What uniform is my Cossack great great grandfather wearing?
Upvote:2
This is a Russian army uniform from the time of Nicholas II. This section here (in Russian) describes this:
In 1907, based on the experience of the Russian-Japanese war, a field summer uniform of a protective (greenish-gray) color was introduced in the Russian army, which consisted of caps with visors for all ranks, tunics with five buttons with patch pockets on the chest and sides for officers, shirt-tunic made of paper fabric for soldiers and khaki trousers for all branches of the army, except for cavalry and horse artillery (which were left with gray-blue leggings with colored edging) and Cossacks (who were left with blue trousers with stripes in the color of the army) ).
Colored stripes appears to be the mark of a Cossack uniform.
Upvote:2
Sorry, but this is not a photo of 1906, but 1914 and later. Нe has four crosses of St. George (a full St. George knight), but in addition he has St. George medals, which began to be issued only in 1913. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C
Most likely, this photo is more likely from 1917-19. Made after returning from the front of the Great War (WWI). He is not wearing a field uniform, but the usual clothes of the Cossacks. On the shoulder straps there are no monograms denoting his regiment. Possibly (not exactly) made when he was in the White Army during the Russian Civil War in 1918-1920.
His military rank is senior sergeant (starshy uryadnik). https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%87%D1%8C%D0%B8_%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B
It is extremely difficult to identify a Don, Kuban, Amur or Ural Cossack. They were distinguished by the color of the stripes on the trousers and the band of the cap. This is not visible in the black and white photo.
The photo is not reverse, as indicated by the position of his awards: first crosses, then medals. It is right. Edged weapons were carried on the left side (this is a shashka, not a saber). The "wedding ring" is just a defect in the photo.
For comparison: young Cossack (WWI) in a field uniform with his wife http://s42.radikal.ru/i095/1301/a8/73fa709f2fa4.jpg
More post
- 📝 Which fruits and vegetables did Chinese migrants introduce to Australia during the gold rush?
- 📝 Why did the Soviet Union name their strongest bomb Tsar Bomba?
- 📝 Why were the cities of the Eastern European Plain founded much later than those elsewhere in Europe?
- 📝 Was Kingdom of Cochin the only kingdom in South Asia to be a protectorate of (any empire of) China?
- 📝 Who was the first human to survive a vertical launched rocket flight?
- 📝 What motivated the Eritrean separatist movement?
- 📝 Can you recommend a book on the French Revolution?
- 📝 How and why did Polish rule over the Ukraine "downwardly deviate" from Lithuanian rule?
- 📝 What were the largest newspapers in mid-1800s California?
- 📝 Were Tories "Catholics" and "Whigs" Anglican?
- 📝 During WW2, Did Great Britain have any forced workers in the English coal mines
- 📝 In which instances in history did an attacker ask the attackee to borrow some of their ammunition in order to continue the fight?
- 📝 How accurate is the fatalistic samurai culture in James Clavell's novel Shogun?
- 📝 How do vetoes affect re-votes in US Congress?
- 📝 How were the Venera Probe missions received/presented in the Western world during the space race?
- 📝 What was traded on the Chicago Board of Trade in the mid 1800s?
- 📝 What specifically did Einstein have in mind when he called the Israeli Freedom Party fascistic?
- 📝 How Likely Was a French Alliance with Italy or Japan in World War I?
- 📝 Why is the Jewel Voice Broadcast called that?
- 📝 How did Brahe get to Prague?
- 📝 Synagogue Scene in Der Ewige Jude: Looking for more information
- 📝 How was real estate from Germans expelled after WWII redistributed?
- 📝 What is the approximate date of this photo?
- 📝 Racism, or Nationalism, represented in 19th century English Wills?
- 📝 What's the point of the transept?
- 📝 How does a heraldic eagle become a nazi symbol?
- 📝 Who was included in the "Moors" of Spain?
- 📝 French revolution: the source of the conflict in the meeting of the Estates General
- 📝 Why did the scutum fall out of use?
- 📝 Travelling from England to China in 1810
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 What uniform is my Cossack great great grandfather wearing?
- 📝 What uniform is this (German/WW1?) and could a 15–16 year old be wearing it?
- 📝 What uniform is General Redvers Henry Buller VC GCB GCMG wearing in this colored photo?
- 📝 What uniform is this man wearing (probably Austro-Hungarian circa 1900)?
- 📝 How can I identify the uniform and other details in this picture of my great grandfather circa 1913?
- 📝 What uniform is this man wearing (circa 1940's)?
- 📝 On what basis do some historians accuse the British government of genocide during the great Irish famine?
- 📝 What did Tacitus write about Nero and the Great Fire of Rome 64AD?
- 📝 What effect did the Attack on Mers-el-Kébir have on Great Britain's international relations during WW2?
- 📝 What does the skull and crossbones on the Nazi uniform represent?
- 📝 What uniform are these gentlemen wearing?
- 📝 Help with identifying my great-grandfather's pre-WWI Cossack uniform
- 📝 What words were obliterated from the Great Colonnade at Palmyra?
- 📝 What is the name of the theory opposite to the Great Man theory?
- 📝 What are these hats and the function of those wearing them (worn by the Russian imperial army at Borodino)?
- 📝 What was the summer uniform of the streltsy?
- 📝 What is the source of "the three most useless things in the world are the Great Wall, Pyramids, and the Yamato"?
- 📝 What military uniform is this?
- 📝 What is the anomaly in drawing of the Great Pyramid by National Geographic?
- 📝 What is Darius III wearing on his head?
- 📝 What type of military uniform is this?
- 📝 What uniform is in this picture?
- 📝 During the Great Depression, roughly what proportion of Americans lived below the World Bank PPP $1.25/day poverty line?
- 📝 What uniform is the man in this mid to late 19th century photo wearing?
- 📝 Is Malenkov wearing some sort of uniform in this picture?
- 📝 What kind of uniform is this? (Circa 1940s, possibly Israeli)
- 📝 Would Victorian era British soldiers wear their short sword bayonets while wearing uniform when off duty?
- 📝 What post-photographic 19th US century dark skirted stripe embroidered jacket, hard brim and top forage cap, light trousers, sword uniform is this?
- 📝 What was the personal philosophy of Alexander the Great in his youth?
- 📝 What steps did President Herbert Hoover take to reduce unemployment during the Great Depression?
