Ushanka - wikipedia Ushanka Woman using a Belarus parade ushanka as fashion wear, 2011 An ushanka ( Russian : уша́нка, IPA : ( ʊˈʂankə ), literally `` ear flap hat '' ), also called a ushanka - hat ( Russian : ша́пка - уша́нка, IPA : ( ˈʂapkə ʊˈʂankə ) ), is a Russian fur cap with ear flaps that can be tied up to the crown of the cap, or fastened at the chin to protect the ears, jaw and lower chin from the cold. An alternate manner is to bend the flaps back and tie them behind the head, which is called `` ski - style '' -- this offers less protection from the elements, but much better visibility, essential for high - speed skiing. The dense fur also offers some protection against blunt impacts to the head. The word ushanka derives from ushi ( у́ши ), `` ears '' in Russian. Contents 1 Basic materials 2 History 3 Current use 4 Similar hats 5 In popular culture 6 See also 7 References 8 External link Basic materials Ushankas are often made from inexpensive sheepskin ( tsigeyka, ru : Цигейка ), rabbit or muskrat fur. Artificial fur hats are also manufactured and are referred to as `` fish fur '' since the material is not from any real animal. The simplest `` fish fur '' of ushankas was made of wool pile with cloth substrate and cloth top, with the exception of the flaps, which had the pile exposed. Mink fur ushankas are widely used in the Arctic regions of Russia, protecting the ears and chin of the wearer even from `` deep frost '', which is around − 70 to − 40 ° C ( − 94 to − 40 ° F ). Military - style ushanka of the Soviet Army. Made in Bobruysk, 1988 Ushanka with ear flaps deployed Ushanka with ear flaps folded back `` ski - style '' A souvenir ushanka for tourists with ears tied up to the crown of the cap American made rabbit fur `` ushanka '' History Hats with fur earflaps have been known in Russia, Ukraine, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Germany for centuries. The standard modern ushanka with a perfectly round crown was developed in the 20th century. During the Russian Civil War, the ruler of Siberia, Aleksandr Kolchak, introduced a winter uniform hat, commonly referred to as a kolchakovka, c. 1918. It was similar to the ushanka. In 1933, W.C. Fields wore a kolchakovka in the short film The Fatal Glass of Beer. However, Kolchak and the White Army lost the war, and their headgear was not adopted in the new Soviet Union. Red Army soldiers instead wore the budenovka, which was made of felt. It was designed to resemble historical Bogatyr helmets, and did not provide much protection from the cold. During the Winter War against Finland, organizational failures and inadequate equipment left many Soviet troops vulnerable to cold, and many died of exposure. The Finnish army had much better equipment including an ushanka - style fur hat, the turkislakki M36, introduced in 1936. In 1939, shortly before the Winter War, the slightly improved turkislakki M39 was introduced, and is still in use today. After the winter war, the Red Army received completely redesigned winter uniforms. Budenovkas were finally replaced with ushankas based on the Finnish example. Officers were issued fur ushankas ; other ranks received ushankas made with plush or `` fish fur ''. When they experienced the harsh Russian winter, for example during the Battle of Moscow, German soldiers started to wear ushankas and other Soviet - type winter gear, as their uniforms did not provide adequate protection. WW2 ushanka presented in the Army museum ( Russia ) and Saumur tank museum ( France ). The ushanka became a symbol and media icon of the Soviet Union and later the Russian Federation. Photographs of U.S. President Gerald Ford wearing the cap during a 1974 visit to the Soviet Union were seen as a possible sign of détente. German hunter with an early form of the ushanka, painting by Joachim von Sandrart, 1643 Alexander Kolchak decorating his troops wearing kolchakovkas General Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim of the Finnish Army wearing white turkislakki in 1938 Gerald Ford wearing an ushanka, with Leonid Brezhnev ( who wears papakha ) in 1974 in Vladivostok during the SALT I talks Erich Honecker wearing an ushanka with Helmut Schmidt, 1981 Current use Identified with Soviet rule and issued in all Warsaw Pact armies, the ushanka has become a part of the winter uniform for military and police forces in Canada and other Western countries with a cold winter. Gray ( American civilian police ), green ( for camouflage ), blue ( police, United States Post Office ) and black versions are in current usage. In 2013, however, the Russian army announced that the ushanka was being replaced by new headgear, which is essentially the same ushanka with a rounder crown and small sealable openings in the flaps for wearing headphones. The ushanka was used by the East German authorities before German reunification, and remained part of the German police uniform in winter afterwards. In the Finnish Defence Forces, a gray hat is used with M62 uniform and a green one of different design is a part of M91 and M05 winter dress. Armoured troops have a black hat ( M92 ), while generals may wear a white M39 hat. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police use a `` regulation hat '' ( between an ushanka and an aviator hat ), made of muskrat fur. This replaced the former Astrakhan ( hat ). Similar ones are used by Toronto Transit Commission staff during winter. A similar type of headgear is worn in China 's People 's Liberation Army 's winter uniform. Featured in an iconic image of Lei Feng, this type of hat is often called by Chinese `` the Lei Feng hat '' ( 雷锋 帽, Lei Feng mao ). It is claimed that British wartime airmen visiting the Kola Inlet to help to protect the Arctic convoys quickly started to wear ushankas because their own uniform hats were not warm enough, but `` kept the ear flaps tied up to the crown as any Russian would, because it was considered unmanly to wear them down. '' However, in the Russian military up to this day, the way of wearing the ushanka -- up flaps, down flaps or ski - style -- is considered a part of uniform of the day and is usually decided by a unit commander at reveille, so the Russian soldiers are n't actually free about the way they wear their hats. A variant of the ushanka is popular in Norway, especially in the north. It is infamous for its name, `` bjørnefitte '' ( bear 's vagina ), which is considered vulgar in most parts of the country. Similar hats Trapper hats are `` a sort of hybrid between the aviator cap and the ushanka -- they combine the style of the former with the furriness of the latter ''. They are considered more casual than the military - derived ushanka. In popular culture In the American adult animated sitcom South Park, Kyle Broflovski wears a green ushanka. In the Seinfeld episode The Chicken Roaster ( 1996 ) the plot revolves around an 8,000 US $ ushanka. In the video game Team Fortress 2, an obtainable piece of headwear for the Heavy, a Russian character, is known as the `` Officer 's Ushanka. '' In the video game Call of Duty World at War the main protagonist Viktor Reznov wears a closed setup Ushanka. Estonia - based Slav Youtuber Life Of Boris frequently wears ushankas and has started selling his own line. American rapper Tyler, the Creator wore a white ushanka to the 2018 Grammy Awards. Joseph Stalin wearing an ushanka walks besides Sergey Kirov at the Leningrad railway station Formal and closed setup of the ushanka worn with the winter version of the Afghanka ; both the Afghanka collar and the ushanka are made from fish fur American rapper Jay - Z wearing a sable ushanka A Boisean wearing a fish fur Lei Feng hat ( an ushanka variant ) during the November 2014 North American cold wave at 17 ° F / - 8.3 ° C See also Afghanka Canadian military fur wedge cap Chullo, an Andean hat of similar design Telogreika Valenki References ^ Jump up to : Zaloga, Steven ( 1989 ). Red Army of the Great Patriotic War 1941 -- 5. Osprey Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 0 - 85045 - 939 - 7. Jump up ^ `` Finnish Army website ''. Puolustusvoimat.fi. Jump up ^ Mirouze, Laurent. Infanteristen des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Düsseldorf : Verlag Karl - Heinz Dissberger. p. 28. ISBN 3 - 924753 - 27 - X. Jump up ^ Färber, Mathias ( 1990 ). Zweiter Weltkrieg. Unipart - Verlag, Stuttgart. p. 556. ISBN 3 - 8122 - 3001 - 1. Jump up ^ `` WW2 Red army uniform, infantry - Русский Париж ''. www.paris1814.com. Jump up ^ Pike, John. `` Russian Army Says Goodbye to Earflaps ''. www.globalsecurity.org. Jump up ^ `` Mountie ''. Winterfurhats.com. Jump up ^ `` RCMP hats ''. Furbeardefenders.com. Jump up ^ 雷锋 帽 ( `` Lei Feng hat '' ) Jump up ^ Alexander, Kristen ( 1 October 2010 ). Jack Davenport. ReadHowYouWant.com. p. 143. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4596 - 0378 - 3. Jump up ^ `` Men Winter Hat Guide ''. Artofmanliness.com. 2013. 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