When worn with valenki and an ushanka, it can keep its wearer warm in sub-zero temperatures for long periods.
[citation needed] The earlier 1935 vatniks resembled a modern wool jacket in shape and cut.
The jacket and trousers usually had a ribbed design with the quilting, although this feature was absent on many of the non-Soviet issue uniforms.
The telogreika faded from military issue in the early 1960s, being largely replaced by the return of the old woolen shinel greatcoat and the bushlat pea coat.
In the early 1980s, the introduction of the Afghanka field uniform marked the dawn of a new era in the Soviet Army.