Figure 1.--This is the standard Soviet boys' school uniform worn during the 1980s. The jacket was dark blue with military styling. Click on the image for a closer view of the red neckerchief, badge, and pin. |
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The everyday school uniform seen here was worn by a Soviet student in the 1980s. The uniform consists of a white long-sleeve shirt, a blue jacket, blue long trousers, a red pioneer neckerchief, and a Pioneer badge with Lenin’s portrait. As a whole, all these items were obligatory items required by the Soviet school system. The shirt is 100 percent cotton. The jacket is 30 percent wool. The neckerchief was 100 percent silk. Sizes of uniform: length of the jacket – 23.5 inches; dimensions jacket from right to left shoulder – 15 inches; length of the arms –24 inches. Length of the trousers – 37 inches; width of the waist – 26 inches. I'm not precisely sure what age boy would have worn this uniform. It would have to be at least a 4th year student because he was a Young Pioneer. The boy here als had a badge with a book and sun symbol on the left sleeve. I'm not sure what that represented.
The everyday school uniform seen here was worn by a Soviet student in the 1980s. The uniform consists of a white long-sleeve shirt, a blue jacket, blue long trousers, a red pioneer neckerchief, and a Pioneer badge with Lenin’s portrait. As a whole, all these items were obligatory items required by the Soviet school system.
We are not sure about the cap. We have seen Soviet schoolboys wearing caps. We are not sure how common caps were in the 1880s nor what style was worn. We are also not sure how strict the schools were concerning the students wearing caps.
The white shirt is 100 percent cotton, meaning it had to be ironed. It was a long sleeved shirt with pointed collar tips. This shirt had a Young Pioneer badge on it. That means that it would be worn on days that Young Pioneer activities were planned at school. I believe that most boys had plain white shirts for most days, but this needs to be confirmed.
The Red Pioneer neckerchief was 100 percent silk. Students joined the Pioneers in their 4th year of school. I think that students normally wore their neckerchiefs every day. I'm not sure what the motivation was. I think many students were proud of being Pioneers. Whether the school authorities insisted or not, I am not sure.
The dark blue jacket has military styling. There are epaulets and two breast pockets with flaps. It is 30 percent wool. The jacket was a suit suit jascket with high-set lapels. Earlier Soviet school jackets had collars rather than lapels and were worn buttoned to the collar. It appears to have white or light-colored buttons. Sizes of uniform: length of the jacket – 23.5 inches; dimensions jacket from right to left shoulder – 15 inches; length of the arms –24 inches. The jacket here is worn with a Young Pioneer button on one of the pocket flaps. There is a badge on the jacket sleeve. It pictures a book and a sun, clearly sinigying the value of education. We are not sure if it was a badge worn by all the students or an award of some kind.
The pants were worn with a brown leather belt. I do not know if there was any standard belt type. I suspect the boys wore wjhat ever belt they had. This belt had a decorative buckle. I think it is a Young Pioneer buckle rather than a school buckle, but I am not sure about this.
The jacket was worn with matching dark long trousers. Length of the trousers – 37 inches; width of the waist – 26 inches. I'm not sure if short pants wee made for the younger boys in the 1980s. We note boys wearing short pants to school in the 1960s, but we are less sure about later years. There were short pants uniforms made for the Pioneers, but I am not sure about school uniforms in the 80s.
I'm not precisely sure what age boy would have worn this uniform. It would have to be at least a 4th year student because he was a Young Pioneer. The boy here als had a badge with a book and sun symbol on the left sleeve. I'm not sure what that represented.
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