Folk costume of the Moscow province

The basis of the women's outfit was a shirt. Sewed it from rectangular pieces of fabric. The shirt was worn belted. Most often, shirts were sewn from red fabric, as well as from blue, yellow, green and white matter ^[1] .

On top of the shirt women wore a long sundress . The fasteners were small buttons. Casual sundresses were blue, festive - red. In the Moscow province two types of sundresses prevailed: sayan (or kumashnik) and round. The Sayan was Kosoklinny, it was worn on a rasp or sewed front panels between them. The round sundress was straight, with straps, outside the Moscow province it was called Moscow. In the XVIII century. only urban dwellers wore leather shoes, there were bast shoes in the villages, and boots became part of the festive costume. Short fur coats and cloth Armenians served as outer clothing ^[2] .

Before marriage, the girl tied her head with hoops, crowns, and towels so that the crown always remained open. After marriage, the peasant women hid the girl’s braid under the kick . Both women and girls wore kokoshniks that got off with gold. For girls, the kokoshnik was like a crown, for married kokoshnik was closed, with a bottom. A big kerchief was put on top of the kokoshnik, the ends of which were stabbed under the chin or tied around the neck. In the second half of the XIX century. bright printed scarves became popular ^[2] .

The jewelry was glass and pearl beads, rings and heavy earrings. Women wore a monisto around their necks - a necklace made of beads, later crosses and images were hung on it. Pearls and turquoise were widespread.

Later, the folk costume was supplanted by chintz dresses and suits from a long skirt and a peplum blouse. They were complemented by goatskin boots with buttons or lacing.

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  K. Makovsky "Girl in a Russian costume"

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  K. Makovsky "Hawthorn by the window"

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  K. Makovsky "Girl in the Kokoshnik"

The basis of the men's suit was also a straight shirt to the knees. They wore a shirt worn out and always with a narrow belt or sash . Men's shirts were decorated with embroidery on the hem, sleeves, collar. To the shirt they put on straight wide pants, which they called “ports”, sewed them from homespun materials, usually in blue, white, red or black stripes. In the 19th century, pants appeared in the wardrobe of peasants with a sewn-in belt fastened with a button, wedge-shaped inserts on the inside of the legs and pockets. The poor in Moscow could only afford to wear a shirt, pants, shoes with onuchi or stockings, it was their street. and home clothes ^[3] .

In summer, men wore a black coat caftan and a hoodie. In the rich Moscow district, caftans were sewn from fine cloth brought from distant countries. Ordinary residents of the city dressed in modest shrouds or short fur coats, rich Muscovites - in shrouds decorated with expensive cloth, lace, precious stones. In order to show their wealth, the rich wore outerwear not only for warmth in winter, but also in spring and summer. Fur coats were belted with sashes woven from wool or silk. A felt hat with small lapels was put on the head, and in winter fur caps ^[1] .

• Russian national costume

• Men's suit of the Moscow province
• Moscow folk costume