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A Red Army soldier wearing a budenovka in 1926. A budenovka (Russian: будёновка, romanized: budyonovka, IPA: [bʊˈdʲɵnəfkə]) is a distinctive type of hat, an archetypal part of the Communist military uniforms of the Russian Civil War following the Russian Revolution (1917–1922) and later conflicts.
The Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia was established in 1922 and was one of the most influential artist groups in the USSR. The AKhRR worked to truthfully document contemporary life in Russia by utilizing "heroic realism". [12] The term "heroic realism" was the beginning of the socialist realism archetype.
On 23 February 1917, [a] Russia burst into a revolution and with it came the fall of the Tsardom and the establishment of a Provisional Government. [3] The defining factor in the fall of the Autocracy was the lack of support from the military: Both soldiers and sailors rebelled against their officers and joined the masses. [4]
Arthur Kulkov (born August 20, 1983) is a Russian male model.His work has been prominently featured in American publications such as GQ [1] and Details.He has been featured on covers for both publications, a rarity in the male model industry. [2]
New Book Exposes Seedy Russian Underbelly Surrounding Models Death Now, a new book by NY Daily News reporter Peter Pomerantsev is making the country front page news again by exposing the seedy ...
Regina Nikolaevna Zbarskaya (Russian: Регина Николаевна Збарская) (born 27 September 1935, Vologda (according to another source - Leningrad) - died 15 November 1987 in Moscow) was a Soviet fashion model. She became world famous in the early 1960s.
The first Soviet cadets graduated with the title of "platoon commander" (Russian: командир взвода, komandir vzvoda, abbreviated komvzvoda) but this was later changed to "red commander" for the sake of equal chances for progression amongst soldiers. Officially there were no officers in the Red Army and the distinction indicated a ...
The Obr.69 (Model 1969) is a Soviet military uniform introduced in 1969 to replace the Gymnastyorka style uniforms, which had remained virtually unchanged since World War II. It was used by all branches of the Soviet Armed Forces aside from the Soviet Navy .