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Ushanka, the Glossary

An ushanka (ушанка,, from), also called an ushanka-hat (shapka-ushanka), is a Russian fur hat with ear-covering flaps that can be tied up on the crown of the cap, or fastened at the chin to protect the ears, jaw, and lower chin from the cold.^[1]

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Aarne Juutilainen

Aarne Edward Juutilainen (18 October 1904 – 28 October 1976), nicknamed "Marokon kauhu" (The Terror of Morocco), was a Finnish army captain who served in the French Foreign Legion in Morocco between 1930 and 1935.

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Afghanka

The Afghanka (Afganka; proper designation: Obr88) is a type of military uniform system developed and issued by the Soviet Army in the early 1980s, still in use today in some post-Soviet states in many different variants. Ushanka and Afghanka are Soviet military uniforms.

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Alexander Kolchak

Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak (Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Колча́к; – 7 February 1920) was a Russian admiral, military leader and polar explorer who held the title of Supreme Ruler of Russia from 1918 to 1920 during the Russian Civil War, though his actual control over Russian territory was limited.

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Andes

The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.

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Arctic convoys of World War II

The Arctic convoys of World War II were oceangoing convoys which sailed from the United Kingdom, Iceland, and North America to northern ports in the Soviet Union – primarily Arkhangelsk (Archangel) and Murmansk in Russia.

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Armenia

Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia.

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Balkans

The Balkans, corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions.

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Baltic region

The Baltic Sea Region, alternatively the Baltic Rim countries (or simply the Baltic Rim), and the Baltic Sea countries/states, refers to the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea, including parts of Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.

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Battle of Kollaa

The Battle of Kollaa was fought from December 7, 1939, to March 13, 1940, in Ladoga Karelia, Finland, as a part of the Soviet-Finnish Winter War.

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Battle of Moscow

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Bearskin

A bearskin is a tall fur cap derived from mitre caps worn by grenadier units in the 17th and 18th centuries. Ushanka and bearskin are military hats.

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Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; West Germany) from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the German Democratic Republic (GDR; East Germany).

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Bogatyr

A bogatyr (a, p) or vityaz (p, p) is a stock character in medieval East Slavic legends, akin to a Western European knight-errant.

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Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic

The Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic (Grenztruppen der DDR) was the border guard of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1946 to 1990.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Босна и Херцеговина), sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula.

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Budenovka

A budenovka (p) is a distinctive type of hat, an archetypal part of the Communist military uniforms of the Russian Civil War following the Russian Revolution (1917–1922) and later conflicts. Ushanka and budenovka are 1910s fashion, 20th-century fashion, Russian clothing and Soviet military uniforms.

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the 16th largest country in Europe.

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Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military commander, aristocrat, and statesman.

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Caucasus

The Caucasus or Caucasia, is a transcontinental region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia.

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CBC News

CBC News is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca.

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Central Asia

Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.

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Central Europe

Central Europe is a geographical region of Europe between Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Europe.

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Central Russia

Central Russia is, broadly, the various areas in European Russia.

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Chullo

A chullo (from ch'ullu; known as lluch'u in Aymara) is an Andean style of hat with earflaps, made from vicuña, alpaca, llama or sheep's wool.

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Cossacks

The Cossacks are a predominantly East Slavic Orthodox Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia.

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Croatia

Croatia (Hrvatska), officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe.

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Crown (anatomy)

The crown is the top portion of the head behind the vertex.

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Culture of Russia

Russian culture (kʊlʲˈturə rɐˈsʲiɪ) has been formed by the nation's history, its geographical location and its vast expanse, religious and social traditions, and both Eastern and Western influence.

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Détente

Détente (paren) is the relaxation of strained relations, especially political ones, through verbal communication.

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Deerstalker

A deerstalker is a type of cap that is typically worn in rural areas, often for hunting, especially deer stalking. Ushanka and deerstalker are 1910s fashion.

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Eurasia

Eurasia is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia.

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Fake fur

Fake fur, also called faux fur, is a pile fabric engineered to have the appearance and warmth of fur.

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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

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Finnish Army

The Finnish Army is the land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces.

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Finnish Defence Forces

The Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) (Puolustusvoimat, Försvarsmakten) are the military of Finland.

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Fish fur

Fish fur (translit) is a Russian-language ironic expression used to describe poor quality of coats and other clothes worn for warmth. Ushanka and Fish fur are Russian clothing.

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Fur clothing

Fur clothing is clothing made from the preserved skins of mammals.

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Fur wedge cap

The Canadian military fur wedge cap, "envelope busby", or colloquially "The Astrakhan"CBC Newsworld, Live coverage of the National Act of Remembrance, Ottawa, November 11, 2008: as reported by Maj. Ushanka and fur wedge cap are military hats and royal Canadian Mounted Police.

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Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and West Asia.

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Gerald Ford

Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977.

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German reunification

German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single full sovereign state, which took place between 9 November 1989 and 15 March 1991.

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Hat

A hat is a head covering which is worn for various reasons, including protection against weather conditions, ceremonial reasons such as university graduation, religious reasons, safety, or as a fashion accessory.

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Headphones

Headphones are a pair of small loudspeaker drivers worn on or around the head over a user's ears. Ushanka and Headphones are headgear.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Julian March

The Julian March (Croatian and Julijska krajina), also called Julian Venetia (Venezia Giulia; Venesia Julia; Vignesie Julie; Julisch Venetien), is an area of southern Central Europe which is currently divided among Croatia, Italy, and Slovenia.

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Karakul sheep

Karakul or Qaraqul (named after Qorakoʻl, a city in Bukhara Region in Uzbekistan) is a breed of domestic fat-tailed sheep which originated in Central Asia.

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Kola Bay

Kola Bay (Кольский залив) or Murmansk Fjord is a 57-km-long fjord of the Barents Sea that cuts into the northern part of the Kola Peninsula.

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Kuban Cossacks

Kuban Cossacks (kubanskiye kаzaki; kubanski kozaky), or Kubanians (кубанцы, kubantsy; кубанці, kubantsi), are Cossacks who live in the Kuban region of Russia.

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Leather flying helmet

A leather flying helmet, also known as an aviator hat or bomber hat, is a usually leather cap with large earflaps, a chin strap, and often a short bill that is commonly turned up at the front to show the lining (often fleece or fur).

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Lei Feng

Lei Feng (18 December 194015 August 1962) was a soldier in the People's Liberation Army who was the object of several major campaigns in China.

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Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982, and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) from 1960 to 1964 and again from 1977 to 1982.

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List of types of fur

This list of types of fur describes the characteristics of types of fur used in fur clothing.

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Malahai

The malahai (малаха́й or label, малақай) is a historical headgear originating in present-day Kazakhstan, which was adopted in some of other regions of Central Asia and worn throughout the Russian Empire from the mid-18th to mid-19th centuries. Ushanka and malahai are 18th-century fashion, 19th-century fashion, Russian clothing and winter clothes.

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Military uniform

A military uniform is a standardised dress worn by members of the armed forces and paramilitaries of various nations.

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Mink

Mink are dark-colored, semiaquatic, carnivorous mammals of the genera Neogale and Mustela and part of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, otters, and ferrets.

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Moldova

Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, on the northeastern corner of the Balkans.

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Muskrat

The muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia and South America.

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Nordic countries

The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden) are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic.

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North Macedonia

North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Osprey Publishing

Osprey Publishing is a British publishing company specializing in military history based in Oxford.

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Papakha

The papakha (холхазан-куй, holhazan-kuy) is a wool hat worn by men throughout the Caucasus and also in uniformed regiments in the region and beyond. Ushanka and papakha are 19th-century fashion, 20th-century fashion, 21st-century fashion and Armenian clothing.

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People's Liberation Army

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China.

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Pile (textile)

Pile is the raised surface or nap of a fabric, consisting of upright loops or strands of yarn.

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Plush

Plush (from French peluche) is a textile having a cut nap or pile the same as fustian or velvet.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Rabbit

Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas).

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Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union.

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Reveille

"Reveille", called in French "Le Réveil" is a bugle call, trumpet call, drum, fife-and-drum or pipes call most often associated with the military; it is chiefly used to wake military personnel at sunrise.

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Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; Gendarmerie royale du Canada; GRC) is the national police service of Canada.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Russian Civil War

The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the overthrowing of the social-democratic Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future.

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Russian North

The Russian North (Русский Север) is an ethnocultural region situated in the northwestern part of Russia.

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Serbia

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Southeast and Central Europe, located in the Balkans and the Pannonian Plain.

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Sheepskin

Sheepskin is the hide of a sheep, sometimes also called lambskin.

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Siberia

Siberia (Sibir') is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east.

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Ski

A ski is a narrow strip of semi-rigid material worn underfoot to glide over snow.

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Slovenia

Slovenia (Slovenija), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene), is a country in southern Central Europe.

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Soviet Armed Forces

The Soviet Armed Forces, also known as the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, the Red Army (1918–1946) and the Soviet Army (1946–1991), were the armed forces of the Russian SFSR (1917–1922) and the Soviet Union (1922–1991) from their beginnings in the Russian Civil War of 1917–1923 to the collapse of the USSR in 1991.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Telogreika

The telogreika (lit) or vatnik (p) is a variety of Russian warm cotton wool-padded jacket. Ushanka and telogreika are Russian clothing and Soviet military uniforms.

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Toronto Transit Commission

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is the public transport agency that operates bus, subway, streetcar, and paratransit services in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some of which run into the Peel Region and York Region.

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Trieste

Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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Urho Kekkonen

Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (3 September 1900 – 31 August 1986), often referred to by his initials UKK, was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and longest-serving president of Finland from 1956 to 1982.

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Valenki

Valenki (p; sg valenok (p)) are traditional Russian winter footwear, essentially felt boots: the name valenok literally means "made by felting". Ushanka and Valenki are 18th-century fashion, 19th-century fashion, 20th-century fashion and winter clothes.

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Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact (WP), formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (TFCMA), was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War.

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White Army

The White Army (pre-1918 spelling, although used by the Whites even afterwards to differentiate from the Reds./Белая армия|Belaya armiya) or White Guard (label), also referred to as the Whites or White Guardsmen (label), was a common collective name for the armed formations of the White movement and anti-Bolshevik governments during the Russian Civil War.

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