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Sheepskin ushanka winter hat with earflaps. An ushanka (Russian: ушанка, Russian pronunciation: [ʊˈʂankə], from уши, ' ears '), also called an ushanka-hat (Russian: шапка-ушанка, romanized: shapka-ushanka, [ˈʂapkə ʊˈʂankə]), is a Russian fur hat with ear-covering flaps that can be tied up on the crown of the cap, or fastened at the chin to protect the ears, jaw ...
In 1994, they were once again removed from military use. Allegedly this was by request of the wearers, who found the hat inefficient. (As the papakha is a relatively short hat that does not protect the ears well, it might be well suited to the mild climate of the Caucasus, but not to lower temperatures elsewhere.
The hat was created as part of a new uniform for the Russian army by Viktor Vasnetsov, a famous Russian painter, who was inspired by the Kievan Rus' helmet. [1] [2] The original name was bogatyrka (богатырка) – the helmet of a bogatyr – and was intended to inspire Russian troops by connecting them with the legendary heroes of Russian folklore.
Ak-kalpak takes its name from the Kyrgyz words "ak" (white) and "kalpak", designating any form of hat. (This was passed into Russian as the kolpak in the fifteenth century). [ 1 ] The ak-kalpak is an elongated cap formed of four pieces of white wool felt sewn together.
A traditional hat of Assam, India. Plain and decorative jaapis are available. Kalpak: A traditional hat of Bulgaria, Turkey, Ukraine and Central Asia. Made primarily of lamb fur, it comes in a variety of regional styles. Karakul: A hat made from the fur of the Karakul breed of sheep, typically worn by men in Central and South Asia.
Russian Muslims also wear the doppa or rug cap. In Russia, giving a rug cap to a person as a gift is a sign of friendship. The Russian name for the doppa is tubeteika. In Russia, the folk costume consists of a kosovorotka for men and a sarafan for women. Among Turkic peoples, traditional Turkic costumes are worn.
A Kazakh man wearing a malahai, depicted in an early-19th-century painting. The malahai (Russian: малаха́й or малакай, Kazakh: малақай) is a historical headgear originating in present-day Kazakhstan, which was adopted in some of other regions of Central Asia and worn throughout the Russian Empire from the mid-18th to mid-19th centuries.
The hat was originally not based on a Russian pattern, because Russians never had such a pattern, so the Sámi could not have had learned in contact with Russians on the coast of the Barents Sea, but they were and are the most traditional Polish cap, symbol of honour and resistance, worn by Polish insurgents exiled to the Kola Peninsula in times when Syberia was not yet used as a place of exile.