Story (clothing)

Residents of the city of Kobrin , circa 1916

Stroy ^[1] ( Belor. Stroy ) is the name of a traditional complex of Belarusian folk clothes in the territory of Belarus and adjacent states: Poland , Ukraine and Russia . Builds were formed and existed at the end of the XIX - middle of the XX century .

The Belarusian national costume began its formation during the Middle Ages , by the XIV - XVI it acquired its specific features, and by the XIX century it was fully formed. ^{[2] [3]}

On the territory of Belarus, zones of local characteristics of a traditional costume are distinguished in the technique of performance, in the way of wearing details of clothes, in the nature of the ornament, etc. Such local variations of the costume are defined by the term order. ^[4] In the allocation of a separate system take into account the commonality of everyday and festive clothing, outerwear, shoes, hats and jewelry. Inside the building distinguish male and female costume.

Researchers identify more than 30 lines. ^[4] Here are the main ones ^[5] :

Images of orders on the stamps of Belpochta

• The Braginsky system ^[6] - the territory of East Polesie, mainly southeastern regions of the Gomel region;
• Buda-Koshelevsky system ^[7] - the Dnieper region , mainly Buda-Koshelevsky , Gomel , Rechitsa districts
• Bykhov system ^[3]
• Volkovysk-Kamenetsk system ^[8] - Ponemonje : Volkovysk , Pruzhany and Kamenets regions ;
• Vileika system - Central Belarus: south-west of Minsk and north-east of the Grodno regions;
• Davyd-Gorodotsko-Turovsky system - east of West Polesie: Turov, David-Gorodok and Stolin;
• Disensky system - Draft : Postavsky , Sharkovshchinsky , Miorsky , Gluboksky districts of Vitebsk region
• Domachevsky stroy ^[9] - West Polesie: the village of Domachevo , south-west of Brest and Malorita districts (along the Bug river), in Poland ( near the town of Vlodava ) and in the south-western districts of Volyn region;
• Dubrovsky system ^[10] - Podvinye (Vitebsk region), partly Smolensk region;
• Kalinkovichi system ^[11] - Eastern Polesie: Kalinkovichi, Svetlogorsk, Zhlobin districts;
• Kobrinsky system ^[12] - Zhabinkovsky and Kobrin districts ;
• Kopyl-Kletsk system ^[13] - Central Belarus: Kopyl, Kletsk, Uzda, Nesvizh;
• Krasnopolsky system ^[14] - Podneprovye: Krasnopolsky, Kostyukovichsky, Klimovichsky, Khotymsky, Chechersky, Cherikovsky districts;
• Lepelsky system - Draft: Lepelsky, Ushachsky, Chashnitsky areas;
• Luninets Stream ^{[15] [16]}
• Lyakhovichi system - Central Belarus: Lyakhovichi, Nesvizh, Kletsky districts;
• Maloritsky system - Western Polesie: Maloritsky and the south of the Kobrin district;
• Mogilevsky system - Podneprovye: Mogilyevsky, Bykhovsky, Shklovsky, Slavgorodsky, Rogachevsky areas;
• Mostovsky system - Ponemonje: Mostovsky, Schuchinsky, Zelvensky areas;
• Motolsky stroy ^[17] - West Polesie: a small territory of the Ivanovsky district (d. Motol , d. Tishkovichi d. Osovnitsa);
• Mstislavsko-Klimovichsky system ^[3]
• Novogrudok system - Ponemonje: Novogrudok, Karelichsky, Slonim, Lida districts;
• Neglyubsky system - Podneprovye: Vetkovsky, south of Krasnogorsk and south-west of Novozybkovsky district of the Bryansk region of Russia;
• Pinsk-Ivatsevichy system ^[18] - West Polesie: Berezovsky, Gantsevichsky, Drogichinsky, Ivatsevichsky and Pinsky districts;
• Pukhovichsky system - Central Belarus between Slutsk and Osipovichi on the banks of the Ptich river;
• Rossonsky system ^[3]
• Slutsk system - Central Belarus: Slutsk and surrounding villages.
• Smolensky system ^{[3] [19] [20] [21]}
• Turovo-Mozyr system ^[3]