"Russian Crimean War Uniforms" Topic

What were the common Russian line wearing at the time?
The so-called tail-coat, shortened coatee, or tunic?

I'm sure they had a "regulation" that said what they were supposed to wear. My question is what did they actually wear?

Most of the illustrations seem to show that big great coat. What was on underneath it?

And that spiked hat…seriously, did the russians wear a Picklehaub?

Any explanation of that??

I saw it at the Warlord Site.

Any info on the "usual" Russian Infantry uniform appreciated. They seem to have been very odd.

Thanks!

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Mark Conrad translated documents from Russian and his site is a tremendous source of information. "Viskovatov" is the Russian equivalent of "Knötel" here in Europe.

The origin of the Russian/Prussian spiked helmets is a bit of a mystery – Fredrick William IV of Prussia introduced it in 1842 and while the Russians did not introduce theirs army-wide until 1844, but there is a story that some Russian units had them in 1841, which Fredrick William saw when he visited the Czar that year

It is said that the Russian spike helmets were based on traditional Russian helmets used in the Middle Ages which in turn were influenced by Tartar Persian helmets called the "Kulah Khud" – pointed or spiked helmets were worn by Central Asian cavalry for some time

Hmmm, that's a pretty good explanation! Makes more sense for Eastern Armies to wear a spike on the helmet than the Germans, I think!

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