This beautiful Russian wooden hand-carved Santa was hand painted by the most famous Russian artist, Marina Nadezdina. She is the most famous artist who makes Wood Carved Santa's. Her works are featured in many books and museums and she is very well known throughout Russia and many other parts of the world. Her Santas are quite hard to get and we have to wait extended periods of time to get a single Santa from her. This gorgeous Russian Santa stands 19.5" tall and is approximately 11" x 10" in width. One can immediately identify it as Nadejdina Santa due to her very unique painting style. The title of this Russian hand carved wooden Santa is "Christmas Angel."