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A Russian name for the oseledets hairstyle, khokhol (Russian: хохол, IPA:) is commonly used as an ethnic slur for a Ukrainian male (feminine form: Russian: хохлушка, romanized: khokhlushka), [3] [4] [5] as it was a common haircut of Ukrainian Cossacks. The term is usually derogatory or condescending.
The Russian braid (Russian: Русская коса, Russkaya kosa) is a national traditional hairstyle in Russia. It has an ancient history since the times of the Rus' . In modern Russia the hairstyle is still widespread among girls and women, while the symbolism behind the Russian braid is no longer so strong in modern Russia.
A 19th century peasant with a bowl cut. A bowl cut is a simple haircut where the front hair is cut with a straight fringe (see bangs) and the rest of the hair is left longer, the same length all the way around, or else the sides and back are cut to the same short length. [1]
Broccoli haircut: Named for its visual similarity to a floret of broccoli. It is associated with boys in Generation Z and gained popularity through Internet memes on TikTok. [1] Bunches: Another name for pigtails worn braided or unbraided. Butch cut: A butch is a type of haircut in which the hair on the top of the head is cut short in every ...
Grigory Potemkin, a Russian statesman and favourite of Catherine the Great, abhorred the tight uniforms and uncomfortable powdered wigs tied in a queue worn by soldiers of the Russian Army and instigated a complete revision of both. Along with comfortable, practical, well-fitting uniforms, his reforms introduced neat, natural hairstyles for all ...
Brittney Griner’s decision to cut her hair while in a Russian prison was a life or death matter. “At IK-2, they froze together. My iced locs started molding beneath that wrap. They took three ...
As part of his drive to modernise and Westernise Tsarist Russia, Peter the Great imposed a beard tax in 1698 to encourage Russian men to shave off their beards. Men who kept their beards but refused to pay the tax were forcibly shaven.
As kabbalistic teachings spread into Slavonic lands, the custom of pe'ot became accepted there. In 1845, the practice was banned in the Russian Empire. [4]Crimean Karaites did not wear payot, and the Crimean Tatars consequently referred to them as zulufsız çufutlar ("Jews without payot"), to distinguish them from the Krymchaks, referred to as zuluflı çufutlar ("Jews with payot").