Sergei Vasilievich Zhivotovskii, poster from ca. 1905-1917 (using the orthography reformed by the Bolsheviks after they took power) titled “One with a little plow [soshka, diminutive of sokha, plow] and seven with a spoon.” Image source: http://www.filokartist.net/catalog/showgroup.php?id=97.
This illuminating photo essay contains historical images of the budyonovka hat, which it turns out was originally designed by artist Viktor Vasnetsov for the tsar’s army and modeled on the helmet of the Russian epic heroes known as the bogatyrs.
Openwork refers to ornamental patterns of openings created using various materials.
