Though the Russian Matryoshka doll was designed and created at the Abramtsevo colony in 1890, the nesting doll concept was popular in China and Japan long before Malyutin and Zvyozdochkin were inspired to put a new spin on it at the Abramtsevo estate.
Legal Definition of recall. 1  1 : a call to return a recall of workers. 2  2 : the right or procedure by which an official may be removed by vote of the people a recall petition. 3  3 : the act of revoking.  4 : a public call by a manufacturer for the return of a defective or especially unsafe product.
Tests of Recall. To recall something is to retrieve it, calling it back from memory. Several different recall tests were used frequently during the heyday of verbal learning theory, from about 1915 to 1965. These include serial learning, paired-associates learning, free recall, and cued recall. The techniques are still used today, although not usually with nonsense syllables.