Chokha
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A chokha is a woolen coat with a high neck. It is part of the traditional male attire for various peoples of the Caucasus, as well as Terek and Kuban Cossacks of the former Russian Empire, who subsequ
Georgian nobleman Constantine Gelovani wearing a chokha with military shoulder marks
Georgian ambassador to Japan dressed in Chokha (left), standing alongside President Salome Zurabishvili
Adjarian chokha.
English hard rock singer Ian Gillan wearing a Georgian chokha alongside his wife Bron Gillan during their visit to Tbilisi, 1990
Gazyr
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A gazyr is an implement to hold a rifle charge: a tube with a bullet and a measure of gunpowder or a paper cartridge. They were carried in gazyr bags or in rows of small pockets on the breast. Later,
Chokha
…horseback riding and in harsh climatic conditions. The general outfit almost always includes a dagger called khinjal, a beshmet worn under the chokha, gazyrs (bullet/charge holders), and a bashlyk (a hood, separate from the robe) or a papakha (a tall fur hat). Unlike the general chokha, which was typically…
Dagestani Gazyr bag from Kubachi
A Georgian man in chokha
Baron Pyotr Wrangel in Russian Cossack uniform