Figure 1.--Here we see three boys in Tsarist Russia during the early 20th century, all dressed in sailor suits. They are presumably brothers. The photographer was D. Prints in St.Petersburg. The boat is the 'Rusalka' (Mermaid). |
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We have very little information on Russian sailor suits at this time. We know they were worn in Russia, but our information at this time is primarily from available images from the royal family. They show that sailor suits were being worn by Russian boys in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. We do not know, however, to what extent that sailor suits were worn by other Russian boys, including aristocrratic and upper and middle-class boys. I assume that made them very popular in Russia, at least among wealthy and middle-class boys in the larger cities. We believe tht as in Germany, the sailor suit was widely worn by middle-class noys. We have, however, no real information on this. We note that the NAZIs after they seized power in 1933 discouraged boys from wearing sailor suits, seeing itas a middle-class style. We wonder what the Communist atitude was toward the sailor suit, especially as it was so associated with the Tsarevitch and the middle class--bith anathema to the Communists.
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