USHANKA

Updated 04-May-2020.

Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about USHANKA!

Russian winter hats: Ushanka, kubanka, petushok: Russians know winter and cold weather. More importantly, they know how to dress when the wind bites, particularly when it comes to winter headgear.

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: an ushanka is a Russian fur cap with ear flaps that can be tied up to the crown of the cap . an alternative is to bend the flaps back and tie them behind the head . the word ushan artificial fur hats are also manufactured and are referred to as “fish fur” the material is not from any real animal . mink fur ushankas are widely used in the Arctic regions of Russia . the modern ushanka design from 1917 is also inspired by the Norwegian norvezhka, a hat invented by Norwegian arctic explorers . the main difference from the treukh is that the earf in 1933, W. C. Fields wore a kolchakovka in the short film The Fatal Glass of Beer . the headgear was not adopted in the new Soviet Union . budenovka in 1939, shortly before the winter war, the slightly improved turkislakki M39 was introduced . after the war the red army received completely redesigned winter uniforms . the ushanka became a symbol and media icon of the Soviet Union and later the Russian Federation . gray (American civilian police), green (for camouflage), blue (police, United States Post Office) and black versions the ushanka was used by the east german authorities before german reunification . it remained part of the german police uniform in winter afterwards . the rcmp use a “regulation hat” (between an a similar type of headgear is worn in china’s people’s liberation army’s winter uniform . the way of wearing the ushanka — up flaps, down flaps or ski-style — a variant of the ushanka is popular in Norway, especially in the north . it is infamous for its name, “bjrnefitte” (bear’s vagina), which is considered