NATIONAL COSTUMES INRUSSIA

THERE ARE A LOT OF TRADITIONAL CLOTHES

IN RUSSIA . FOR EXAMPLE, IN COLD

CHUCKOTKA PEOPLE WEAR FUR CLOTHES :

COATS, TROUSERS AND B OOTS. BUT

ESPECIALLY BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES ARE WORN

DURING THE HOLIDAYS DEVOTED TO NATURE,

FLORA AND FAUNA .

THEY PUT ON CLOTHES MADE FROM ANIMAL

SKINS DECORATED

WITH BEADS AND GEOMETRIC PATTERNS.

WOMEN ALSO WEAR HANDMADE DARK-COLOURED

RIBBONS ON THEIR HEADS.

IN THE SOUTH OF RUSSIA .COSSAKS ( КАЗАКИ) WEAR A BLACK

SHIRT AND A HIGH FUR HAT USUALLY MADE OF KARAKUL SHEEP SKIN

(KUBANKA) . THEY WEAR A BESHMET AND LEATHER B OOTS WITH COLOURFUL PATTERNS.

A SYMBOL OF A RUSSIAN

NATIONAL COSTUME IN THE

NORTH IS A SARAFAN DRESS

AND A KOKOSHNIK

(HEADDRESS) FOR WOMEN

A SLEEVELESS DRESS IS WORN OVER A LONG SHIRT WITH

COLOURFUL PATTERNS. THE SARAFAN WAS WORN BY ALL THE WOMEN UP TO THE

18T H CENTURY.

MADE BY ALISHER

ARSLANOV AND HIS

CLASSMATES,FROM 8A SCHOOL

1750,ENCOURAGED BY M.KOTOVA