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300 Years of Russian Military Uniforms

Since the creation of the Russian army more than 300 years ago, uniforms have been changed frequently. The various uniforms have also become a culture, and all of them can now be seen in the Museum of Russian Military Uniforms. <#J<QYF&2

Peter the Great's uniform The Russian regular army was founded in the time of Peter the Great, when there was no difference between the uniforms of the officers and soldiers, which I am afraid that there has never been such a "democracy" in any regime. a'L7y%

The Russian army was founded in the time of Peter the Great, when the uniforms of the officers and soldiers were not differentiated. a'L7y%

If there was a slight difference, it was that the officers wore a white, blue and red sash across their shoulders. I'm afraid this is the only political color, which is exactly the same as the colors on the national flag. Beyond that there was little else that was purely Russian. Just because Peter admired the West, he wanted to imitate the strong and reliable Prussian regular army in military affairs, so the style of uniforms also imitated Prussia. However, when the military-political situation in the country attracted the discontent of the people, Peter ordered the officers, the main pillar of the Tsar, to make some improvements in their clothing, so as to distinguish them from the soldiers' uniforms. r.W"@vc>

Alexander I introduced the bicorne hat At the beginning of the 19th century, there was a great trend in the Russian court to learn from France, so Alexander I also caught up with this fashion when he decided on the military uniforms: all the uniforms were sewn according to the style of the French uniforms. Russian officers and soldiers wore Napoleonic bicorn hats, which were so different from the Russian style that it was almost laughable. But in the time of Alexander I there also appeared something purely Russian: in 1802 the first gray tweed military coat was sewn, which has been worn until now. LO Yyj?^7

Nicholas I was a fan of luxury The reign of Nicholas was a period of political stability, so the "court" was free to change the image of the military. Nicholas I was very keen to beautify the uniform, favorite brightly colored tweed, cuffs strips of gold and silver trim, trim and uniforms on the stripes. mDsUZf<

After the "French style" had passed, the Tsars began to add national symbols to their uniforms in order to increase national prestige. Coat of arms and insignia appeared on the uniforms, and there was a double-headed eagle in the form of a crown. The form of the Russian coat of arms also changed from time to time, with the wings flying upward and downward at the same time. Historians have found that when the political situation in the country was stable, the wings flew upwards, and when it was unstable, they flew downwards. For the first time, the Russian epaulettes featured the exact same star shape as today. As a whole, the new uniforms are pretty, but just not practical. T<_1|eH

Alexander III "ripped off" all the buttons The Crimean War broke out during Alexander III's reign, and its bitter lessons had a big impact on uniform reform. One of the lessons learned was that the fancy clothing of soldiers and officers was not practical on the battlefield. The Tsar ordered that they be simplified and made more convenient. Alexander III first "ripped off" all the buttons from the uniforms, replacing them with small hooks and loops. Then he abolished the ornate Kommandant's hat and made it mandatory to wear a lamb's skin cap, leaving a large brimmed hat. Fat double-breasted uniform tops replaced the narrow uniforms. ;L/T}!Dx

Nicholas II re-dressed the uniforms in all their splendor Nicholas II feared that the soldiers would run out of light because they thought the uniforms were ugly, so he restored the gold and silver threads and ornaments on the uniforms. At the same time, the Tsar also divided the military uniforms into combat and civilian clothes. Combat uniforms were practical, convenient and fat, easy for soldiers to run in battle. The civilian clothes restored the fine little pendants and trinkets of the past, purely to restore military prestige and attract the young recruits. In the years of Nicholas's rule, regiments and even battalions had different uniforms, but the whole army was uniform, and the October Revolution of 1917 put an end to this mess of uniforms for the Tsars. }j5@\c48

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Lenin did away with epaulettes After the October Revolution, the People's Commissariat headed by Lenin did away with all the ranks and titles in the Russian army under Nicholas II, and the new regime sought to do away with ties to the Tsarist empire in terms of uniforms. As a result the Red Army officers and men did not have a strictly defined uniform at first, and those with guns wore whatever they wanted. The Bolshevik regime also did away with the old military symbols, the main symbols at first being the red band on the cap and the red armband with the words "Red Kommando" written in black, and in some units the Red Kommando badge in the form of a red star in a laurel crown. The red star is painted on the hammer and plow symbolizing the political unity of the ministries of the Red Army of Workers and Peasants. Q(eQZx{

When the First Civil Revolutionary War began in the country, the new regime began to think that the uniform of the Red Army of Workers and Peasants had to be different from that of the White Army, and the tweed cap, called the Buchonian cap, appeared. By the way, these hats were still taken from the warehouses of the Provisional Government. ^a0 -5

Stalin restored the epaulettes Stalin's period saw the beginning of another reform of military uniforms. The Father of the Peoples considered the uniforms of Lenin's time to be "not serious enough", for example, the colorful breast pockets on coats and shirts were too fancy, and abolished them as a "remnant of the age of catastrophe". From then on, the army began to take on a more and more "imperial look". Stalin's first innovations were large-brimmed hats for the summer, Frensch-style shirts, tweed pants for commanders, and cotton sweatshirts for junior commanders and private soldiers. By 1943, when the Great Patriotic War was in full swing, not only generals and officers of all ranks, but also enlisted men wore epaulettes, which were shaped and even lettered exactly like those worn by soldiers in the old Russian army. k>@^M]%

Brezhnev liked the red trim By the time of Brezhnev, in terms of uniform reform, although there is no big move, but there are still a lot of small moves. According to Brezhnev's proposal, the cap rim of the large-brimmed hat of each military service, the paneling, the colored rim stripes between the collar insignia and the shoulder stripes were unified in red, and the military civilian clothes were changed to pullover tops and jackets, and some of the reforms were purely formalistic, which also reflected the conservatism of the political system. For example, the helmet head of the large-brimmed hat was raised by only half a centimeter, and only a few spikes were added to the cap badge. Each branch of the military also appeared with its own armband, on which the indispensable emblem was a large red star with a sickle and hammer design. The Brezhnev period saw the first appearance of camouflage uniforms in the Soviet Army. {;rpgc

Gorbachev offended the marshals As soon as he came to power, Gorbachev signed an order of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, according to which the ranks and epaulettes of the chiefs and marshals of the armored forces, and the chiefs of the engineers and the communicators would be abolished. This was an "improvisation" in the process of reforms, the abolition of these ranks really annoyed the military chiefs, and the idea was given to Gorbachev by the Kremlin bureaucrats in charge of military affairs. They know that the General Secretary has been furious with the military since the German air hooligan Rust landed his plane near Red Square. During Gorbachev's rule, relations between the military and the authorities had never been very cordial, and the head of state couldn't say how much he liked the military and wasn't very interested in the dress code of the officers and soldiers. The reform of the military uniforms has been carried out only in the form of epaulettes. /[|md0,

Objectively, though, Gorbachev made some changes with democratic overtones, such as allowing short-sleeved shirts and no ties in the summer, which were warmly welcomed by the military. +,w|&y

Yeltsin's rush to change uniforms The Russian army had just been formed in May 1992, and Yeltsin urged the Defense Ministry leadership, "My army has to wear the best clothes!" pzp "NKx i

In October 1992, the Ministry of Defense showed Boris a new uniform. It resembled the clothing of the armies of some NATO member states. Russia has a history of tsars who desperately wanted to imitate Europe, and Yeltsin followed the same path. The new big-brimmed hats with their wide brims, high helmets and large metal "eagles" made the officers uncomfortable. With derision they said, "The higher the helmet, the lower the combat effectiveness." pt;Sk?-1

Under Yeltsin's rule, the treasury was in deficit, the tall leather hats of the colonels and general officers were replaced by ordinary leather hats, the chrome-tanned leather boots gave way to polyester soft-leather boots, and the coats, breeches, and elaborate belts disappeared. Sometimes the sums appropriated were only enough to replace the distinguishing marks (the original one large star on the shoulder insignia of the Grand Admiral of the Army and the Marshal of the Navy was replaced by four small stars) and to add cuffs, breast insignia, and other graphic markings. <'yC:HeAwD

Putin has "restored" the fur hat Putin did not make any big moves in terms of uniform reform. The only thing that will make the officers happy is to give them back their fur hats. Not long ago Putin agreed to reduce the height of the helmet and reduce the diameter of the upper brim of the large-brimmed hat, so that it is close to the traditional small brim of the Russian army. This is both a return to tradition and a return to sanity, as the "wind-bearing area" of the large brim is too large and can easily be lifted off in windy weather. Soon, it will also be on the officer's large-brimmed hat on the often loathed by the troops called "meat chick" "eagle" removed.