Figure 1.--Russian Boy Scouts at the U.S. Scout Jamboree in 1993 only a year after Scout groups were first organized in Russia.

We have very little information about Russian Scout uniforms at this time. The fitst Russian Scout uniforms we notice before the Revolution seems to be the basic uniform of the early Scouting era, influenced by Baden Powell's English Scouts. We note Russian Scouts wearing tan/khaki shirts and green short pants in 1993. I'm not sure if this was an official uniform. The RFS Association may not have decided on a uniform at this edarly stage. Most images I have notef show Russian Scouts wearing tan shirts and blue shorts. We also notice that orange neckerchiefs are commonly worn. I'm not sure what the significance of the orange neckerchiefs is. Our information is still very limited so we are not at all sure about official uniforms yet. A reader has provided some information on the 2000s.

The 1990s

We have very little information about Russian Scout uniforms at this time. The fitst Russian Scout uniforms we notice before the Revolution seems to be the basic uniform of the early Scouting era, influenced by Baden Powell's English Scouts. We note Russian Scouts wearing tan/khaki shirts and green short pants in 1993. I'm not sure if this was an official uniform. The RFS Association may not have decided on a uniform at this edarly stage. Most images I have notef show Russian Scouts wearing tan shirts and blue shorts. We also notice that orange neckerchiefs are commonly worn. I'm not sure what the significance of the orange neckerchiefs is. Our information is still very limited so we are not at all sure about official uniforms yet.

The 2000s

A reader has provided some information on the 2000s. I attended the 21st Wold Scout Jamboree in England (2007). While I was there, I did get to meet some Russian scouts and got a fairly good look at their uniform. There seemed to be two different coloured shirts that they wore; either a greenish-grey colour or a dark-yellow coupled with forest green insignia and lettering on patches. There didn't seem to be a difference in the uniform colour by sex, perhaps age was the factor. The scouts I met were from southern Russia, so I cannot account for other regions. They were rather unsociable to start, but warmed up very quickly. I'll attach a photo of some American scouts and Russian scouts who posed for a photograp."