Figure 1.-- Thus while they may not be commonly worn to school in the big cities, many boys still apparently wear them in mny areas of Russia both to school and at home. One factor here may be that Russian homes are not as well heated as homes in the Europe and America. This photograph is undated, but we believe was taken in the early 2000s.

The photographic record shows large numbers of children, both boys and girls, wearing tights at home. We see boys wearing a variety of shirts with tights. We note quite a number of boys dressed this way at home at home. We are not sure just how common tights are. We see large numbers of boys wearing tights at home, but it is difficult to tell how common this is. The number of images in the photographic reecord, however, suggests that it is a fairly widespread convention. Many boys wear tights at home without pants. We are not entirely sure why, I think it was just comfortable. We suspect that this reflects boys taking off their school pants. Some boys slipped on short pants. Others do not bother. We suspect that these photographs are taken during the winter or other cold days, but it is difficult to tell with indoors photographs. We note boys playing with toys and musical instruments, working on computers, as well as engaged in a variety of activities dressed like this. I think they may served as pajamas and boys go to bed wearing tights, but this has to be confirmed. They actually are similar to footed pajamas.

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