Russian costume as a whole

• Traditional costume: three basic functions.
• Color Symbolism in Traditional Russian Costume.
• Four Main Types of Russian Women's Clothes. An Overview.
• Children's (babies', toddlers', kids', teens') and Young Adults' Clothes.
• Man's Shirt.
• Waistband.
• Head Dress.

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Our reconstructions

• Young bachelor's outfit, Altay region, 1850s.
• Head of extended family’s shirt, Altay region, 1850s.
• Go-to-meeting shirt for a married man, Archangel region, Kargopol district, 1880s.
• Man's shirt decorated with ritual "Kupala" embroidery.
• Dress of pre-teenage girl, Yaroslavl region, 1840s.
• Shirt of Cossacs boy, Baykal Lake region, 1890s.
• Boy's shirt (adapted to a contemporary life)
• Ritual dress worn the first day of the harvest, Yaroslavl region, 1860s.
• Ritual dress worn the first day of the harvest, Vologda region, 1860s.
• Outfit of a merchant's wife, the city of Nizhny Novgorod, 1870s.
• Ritual dress for a "Rusalka" rite, the 12th - 16rh century.
• Teenage girl's sarafan, Kharkov region, 1850s.
• Woman's headdress "soroka & sderikha", Archangel region, Kargopol district, 1880s.
• Young Woman's Outfit, Archangel region, 1890s.