Budenovka
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Key facts
- Military gear.name
- Budenovka
- Military gear.image
- M1919 Budenovkas.jpg
- Military gear.caption
- Various examples of the M1919 Budenovka
- Military gear.origin
- RSFSR
- Military gear.type
- Broadcloth Hat
- Military gear.service
- 1918–1942 (frontline Soviet use)
- Military gear.used_by
- RSFSRSoviet Union
- Military gear.wars
- Russian Civil WarUkrainian–Soviet WarPolish–Soviet WarSino-Soviet conflict (1929)Second World War
- Military gear.designer
- Viktor Vasnetsov
- Military gear.design_date
- 1918
- Military gear.production_date
- 1918–?
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- cap
- Part of
- uniform
- Named after
- Semyon Budyonny
- Image
- Budenovka hat, Russian civil war 1918-1920-s period. Konakovo museum of local stuides, Russia, 2009.jpg
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thumb|A Red Army soldier wearing a budenovka in 1926
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 (1917–1922) and later conflicts. Its official name was the "broadcloth helmet" (шлем суконный). Named after Red Army cavalry commander Semyon Budyonny, it was also known as the "frunzenka" after the Commissar Mikhail Frunze. It is a soft, woolen hat that covers the ears and neck. The cap features a peak and folded earflaps that can be buttoned under the chin. It was largely phased out of use by the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, but its distinctive shape remains iconic as a symbol of the Red Army during the interwar years.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Budenovka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.