https://soviet-awards.com/forum/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:37:28 +0000 MyBB https://soviet-awards.com/forum/Thread-Lt-Gen-Air-Force-Service-Uniform Sun, 09 Jun 2013 20:06:54 +0000 Ruiz]]> https://soviet-awards.com/forum/Thread-Lt-Gen-Air-Force-Service-Uniform
Thank you.

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Thank you.

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I recently bought this cap online. It's a 1992-dated student's cap. These don't come around too often. I know the star isn't supposed to be there. I think it's interesting how the sweatband is a stiff felt-like material rather than the usual kind. A few questions:

Does anyone know what the grey color combo means (versus the blue usually seen)?

And, does anyone know where I can find the right badge for it?

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I recently bought this cap online. It's a 1992-dated student's cap. These don't come around too often. I know the star isn't supposed to be there. I think it's interesting how the sweatband is a stiff felt-like material rather than the usual kind. A few questions:

Does anyone know what the grey color combo means (versus the blue usually seen)?

And, does anyone know where I can find the right badge for it?

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  IMG_0058.jpg (Size: 47.79 KB / Downloads: 16) ]]> https://soviet-awards.com/forum/Thread-New-Russian-Camo Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:56:11 +0000 desantnik]]> https://soviet-awards.com/forum/Thread-New-Russian-Camo Фотогалерея: Новая форма российских военнослужащих - Новости@Mail.ru

Apparently there will be three versions - summer, winter, and "transition." Seems everyone is going to velcro...]]> Фотогалерея: Новая форма российских военнослужащих - Новости@Mail.ru

Apparently there will be three versions - summer, winter, and "transition." Seems everyone is going to velcro...]]> https://soviet-awards.com/forum/Thread-Russian-Federation-Sleeve-Patches Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:34:46 +0000 CtahhR]]> https://soviet-awards.com/forum/Thread-Russian-Federation-Sleeve-Patches
I will scan in both the front and backs of all the patches because I know the more information the better.

Each of these patches probably set me back 10 cents possibly 12 cents if I was feeling "rich".

To start we have ВС РФ Военная Разведка (Armed Forces Russian Federation Military Intelligence).

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I will scan in both the front and backs of all the patches because I know the more information the better.

Each of these patches probably set me back 10 cents possibly 12 cents if I was feeling "rich".

To start we have ВС РФ Военная Разведка (Armed Forces Russian Federation Military Intelligence).

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Is this one supposed to be a current version? A fantasy item?

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Is this one supposed to be a current version? A fantasy item?

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On June 10, 2011 it became known that the Federal protective service, the FSO has launched a tender to purchase 60 leather trenchcoats on the official site for government purchases.

Long leather trenchcoats are infamously associated with uniforms of Soviet NKVD secret police, worn by its low-ranking officers at the height of Stalin’s pre-war purges in the late 1930s.

The coats ordered by the FSO appear to be nearly identical to the NKVD coats, according to the tender documentation and images uploaded on the website zakupki.gov.ru. The jet-black “light leather overcoat” as the item is described is meant for “high-ranking FSO officers” and features a belt and various insignia, including the image of the Russian two-headed eagle on every button.
FSO leather trenchcoats

FSO leather trenchcoats

The 60 overcoats are ordered by the service along with 60 black leather jackets for a total sum of 2.9 million roubles ($104,600).

The decision to order overcoats seems to be odd, given the fact that modern security personnel hardly ever wear uniforms. Most likely it signifies that FSO generals wanted to highlight its “elite status” and distance themselves from the rest of the army, which most of them despise.

First time the Russia’s secret services made clear their ambitions in 2006. That August a Presidential decree changed the color of the uniform of the FSB, Federal Protective Service FSO, the Service of Special Facilities (subordinate to the GUSP) and SVR from army green to black.

The color of night has never been popular with the Russian special services; black uniforms were only worn in the prison department of the Russian Empire and very briefly by policemen in the 1920s. Obviously this was not about returning to traditions; the color choice was of some symbolic importance.

Some critics hastened to compare this new fashion with the Nazi SS troops’ obsession with the color black. In fact there is a Russian history of using black for defenders of the Motherland. During the Civil War, when they were suffering defeat after defeat, the White Guard formed officers’ regiments named after generals ******, Drozdov, and Kornilov. The regiment of General-Lieutenant Sergey ****** called itself a “brotherhood of monastic knights who sacrificed their liberty, their blood, and their lives for Russia.” They wore black tunics as a symbol of their scorn for earthly goods and were strictly religious.

http://www.eurasiareview.com/wp-content/...7/fso.jpeg]]> Russia: Black Leather Coats Ordered For ‘High-Ranking FSO Officers’

On June 10, 2011 it became known that the Federal protective service, the FSO has launched a tender to purchase 60 leather trenchcoats on the official site for government purchases.

Long leather trenchcoats are infamously associated with uniforms of Soviet NKVD secret police, worn by its low-ranking officers at the height of Stalin’s pre-war purges in the late 1930s.

The coats ordered by the FSO appear to be nearly identical to the NKVD coats, according to the tender documentation and images uploaded on the website zakupki.gov.ru. The jet-black “light leather overcoat” as the item is described is meant for “high-ranking FSO officers” and features a belt and various insignia, including the image of the Russian two-headed eagle on every button.
FSO leather trenchcoats

FSO leather trenchcoats

The 60 overcoats are ordered by the service along with 60 black leather jackets for a total sum of 2.9 million roubles ($104,600).

The decision to order overcoats seems to be odd, given the fact that modern security personnel hardly ever wear uniforms. Most likely it signifies that FSO generals wanted to highlight its “elite status” and distance themselves from the rest of the army, which most of them despise.

First time the Russia’s secret services made clear their ambitions in 2006. That August a Presidential decree changed the color of the uniform of the FSB, Federal Protective Service FSO, the Service of Special Facilities (subordinate to the GUSP) and SVR from army green to black.

The color of night has never been popular with the Russian special services; black uniforms were only worn in the prison department of the Russian Empire and very briefly by policemen in the 1920s. Obviously this was not about returning to traditions; the color choice was of some symbolic importance.

Some critics hastened to compare this new fashion with the Nazi SS troops’ obsession with the color black. In fact there is a Russian history of using black for defenders of the Motherland. During the Civil War, when they were suffering defeat after defeat, the White Guard formed officers’ regiments named after generals ******, Drozdov, and Kornilov. The regiment of General-Lieutenant Sergey ****** called itself a “brotherhood of monastic knights who sacrificed their liberty, their blood, and their lives for Russia.” They wore black tunics as a symbol of their scorn for earthly goods and were strictly religious.

http://www.eurasiareview.com/wp-content/...7/fso.jpeg]]> https://soviet-awards.com/forum/Thread-Help-with-RF-uniforms Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:02:39 +0000 Laurent]]> https://soviet-awards.com/forum/Thread-Help-with-RF-uniforms I would lie to buy another RF General uniform and I found a website (in the US) with a lot of stuff. Please give me your opinion : are these copies? reproductions? unissued stuff? I know the pics are not the best... :)
Any experience with this seller? (I am sure you'll know the name by watching the pictures...
Thanks in advance for your help! :thumbsup
Some pics :

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Any experience with this seller? (I am sure you'll know the name by watching the pictures...
Thanks in advance for your help! :thumbsup
Some pics :

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I finally found what I've been looking for, it took two years to finally find it, which is odd considering it is a modern cap and is still in use...but anyways! I found it on epay. It came from Russia, Moscow to be exact and it is in absolute new, mint condition. :)
I was shocked, it such a great visor cap, it was so new it hadn't even had the insignia attached! Cap cord and the two metal cockades were in seperate bags and its even in a size 64! ...Which is actually a little bit big...I mean, I have a big head, but not that large! Haha, oh well, just an excuse to get another. :D
So! Check it out guys! :) I am so proud hahaha.

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I finally found what I've been looking for, it took two years to finally find it, which is odd considering it is a modern cap and is still in use...but anyways! I found it on epay. It came from Russia, Moscow to be exact and it is in absolute new, mint condition. :)
I was shocked, it such a great visor cap, it was so new it hadn't even had the insignia attached! Cap cord and the two metal cockades were in seperate bags and its even in a size 64! ...Which is actually a little bit big...I mean, I have a big head, but not that large! Haha, oh well, just an excuse to get another. :D
So! Check it out guys! :) I am so proud hahaha.

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i just bought my self this cap. Amongst others but i will put them in another thread.

It was marketed to me as a RTL russian transport lines officers cap.
nothing more anybody could tell me about it.
i have cowled the internet and found nothing.

to me it looks like a cap with a badge stitched to it.
witch was not common use as fare as i know.
so even if the badge is original to it, what is it for.
but if the badge is not original to it what would it than be?

kind regards ser-g

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i just bought my self this cap. Amongst others but i will put them in another thread.

It was marketed to me as a RTL russian transport lines officers cap.
nothing more anybody could tell me about it.
i have cowled the internet and found nothing.

to me it looks like a cap with a badge stitched to it.
witch was not common use as fare as i know.
so even if the badge is original to it, what is it for.
but if the badge is not original to it what would it than be?

kind regards ser-g

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"A plan to replace Soviet-era Russian military uniforms with ones by a leading fashion designer has been abandoned because of a lack of money."


I always thought those new uniforms were kind of silly :chuckle]]> BBC NEWS | Europe | Russian army scraps new uniforms

"A plan to replace Soviet-era Russian military uniforms with ones by a leading fashion designer has been abandoned because of a lack of money."


I always thought those new uniforms were kind of silly :chuckle]]> https://soviet-awards.com/forum/Thread-Russian-Railway-caps Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:58:15 +0000 Ser-g]]> https://soviet-awards.com/forum/Thread-Russian-Railway-caps
i found this cap on the web ,, i just love the color combo.
i figured the emblems are not original to it ,, are they ?

it is marketed as railway Russian federation cap.

what can anyone tell me about it ?

i normally don't go in to the post soviet Russian federation stuff, but i like the look of this cap very much.

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i found this cap on the web ,, i just love the color combo.
i figured the emblems are not original to it ,, are they ?

it is marketed as railway Russian federation cap.

what can anyone tell me about it ?

i normally don't go in to the post soviet Russian federation stuff, but i like the look of this cap very much.

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