page_title: Gymnastyorka
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caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Offizier eines Linien-Bataillons im weißen Kittel (auch Gymnastjorka) und roter Pluderhose (Kaiserlich Russische Armee im Militärbezirk Turkestan). Nach W.W. Werschtschagin «Turkistanischer Offizier, verharrt bewegungslos»; 1873; staatliche Tretjakow Galerie zu Moskau. English: Officer of a Line-battalion in white Kitel (also Gymnastyorka) and red wide breeches’’ (Imperial Russian Army in the Turkestan military region). By V.V. Vereshchagin «Turkistan officer, persists without any movement»; 1873; State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Русский: Офицер линейного батальона в белом кителе (также гимнастёрка) и красных шароварах (РИА, ТуркВО). В.В. Верещагин; «Туркестанский офицер, когда похода не будет»; 1873; Государственная Третьяковская галерея; Москва.
context_page_description: Gymnastyorka was a Russian military smock comprising a pullover-style garment with a standing collar having double button closure. Additionally, one or two upper chest pockets, with or without flaps, may have been worn. It had provision for shoulder boards and sometimes reinforced elbows and cuffs. The Tsarist version had the standing collar while the M35 version had a stand-and-fall collar which was replaced with the standing collar in the M43 version. The Soviet Army M35 version usually had hidden buttons. A double breasted version for officers of all ranks existed during the Tsarist period.
context_section_description: Gymnastyorka (usually transliterated in English as Gimnasterka; also spelled Gymnastiorka; Russian: гимнастёрка, IPA: [gʲɪmnɐˈsʲtʲɵrkə]) was a Russian military smock comprising a pullover-style garment with a standing collar having double button closure. Additionally, one or two upper chest pockets, with or without flaps, may have been worn. It had provision for shoulder boards (epaulettes or shoulder straps) and sometimes reinforced elbows and cuffs. The Tsarist version had the standing collar while the M35 version had a stand-and-fall collar which was replaced with the standing collar in the M43 version. The Soviet Army M35 version usually had hidden buttons. A double breasted version (kitel) for officers of all ranks existed during the Tsarist period.
caption: Double breasted general officers model Gimnasterka (kitel) around 1873
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