Russian Soviet budenovka winter wool hat size 62-64 USSR Red Army uniform

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Red Army cap
BUDENOVKA
with Red Star.
Size 62 - 64 cm (7 3/4 - 8 US)
BUDENOVKA
Cap
is an element
uniforms of the Red Army
.
Used during the 1918-1940 by Red Army.
Material -
100 % wool. Inside, natural fabrics.
The cap is designed for active use.
Were kept at military depots
.
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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
Kiev Rus
helmet.
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The original name was
bogatyrka
(
богатырка
) – the hat of a
bogatyr
– and was intended to inspire Russian troops by connecting them with the legendary heroes of
Russian folklore
. Bogatyrkas were meant to be a part of a new uniform, so they had already been produced during
World War I
, but hadn't been officially adopted. Another version, quite popular in Russia, is that bogatyrkas were designed for a military parade as a part of a "historical" stylized uniform (which also included an overcoat with "designer" cross-pieces, which evoked those worn by the
Streltsy
in the 16th to 18th centuries, which also were used in the Red Army to a limited extent). Some Russian historians even speculate the parade in question was a supposed victory parade in Berlin. Some view the bogatyrkas as an evolution of the
bashlyk
conical hoods worn by the Russian military since the mid-19th century.
During the
Russian civil war
, communist troops, who had no obligation to comply with the uniform standards of the Imperial Russian army, used
bogatyrkas
, as they were abundant and distinctive.
Bogatyrkas
were commonly decorated with
red star
pins as a distinguishing mark. Such decorations were often makeshift, but later were standardized, and a bigger star badge of broadcloth was sewn to the front of the hat, typically red but in some cases blue (for cavalry) or black (for artillery). This allowed the communists to use the image of "Red
bogatyrs
" fighting the old and corrupt Russian system, employing the original idea by Vasnetsov. At this time the hat was renamed the
Budenovka
after
Semyon Budyonny
, the commander of the First Cavalry Army, as the hat (with the blue star) was particularly popular with cavalry units. It was also called the
Frunzenka
after
Mikhail Frunze
, one of Bolshevik army leaders.
The initial model with the high tip was replaced with a more practical low-tip model in 1927. A summer version briefly existed, made from lighter cloth and lacking flaps.
The hat was not part of the Red Army uniform for long, for both political and practical reasons. Although it was relatively easy to produce, it required expensive wool, did not provide good cold-weather protection and could not be worn under a helmet. Another reason was that it belonged to the revolutionary period of Russian history in which artistic and political expression had been under less rigorous control by the state. It was abandoned during the army reforms of the mid-1930s, and phasing-out started in 1935. Budenovkas were still in use during the
Winter War
of 1939, and the disastrous failure of Soviet equipment and gear led to the introduction of various improved winter uniforms. The Soviet army was to receive the
garrison cap
(called "pilotka") and the outdoor
ushanka
, the latter being based on the Finnish turkislakkis army fur caps. In the Red Army, Budenovka were mostly replaced by the start of the
Great Patriotic War
in 1941, but some of them were still used by
Soviet partisans
.
The budenovka became part of history as Red Army cavalry men wearing budennovkas became an iconic cultural image from the Russian civil war, together with
tachankas
, the
Nagant revolver
or
Mauser C96
,
Maxim gun
and rebelling sailors with ammo belts slung over their chests. Stylized
budyonovkas
were popular children's headgear until late
Soviet
times.
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БСД 62-64