Russian traditional clothes презентация к проекту They come from Russia в соавторстве с Величко Анастасией, ученицей 9 класса

They come from Russia

Velichko Anastasia

A patterned woman's headdress “kokoshnik”, fine linen “rubashka” shirts, a beautiful woman's dress “sarafan” with embroidery - all these are comfortable and nice clothes worn ages ago by Russian women. These three items of clothing perfectly describe Russia. Kokoshniks were worn as early as in 10th-12th century and had quite a history since then. Together with other elements of traditional Russian costume, they were banned by Peter the Great in order to modernize Russian social system, but only a few decades later Catherine the Great brought them back and officially made part of court dress.

Probably the best-known traditional pieces of clothing in Russia are sarafans and rubakhas. The sarafan was the main part of the female wardrobe. It’s a long sleeveless dress which was often worn on top of a rubakha. The rubakha was a linen oversize shirt or blouse. Russian people hand-painted linen fabric, sewed shirts and sarafans and decorated them with embroidery.

Traditional man's outfit consisted of a rubakha, long narrow trousers, leather  boots, a kushak (a waistband), a woolen hat and a kaftan (a light woolen coat). In summer people in Russian villages wore lapti (shoes woven from bast fiber). Traditional winter footwear was valenki (felt boots).

Russian women in the past wore sarafans, aprons, blouses, leather shoes or valenki, kokoshniks and jewellery. The kokoshnik is an amazing  national women’s headwear, usually decorated with river pearls, decorative stones, golden and silver needlework.

Traditionally, Russian clothing had two main colors: white and red. Festive clothing was richly decorated with ornaments and embroidery. There were differences between the clothing of young women, married women and older women. Clothing of older women had fewer ornaments and was made in darker tones.