Budenovka

Named after Red Army cavalry commander Semyon Budyonny, it was also known as the "frunzenka" after the Commissar Mikhail Frunze.

Although it was relatively easy to produce, it required expensive wool, did not provide good cold-weather protection and could not be worn under a helmet.

In the Red Army, Budenovka had mostly been replaced by the start of the Great Patriotic War in 1941, but some were still used by Soviet reserve troops, factory militia and partisans.

The budenovka became part of history as Red Army cavalry men wearing budennovkas became an iconic cultural image from the Russian civil war, together with tachankas, the Nagant revolver or Mauser C96, Maxim gun and rebelling sailors with ammunition belts slung over their chests.

Many apocryphal accounts claim that Bogatyrkas were meant to be a part of a new uniform, so they had already been produced during World War I, but were not officially adopted.