousand miles away from Russia.Taking a Russian nesting doll back home is a must among tourists from Europe and the United States alike.ome historians of Russian life argue that matryoshka dolls originated from Japanese traditional dolls. However it's known that Russian masters would make hollow detachable Easter eggs from the wood long before the first nesting doll was made.