The image of a hussar is most often associated with courage, courage, education and beauty. During the existence of the hussars, they had no end to their fans. And this is not surprising. Even their clothes contributed to this. They had a special hussar uniform.
The ceremonial hussar uniform was quite expensive. For this reason, only very wealthy people could become hussars. Throughout the existence of the hussars, their uniform was repeatedly reformed.
The hussar uniform has another name - dolman. It consists of a bodice and a skirt. The dolman bodice consists of two sides and a back. The back is one-piece, the uniform was fastened from left to right. A cord of five seams was usually sewn on the chest: the lower one was at the waist, the upper one went from the collar slit to the sleeve seam. In addition to this, he had a lot of details: mentik, sash, shako, chikchiras.
Chikchirs, dolman and mentik were embroidered with braid and cords. The mentik was trimmed with white or black lamb fur.
On the right side of the dolman, a hook was sewn to the butt, and on the left side, a corresponding loop. This is so that you can easily button up the uniform.
In the warm season, hussars were allowed not to wear mentics, and in winter they were worn dressed in sleeves. For cartridges in the uniform of the hussars there was a special bag called the "lyadunka". Each hussar had a gray cloth cloak with a standing collar for rainy weather.
The shako served as the headdress of the hussar. It was made of black cloth trimmed with leather. The design of the hussar shako was complemented by a white horsehair sultan and a braided lace etiquette. After 1814, the shako was decorated with metal ribbons.
The shako was not worn out of order. Outside the detachment, hussars usually wore cloth fodder hats.
The evolution of uniforms
During the reign of Elizabeth Petrovna, the hussar uniform was as follows: a tight-fitting leggings, a mentik, a sash, a fur or felt hat. The hussars were supposed to wear long mustaches and braid their hair in two braids.
At the end of the eighteenth century, the uniforms of the hussars began to be sewn according to the German model. At this time, the hussars wore a powdered wig with curls and braids on their heads. Powder, braids, and hair were abolished in the early nineteenth century. This was done by Prince Potemkin-Tavrichesky.
During the reign of Nicholas I, wide overcoats of red cloth with collars and shoulder straps were introduced. Over the next fifteen years after the reign of Nicholas I, no significant changes were made in the uniforms of the hussars. During this time, the uniform was only slightly modified.
