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Burka (overcoat)
A burka ( ', ', ', ', , ', ka, ნაბადი ', ', Kabardian language, Kabardian: ', ' ', ') is an overcoat made from felt or ''karakul'' (the short curly fur of young lambs of the Karakul (sheep), breed of that name). ''Karakul'' being quite expensive, ''burkas'' were usually sewn from felt treated to look like ''karakul''. ''Burkas'' are sewn with high, squared off shoulders, and wearers will have a distinctive high-shouldered silhouette. Chechnya was the main producer of burkas throughout the North Caucasus. ''Burkas'' were part of the customary male garb of various peoples inhabiting the Caucasus region. ''Burkas'' were adopted by Russian cavalry, and worn as part of the Russian military uniform from the middle of the 18th century until the 1850s, during the Caucasus War. Vasily Chapayev was portrayed wearing a ''burka'' as a part of his military uniform in a 1934 Soviet Chapaev (film), film. Other items of traditional Caucasian dressBaddeley, John F. "The R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Peasant With Dagger And Long Smoking Pipe, Mestia, Svanetia, Georgia (Republic)
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Chapaev (film)
''Chapaev'' (, ) is a 1934 Soviet biographical war film, directed by the Vasilyev brothers for Lenfilm. A heavily-fictionalised biography of Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev (1887–1919), a Red Army notable commander of the Russian Civil War, it is based on the novel of the same name by Dmitri Furmanov, a Russian writer and Bolshevik commissar who fought together with Chapayev. Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin considered Chapaev to be the best film in Soviet cinematography and watched it more than 30 times between 1934 and 1936. President Vladimir Putin also claimed ''Chapaev'' to be his favorite film. Plot The film centers around a Red Army division commanded by Vasily Chapayev in their fight against White Army troops commanded by Colonel Borozdin. A Commissar named Furmanov is delegated to the division from Moscow, and although he initially does not get along with Chapayev, he proves his worth by resolving a conflict that arises when Chapayev's men steal from local peasants and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Folk Clothing
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Uniforms
A uniform is a variety of costume worn by members of an organization while usually participating in that organization's activity. Modern uniforms are most often worn by armed forces and paramilitary organizations such as police, emergency services, security guards, in some workplaces and schools, and by inmates in prisons. In some countries, some other officials also wear uniforms in their duties; such is the case of the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service or the French prefects. For some organizations, such as police, it may be illegal for non-members to wear the uniform. Etymology From the Latin ''unus'' (meaning one), and ''forma'' (meaning form). Variants Corporate and work uniforms Workers sometimes wear uniforms or corporate clothing of one nature or another. Workers required to wear a uniform may include retail workers, bank and post-office workers, public-security and health-care workers, blue-collar employees, personal trainers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kepenek
A kepenek is a thick, tent-like Turkish traditional shepherd's outer garment. It is a sleeveless, buttonless garment made of felt Felt is a textile that is produced by matting, condensing, and pressing fibers together. Felt can be made of natural fibers such as wool or animal fur, or from synthetic fibers such as petroleum-based acrylic fiber, acrylic or acrylonitrile or ... worn on the shoulders and covering the whole body from the shoulders down. It is made of three parts: one for the back and two (the same as the back, cut in half along the length) for the front. The parts are stitched together along the shoulder lines and all the way down. Usually white, a kepenek may have some adornments. Made from wool, or a combination of goat hair and wool, kepenek are also waterproof. A kepenek can be as much as one centimeter thick, and is sold according to weight. The dry weight of a kepenek is typically around 6kg, however if a kepenek is rained on its weight can increase to 10kg. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papakha
The papakha (; , ; ; , ; , ; ; ) is a sheepskin hat worn by men throughout the Caucasus and also in uniformed regiments in the region and beyond. The word ''papakha'' is of Turkic languages, Turkic origin (''papakh)''. The word ''papak'' is also a component of the ethnonym of a Turkic group of uncertain relation: the "Karapapak" (literally "black papakh" in the Azerbaijani language). Styles There are two different Caucasus, Caucasian papakhas. One, called a ''papaha'', is a high fur hat, usually made of karakul sheepskin. The hat has the general appearance of a cylinder with one open end and is set upon the head in such a way as to have the brim touch the temples. Some examples have ear-flaps which can be folded up when not in use. The other style is called a ''kubanka'', and is similar to the papaha, but shorter and without ear-flaps. Prevalence Papaqs are very important to mountainous peoples' of the Caucasus, where a man's hat is considered a very important part of his id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bashlyk
A bashlyk, also spelled bashlik, is a traditional Turkic, Caucasian, Iranian, and Cossack cone-shaped hooded headdress, usually of leather, felt or wool, featuring a round topped bonnet with lappets for wrapping around the neck. Local versions determine the trim, which may consist of decorative cords, embroidery, jewelry, metallized strings, fur balls or tassels. Among dozens of versions are winter bashlyks worn atop regular headdress, cotton bashlyks, homeknitted bashlyks, silk bashlyks, scarf bashlyks, down bashlyks, dress bashlyks, jumpsuit-type bashlyks, etc. Bashlyks are used as traditional folk garment, and as uniform headdress. A variation of bashlyk is the kalpak (''qalpaq''), a cone-shaped headdress without lappets, mostly made of leather, felt or wool, and the malahai, also known as the ''tymak'', a curved cone-shaped headdress, either with or without lappets, mostly made of leather, and occasionally with a fur-wrapping, originally worn by most inhabitants of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khanjali
Khanjali (Georgian: ხანჯალი) also known as a kindjal, is a double-edged dagger used in the Caucasus. The shape of the weapon is similar to that of the ancient Roman ''gladius'', the Scottish dirk and the ancient Greek xiphos. Inhabitants of Caucasus have used the Kindjal as a secondary weapon since the 18th century. Such daggers and their scabbards are often highly engraved with gold or silver designs, and sometimes include embedded gemstones. The scabbard will generally feature a ballpoint extension on the tip, and the handle is usually made of materials such as wood or ivory. Name The name of the kindjal dagger came into use from Persia; (See also khanjar and qama.) * In Georgia it is called khanjali and satevari. * In Dagestan it is called khanjali. * In Azerbaijan it is called khanjar . * In Armenia it is called khanchal. * In Chechnya/Ingushetia it is shalta. * In Circassia and Ossetia it is called kama (qama). Compare the standard Russian-language w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherkeska
A chokha, or ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; also known as a cherkeska, is a woolen coat with a high neck that is part of the traditional male dress of peoples of the Caucasus. It was in wide use among Avars, Eastern Armenians Abazins, Abkhazians, Azerbaijanis, Balkars, Chechens, Circassians, Georgians, Ingush, Karachays, Kumyks, Nogais, Ossetians, Tats, the peoples of Dagestan, as well as Terek and Kuban Cossacks from the Russian Empire, who adopted it from the aforementioned peoples. Etymology The Chokha came to be known amongst Russians as the Cherkeska from the word Cherkes for Circassian, the first they saw to wear the garment, although this term would be used to refer to all Caucasian peoples. Before the Russian invasion, parts of the South Caucasus were under a Persian influence so the word chugha was widely used in the region and still continues to be used to refer to the attire, although, the pronunciation of the word varies among ethnicities. The word chugha is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beshmet
A beshmet (from ; ; ; ) is an outer garment worn among the Turkic peoples, Mongolians and later by the peoples of the Caucasus and the Cossacks. Beshmet is an open garment that reaches to the knees; sometimes it is quilted. It is in the form of a buttoned half-caftan with a standing collar and is gathered into folds, belted at the waist and is girded with a saber belt (which is a leather belt decorated with copper and silver plaques) to which a dagger or saber was attached. Beshmet tightly fits the chest and waist, and the sleeves are long and narrow. The length is slightly above the knees or knee-length, with a back cut at the waist, straight solid floors fastened to the waist with a hook, with side wedges. It was worn under caftans such as chokha or chekmen, but in everyday life it could be worn on its own. It shares similarities with the arkhalig An arkhalig , is part of both male and female traditional dress of the peoples of the Caucasus and Iran. An arkhalig is a long t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Uniform
A military uniform is a standardised clothing, dress worn by members of the armed forces and Paramilitary, paramilitaries of various nations. Military dress and styles have gone through significant changes over the centuries, from colourful and elaborate, ornamented clothing until the 19th century, to utilitarian Military camouflage, camouflage uniforms for field and battle purposes from World War I (1914–1918) on. Military uniforms in the form of standardised and distinctive dress, intended for identification and display, are typically a sign of organised military forces equipped by a central authority. Military uniforms differ not only according to military units but tend to also be offered in different levels of formality in accordance with Western dress codes: full dress uniform for formal wear, mess dress uniform for formal black tie, evening wear, service dress uniform for informal wear, and combat uniform (also called "battle/field dress") which would equal casual we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
