Budyonovka cap through a few eras

[South]

https://www.rferl.org/a/the-story-of-th ... 69873.html


Good morning all,

Per ...

Note the caption 3 telling of cap originally for the Czar's army.

Note the caption 14: "visual shorthand for Russian communist".


~ Bob
eastern Virginia, USA

[Paul_Atreides]

>Although there is debate over its origins, most Russian historians today agree that the cone-like cap was initially produced for the tsar's army.

It's not true.

>After Bolshevik revolutionaries gained power in 1917, then quit World War I, they reportedly seized thousands of the unused caps from the tsar's depots...

It's not true again.

[South]

Good morning Paul,

Appreciate these corrections.

I frequently remind readers that publications like that of Radio Free Europe and the others are not as pure as the wind-driven snow.

Again, Thank you.

~ Bob
eastern Virginia, USA