Russia Flashcards
Korotenka
Means “shortened”. It’s considered a short sarafan, but it is worn over a sarafan. Can be chest or hip length and is often made of a brocade fabric.
Sarafan
Jumper. Dress is typically sleeveless or short sleeves. The basic building block of female dress. Blouse is often worn underneath. This style of dress develops during the Romanov period. Often had an empire waist
Boyar
Landowning noblemen. Important to the feudal system. Had a distinctive mode of dress with T-shaped caftans, Asian textiles, and for trim on their hats.
Dushegreya
Women’s jacket worn over a sarafan. Fitted.
Kokoshnik
Halfway between a tiara and a hat. Often shaped like a flared pillbox hat, but the shape related to what district you were in. Can be court dress to lower class. Often used vouching and other embroidery.
Bashlyk
Pointed “Scythian style” hat. Male hat. Kind of looks like a garden gnome hat.
Papahki
Puffy fur hat. For men.
Astrakan
Tightly circled baby lambskin. Often referred to as Persian fur. Papahki are often made of it.
Boyar hat
Stovepipe style hat. Very tall. This style gets revived in the 1930s. Primarily a man’s hat but sometimes see women wearing a version of it. Meant for use by the Boyars.
Kosovorotka
The most archetypical piece of Russian dress. Consisted of a man’s blouse with asymmetrical closure. Usually white with an embroidered decoration.
Lapti
Shoes made of birch bark for poor Russians. The ties criss-cross up the leg.
Neo-Russian style
This mode of dress was discouraged during Tsar Peter The Great’s time. Folk tales being depicted by artists, peasant styles come into vogue, women photograph selves in traditional Russian costume, and religious work made in a consciously older style.
Suzani
Uzbeki word for embroidered piece of fabric. Used in textile tourism.
Tent bands
Intended to decorate the outside of a tent. Narrow and very long and are usually woven tapestry weave pieces.
