Viktor Vasnetsov
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Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov was a Russian painter and draughtsman who specialised in mythological and historical subjects. He is considered a co-founder of Russian folklorist and romantic nationalis
Vasnetsov in 1895
Self-Portrait, 1873
Portrait of Vasnetsov by Sergey Malyutin, 1915
Acrobats. Festival in a Paris suburb (c. 1876 – 1877)
Budenovka
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A budenovka is a distinctive type of hat, an archetypal part of the Communist military uniforms of the Russian Civil War following the Russian Revolution and later conflicts. Its official name was the
Viktor Vasnetsov
…designing of a military uniform for the Victory parade of the Russian army in Berlin and Constantinopole. Vasnetsov is credited with the creation of the budenovka (initially named bogatyrka), a military hat reproducing the style of Kievan Rus' cone-shaped helmets. Vasnetsov died in Moscow in 1926, he was 78…
Various examples of the M1919 Budenovka
A Red Army soldier wearing a budenovka in 1926
Vasnetsov's idea of bogatyrs, whose helmets inspired the budenovka
A 1918 poster showing a solemn oath of soldiers joining the Red Army