From Russia with Earflaps: a history of the Ushanka

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  • @rxinpharoah
    @rxinpharoah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    This guy is underrated, he even dubs his videos in French, 👏👏👏

    • @hathistorianjc
      @hathistorianjc  2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Merci! :)

    • @vulpes7079
      @vulpes7079 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

      He is French. He dubs his videos in English

    • @rudolphguarnacci197
      @rudolphguarnacci197 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What number is he?

    • @AudieHolland
      @AudieHolland 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@vulpes7079 Isn't he Canadian?

    • @neilwilson5785
      @neilwilson5785 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think it was dry humour!@@vulpes7079

  • @StarlightEater
    @StarlightEater 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a person who wears either a bicorn or budenovka all year round, I was excited to find ur channel. Subbed

  • @chrism3872
    @chrism3872 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    😅In the 1950’s and 60’s, in the US Army, we had a similar cap, officially called a “Cap, Field, Pile, M-1951”, which was made of wool and cotton. Not particularly warm, but better than the regular cotton field cap. I still have mine. It could be worn with the steel helmet, at least with the ear flaps down. Later in the 1960’s, a more durable and water resistant winter cap was issued to us, but it had Velcro, which had the unfortunate characteristic of being noisy when unfastened. Possibly deadly in a clandestine position, as were all the other Velcro fasteners on our uniforms - buttons and cords are much better on military uniforms…

  • @svensulzmann4282
    @svensulzmann4282 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In Eastern Germany they call that head Bävo😂

  • @karmo0
    @karmo0 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That hat is known as läkiläki in Estonian. And Estonian Defence Forces is phasing the läkiläki or ushanka out. Why? Modern ski caps are much more practicable and you can put a helmet on without needing to remove the hat.

  • @veronicalogotheti1162
    @veronicalogotheti1162 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Most probably they saw it there
    The steps

  • @entertaintech4374
    @entertaintech4374 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Inescapably Finnish 🇫🇮

  • @eeverett2
    @eeverett2 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +161

    These are often called trapper hats in America. It took me until age 50 to discover these wonderful hats. Finally, I had a hat that would protect my ears and forehead, not keep falling off, and didn't have a silly pompom on top. Thank you Russia and Scandinavia for this hat.

    • @blueeyeswhitedragon9839
      @blueeyeswhitedragon9839 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Here in Canada we also call them Trapper hats.
      I live by the Welland Canal in southern Ontario, Canada.
      When I was younger I would watch the Russian ships go through the "locks", where the ships were stationary while being lifted or dropped, depending on the direction they were travelling.
      We were able to shout out to the Russian sailors and ask if they would be willing to trade their rabbit fur "trapper" hats, and they were often agreeable. The item that we brought to the locks for the trade was almost always a hockey stick...the better the stick, the easier the trade. 🏒🙂👍

    • @xpavpushka
      @xpavpushka 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@blueeyeswhitedragon9839 Hahaha, nice story. They probably traded those hockey sticks for something else back home

    • @uncletimo6059
      @uncletimo6059 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      hahaha, yeah, why do winter hats (used to) have those silly balls on top?

    • @Jun-o3l6t
      @Jun-o3l6t 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@uncletimo6059 the pom pom actually has military origins from the French Navy, in rough seas the fluffy pom on top helps cushion any head bumps from being thrown around
      One of many things of military origin with quirky little qualities inappreciable in mundane life
      I certainly hope people aren't bumping heads on solid ground

    • @robthomas3664
      @robthomas3664 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I bought one a few years ago, that's what it was called then, I still call it a "Ruski hat"...

  • @jimppa86
    @jimppa86 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    For me the most stupid thing in the finnish army was that we had this amazing winter hat to protect our ears from the cold but we were not allowed to keep the flaps down because like you sayd it was unmanly. So we had a great hat but could not use it for its intended purpose...

    • @hathistorianjc
      @hathistorianjc  ปีที่แล้ว +16

      So were you ever allowed to put them down?

    • @jimppa86
      @jimppa86 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@hathistorianjc only if your superiors werent watching. But we only used these hats during more formal events and winter holydays so they wanted us to look formal. In the forest we had to wear helmets at all times and thats why we used regular beanies that could fit under a helmet.

    • @dmacarthur5356
      @dmacarthur5356 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      Same with the old US Army woodland camo field caps. They had hidden earflaps that fold into the hat. We were never allowed to use them.

    • @SavolaxMitsu
      @SavolaxMitsu 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      ​@@hathistorianjc Is old stupid rule how you dress up in barracks versus woodland exercise.
      Only outside of barracks in the woods you could put flaps down.

    • @josephshulman6666
      @josephshulman6666 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Funny , I was in the U.S. Navy and had similar stupid rule s in the 80 s lol

  • @OsKuukkeli
    @OsKuukkeli 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    As an edgy Finnish teen I wore an US army cap all winter and suffered rather severe frostbite on my ears on more than one occasion. Now as I am nearing my thirties and have lost all my f*cks to give, I wear my unfashionable "karvalakki" with impunity. Anything above -15C gets pretty sweaty though... Anyhow a fascinating video mate! Cheers!

    • @hathistorianjc
      @hathistorianjc  2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hahaha, it's great how when you get older, what's "fashionable" becomes less and less important.
      and thank you!

    • @nozrep
      @nozrep 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      that’s also fascinating that it was fashionable to wear the USA one as an “edgy” or rebellious teenager😅. It would maybe be similar to how I have never been a cowboy. But sometimes, I wear a cowboy hat😂!

  • @MACTEP-il1eu
    @MACTEP-il1eu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I'm a Russian youth yet I still wear my ushanka along with a lot of my family

    • @hathistorianjc
      @hathistorianjc  2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Отлично !

    • @davidblyth5495
      @davidblyth5495 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It makes sense for such a cold climate

    • @TheRifild
      @TheRifild 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@davidblyth5495 it makes sense but i for example prefer a typical round hat and a hood on top of it

    • @igoranisimov6549
      @igoranisimov6549 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Крутые пацаны уши не опускают даже в мороз

    • @ВадимКостенко-л6я
      @ВадимКостенко-л6я 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      рузьге терористіше юніформ?

  • @Philosophocat
    @Philosophocat 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +110

    1. Tree-'oohh
    2. The Bolsheviks did not overthrow the tsar, the provisional government did (the February revolution). The Bolsheviks did overthrow the PG a few months later (hence the October revolution)
    3. Bou-'dYO-nnovka
    Just my 5 kopecks (my two pence), great video and thank you for treating our Russian heritage with respect ✊🚩

    • @hathistorianjc
      @hathistorianjc  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      Sorry, I tried but my Russian is a little rusty, so a few words fell victim...

    • @kimrizo1938
      @kimrizo1938 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      tri`ukh -3 ears@@hathistorianjc

    • @brianpeck4035
      @brianpeck4035 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was thinking the same thing about the Bolsheviks. It reminds me of the Chinese Nationalist fighting the Japanese occupation to then be booted out by the Communists.

  • @solderdesolder
    @solderdesolder 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The Whites was not royalists, they were an aggregation of forces opposing the Reds. Most part of Whites was not Monarchists.

  • @postapocalypticnewsradio
    @postapocalypticnewsradio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    As a hat collector, I think I've found a new favorite channel. Fantastic work friend! Please keep up the good work.

    • @hathistorianjc
      @hathistorianjc  2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Merci! I'll try not to disappoint!

    • @postapocalypticnewsradio
      @postapocalypticnewsradio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@hathistorianjc I'm certain you won't disappoint. After watching what is presently available, I have faith in you and your work.

    • @bfsofficialchannel9093
      @bfsofficialchannel9093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You think ushaka is useful hat for winter

    • @postapocalypticnewsradio
      @postapocalypticnewsradio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bfsofficialchannel9093 I know it is

    • @enclavesoldier770
      @enclavesoldier770 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      69 likes

  • @patrickshannon4854
    @patrickshannon4854 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    I was in the USAF & as part of my winter issue receive a U.S. military Ushanka, grey in color & composed of synthetic materials. On a bitterly cold, windswept flightline in Ohio, it was much appreciated. On a side note, one of the issue items I received (in 1970) was a brand new pair of cold weather flight pants, still in their unopened 1943 box. USAAC emblem and braces.

    • @sgtmtrush
      @sgtmtrush 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I have one in sage green issued in the 90's. Probably from that same windswept airfield in Ohio.

  • @einarbolstad8150
    @einarbolstad8150 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    This type of hat has been, and still is with some, in use with several uniformed services in Norway (armed forces, police, civil defense). Its offical name is probably "lue, vinter", or "cap, winter", in uniform regulations, but most refered to them as "BF". BF is short for bear pu..., well, an anatomical part of a female bear. I'm sure you can figure out what the word is and why. Good piece of kit though.

  • @KeithPrince-cp3me
    @KeithPrince-cp3me 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    I've only just discovered this channel. I have a Ushanka, possibly old Soviet stock, the US Army wore a similar style hat during the Korean War, 1950-53. very informative documentary.

  • @jas20per
    @jas20per 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    As a Brit working in Berlin in the 1970's one winter was so cold I purchased a ear hat not knowing its name. It returned with me to England and is put to use in the occasional cold winters we have here. The hat does get some strange looks and the odd comment but as a winter hat there is none better.

  • @oftheforest6572
    @oftheforest6572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I have a Czechoslovakian surplus hat and I love it. No more cold ears

    • @harriettanthony7352
      @harriettanthony7352 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This writer agrees, and mine is from the DDR & one from Commie China

  • @boisesoccer
    @boisesoccer 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Ushanka keeps you warm in the winter. I remember I used to wear one older style ushanka to school and sometimes my classmates would laugh at me and called me partizan🤣🤣🤣

  • @charlesbleile5282
    @charlesbleile5282 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    In the States the ushanka is often called a "Mad Bomber." There is even a brand by that name. We also had them in the US Air Force. We called them a "fur burger." The US Army issues a similar cap that is not fur lined. We call it a "pile cap." You often see them on GIs in Korean War pictures..

    • @hathistorianjc
      @hathistorianjc  2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I've seen some of those on M*A*S*H

    • @astrotrek3534
      @astrotrek3534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@hathistorianjc Good viewing choice my guy

    • @anglishbookcraft1516
      @anglishbookcraft1516 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I mean a trapper hat is the common version

    • @dmacarthur5356
      @dmacarthur5356 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Here, we are giving you a winter hat with earflaps. Don't use the earflaps. ~US Army.

    • @Indylimburg
      @Indylimburg 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@dmacarthur5356 The army way.

  • @CaliShlomp
    @CaliShlomp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    This channel is literally exactly what I'm looking for i like the history of specifically hats

    • @hathistorianjc
      @hathistorianjc  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I shall try not to disappoint! I'm hoping to put out one video a month.

  • @519djw6
    @519djw6 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    *There is another advantage to the "ушанка" or similar caps: I used to work in Finland, and twice had to chance to take a cruise ship to Sweden. Wearing this kind of hat, I could step out on deck and be sure that it wouldn't fly off my head because of the strong winds and end up in the Baltic Sea!*

  • @mk14m0
    @mk14m0 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    For a non-Russian speaker, the host's Russian is quite good.

  • @kamehamasterr
    @kamehamasterr 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    This video is very informative! Even for me who lived in Russia whole my life!

  • @ns987
    @ns987 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you for your interest in russian. However "Pilotka" was a summer hat, while "ushanka" was (actually still is) for winter. So ushanka didn't replaced pilotka. In russian "finka" is a finish/norwegian type of knife, but no a type of hat.

  • @cs_fl5048
    @cs_fl5048 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I had a hat once, furry like that but folded in the middle. It had a large band around it and I wore ear muffs when I live up north. I wore it with a full length wool coat, a white silk scarf, grey kid gloves, particularly to trudge to church up in N.E. Pa. I rather miss that hat. It was a less bulky more stylish form of the Cossack hat.

  • @robertorodriguezvillela181
    @robertorodriguezvillela181 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Je vous remercie infiniment pour une vidéo aussi merveilleuse qui explique très bien l'origine de l'Ushanka, j'ai adressé un salut cordial au créateur et mon appréciation pour une vidéo aussi respectueuse en cette ère de culture anti-russe. C'est bon pour moi de voir que l'Occident apprécie toujours la culture et l'histoire russes.

  • @sonechka100
    @sonechka100 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Ушанки в советской армии никогда не шили из синтетического меха. Их шили из овчины, выкрашенной в серый цвет, а верх был скорее всего из серого водоотталкивающего сукна. Создание будёновки приписывают известному русскому художнику Виктору Васнецову. Вместе с будёновкой была создана и шинель. Кроме того, имеется версия, что на самом деле подобная форма была отшита уже в 1915 году, то есть до революции. А сама шапка называлась богатырка. Более подробно о будёновке можно узнать на канале История Вятки - Художник Виктор Васнецов и легендарная "Буденовка".

    • @DimitrijsZdanovs
      @DimitrijsZdanovs 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Когда я служил 1984-1986гг. солдатские ушанки были на синтетическом "меху", офицерские на натуральном, крашеном в серый цвет и коротко стриженым. Что за мех не знаю.

    • @sonechka100
      @sonechka100 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DimitrijsZdanovs Спасибо за комментарий. Значит я подростком носил офицерскую ушанку.

  • @snideaugustine2143
    @snideaugustine2143 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Two years late to this party (as I’ve only discovered the channel) but in Michigan is common to wear during winter, especially in the northern part (known as the “U.P.”) and called the Yooper hat. The northern part of the state being heavily populated with Finns.

  • @giantred
    @giantred 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I am so very glad to have found your channel :)

  • @sozdatelvodki9356
    @sozdatelvodki9356 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    3:00, The Bolsheviks did not overthrow the government of the Russian Empire, they overthrew the government of the Russian Republic established in February 1917.

  • @bern1228
    @bern1228 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you. Your Russian sounds great. No, I'm not a speaker of it. Tipping my hat to you too, my good sir.

    • @hathistorianjc
      @hathistorianjc  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Spassiba! I'm a little rusty but I studied it in school (I'll admit I did have someone check my grammar for this)

  • @alexeysaphonov232
    @alexeysaphonov232 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    German Hut, Italian capello, French Chapeau, polish Czapka, (Here Belarus and Ukraine Shapka as well) Russian Shapka.

  • @DimitrijsZdanovs
    @DimitrijsZdanovs 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    В Советской Армии (1985) эта шапка-ушанка спасла меня от пролома черепа. Я помогал разгружать стволы деревьев(сосна) с грузовика и не заметил как крюк крана ударил меня по голове и сбил с ног. Шапка с опущенными ушами приняла удар около 20 кг железа.

  • @toomaskroll2282
    @toomaskroll2282 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This kind of hat was and is in use in many countries with cold climate. Nothing "russian" about it.

    • @evilfish456
      @evilfish456 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Did you watch the video?

  • @robertorodriguezvillela181
    @robertorodriguezvillela181 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    Большое спасибо за такой замечательный видеоролик, который очень хорошо объясняет происхождение Ушанки, Передал сердечный привет создателю и мою признательность за столь уважительное видео в эту эпоху антироссийской культуры. Мне приятно видеть, что Запад по-прежнему ценит российскую культуру и историю

    • @454FatJack
      @454FatJack 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Notice this is ushnka episode. The fur hat is not Soviet z invention . it is was IS used in cold climate❤

    • @davedraycott5779
      @davedraycott5779 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      There is no prejudice against Russian culture there is hostility towards the fascist Putin regime and its neo-imperial aggression towards neighboring states. You may have read about what’s happening in Ukraine.

    • @rvail136
      @rvail136 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I don't know about others, but for me, I have nothing against Russians. I don't like what your government is doing.
      Не знаю, как другие, а я ничего не имею против русских. Мне не нравится то, что делает ваше правительство.

    • @jsnsk101
      @jsnsk101 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      thats because you know nothing about whats really happening@@rvail136

    • @markp6621
      @markp6621 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      My west Ukranian and Russian grandparents helped me know from the beginning how wrong the western framing of the Ukraine coup, and civil war have been. I don't expect anyone to accept my word, but to at least be aware of perspectives other than the mainstream listen to John Mearsheimer and/or Scott Ritter.

  • @nozrep
    @nozrep 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    haven’t talked to anyone in America about it but yah I am pretty sure the “manliness” thing is definitely not a thing for people who wear them in America. Although machismo is certainly attached to other types of clothings. In fact, I’d theorize it is opposite because, there’s like, that whole “messy” chique look where, with the flaps down and the straps unstrapped, it could be considered to look un-neat in a certain respect. hahaha but that is just a theory. Also I work in an industrial zero-degrees fahrenheit freezer warehouse and everybody wearing a ushanka in there yah. Flaps down. It’s too practical not to do!

  • @1976smb
    @1976smb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I bought a rabbit one from the Ukraine. Too warm for anything above 20 F.

  • @valetech8751
    @valetech8751 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    great video. love your calm, relaxed but informative style of speaking. The research seems pretty good as well. keep up the great work

  • @YuryMar
    @YuryMar 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tovarisch, where is your balalaika and medved' (bear)? :)
    I was born in USSR in 1970s, and of course I wear ushanka at school years, in 1980s. The climate in my city is quite warm, at that time temperature at winter rarely was lower than -15 deg C. So my quite cheap ushanka from rabbit fur usually was with "ears" up, but if I was freeze I usually put "ears" down, and for boy it was Ok, no "unmanly behavior" here. On the other hand, my dad in 1980s have quite pricey ushanka from mink fur (I guess it costs about 150 rubles - he's monthly salary at the time), which was usual for "office clerk" at the time. But he's ushanka was intended to wore only "ears up" - flaps was sewed together at top corners, and back side of the flaps was made from some cheaper fur. I remember that he never put flaps down (theoretically it was possible by unsewing end of flaps, but of course it was measure for extreme cold situation, and I don't remember such case). Regarding "unmanly" in general - I believe it was tradeoff between your need of "masculinity" and feel of cold in particular situation :). In general - its sequence: first, "I'm a man, I will not wear all that hat and gloves", then "Ok, gloves and hat, but ears up - I'm a man!", and then "What the heck, too freezing, ears down". :) In the 1990s fashion here is changed drastically, and from that time I don't see civilian people in ushankas at all, only when it's part of the uniform.

  • @HemmiHedman
    @HemmiHedman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    As someone from Finland, I never had any idea of the hat's Finnish origins.

    • @hathistorianjc
      @hathistorianjc  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I hope my pronunciation wasn't too far off...

    • @HemmiHedman
      @HemmiHedman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not too far off. Though, the difficulties with the pronunciation of double consonants reveal that you're a foreigner.

  • @emmiannon1266
    @emmiannon1266 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I owned one of these in england for a while and while it was the warmest most winter capable hat i ever owned... it was too warm for our mild climate so it sat in the cupboard waiting for a harsh winter that never came.

  • @oiuicxch
    @oiuicxch 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very good Russian dude! ❤

  • @Philosophocat
    @Philosophocat 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Спасибо! ✊🚩

  • @shankewang5802
    @shankewang5802 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Anyone ever mentioned that you looked like the Russian version of Elon Musk?

  • @ratio123456
    @ratio123456 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Treukh is pronounced tray-ookh, not troykh, as if it were a German word. Good content.

  • @utkaquack2525
    @utkaquack2525 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    i really liked this video and have watched your other videos, i am excited to see what hat comes next keep up the good work!!!

  • @Igor_lvanov
    @Igor_lvanov 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As Russian, I appreciate you thoroughness of research

  • @qqqqm
    @qqqqm 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Привет, я реально в деревне ношу ушанку, ватник и валенки, так что это не стереотип

  • @BarafuAlbino
    @BarafuAlbino 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Unmanly is to wear flaps untied, because they hang to the sides like donkey ears. Whether to tie them above head or below chin depends only on how cold you are.

  • @bordgard1
    @bordgard1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Молодец! I have a B.A. in Russian Area Studies (and several ushanki). Excellent Russian accent. And is usual, a boffo presentation!

  • @Ipsifendis
    @Ipsifendis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    great job! i have three fur ones made by local trappers and now i know the hat's history!

  • @aleclitvinov
    @aleclitvinov 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    thank you for an interesting piece of history!
    as a russian i have never heard of any manner of wearing an ushanka being unmanly. however when i was in elementary school, bullies would often tie the flaps of other kids' ushankas with a knot that couldn't be undone easily then mock those kids. but they also did that with boots and everything else that had ties.
    you tie the ear flaps at the top when it's warm, at the back of your head (or leave them hanging) when it's cold, and under your chin when it's extremely cold or cold and windy. wear with a warm knitted scarf around your neck for complete protection.
    треух is pronounced like tree-ookh, not troikh. my grandparents used that word for modern ushankas.
    i would not call the outcome of the winter war a russian victory, even though finland lost some land. the objective was to conquer the country and turn it into a soviet republic within the ussr which finns didn't let stalin do.

  • @Т1000-м1и
    @Т1000-м1и 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Best historian

  • @nozrep
    @nozrep 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i wonder if it is a similar history to the American “beanie”? I haven’t searched the archive to see if you have done one on the beanie yet. But, I used to have my grandpa’s US Navy issued “beanie”. I was so proud of it that I wore it so much as a kid that I wore it out!😅 So, it is sorta funny but also sorta sad because now I realize I should put it in like a ziploc bag to preserve it. But yah so nowadays beanies of course are a widespread fashion item and still quite practical and functional. But was wondering if maybe it had trickled down to the populations similar to how the ushanka did.

  • @RootlessNZ
    @RootlessNZ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wonderful, I love your videos.

  • @vaclav_fejt
    @vaclav_fejt 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    0:52 - Ha! Ivan! Unexpected, uninvited, turned my shed and woke me up...

  • @madmit2007
    @madmit2007 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanx, that was interesting. From Russia with love.

  • @ducksareurlords3782
    @ducksareurlords3782 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I own 4 ushankas. 3 of them being Finnish M/39 turkislakkis (M/39 was basically a revised M/36) and the fourth one that I actually just recently bought is an authentic Soviet ushanka in a pretty ok condition probably from the 60's or 70's.

  • @robertorodriguezvillela181
    @robertorodriguezvillela181 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Thank you very much for such a wonderful video which explains very well the origin of the Ushanka, sent a cordial greeting to the creator and my appreciation for such a respectful video in this era of anti-Russian culture. It is good for me to see that the West still values Russian culture and history.

  • @hathistorianjc
    @hathistorianjc  2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Я русофил. Я люблю русскую культуру, языка, и историю. Ну, я ненавижу её политику. Втрогаться соседа является уголовним преступлением.
    (Извините, мой русский очень ржавчины)
    "I'm a russophile. I love Russian culture, language, and history. But I despise its politics. Invading a neighbor is a criminal act" - at least that's what I'm trying to say in my rather rusty Russian...

    • @woofkaf7724
      @woofkaf7724 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      т.е. вторгаться не к соседям можно (США)? А как насчет аннексии половины Кипра Турцией? Или Великобританией островов Аргентины? А отделение Косово при поддержке Натовских бомб по мирному населению? Перед тем как войти в поток (здесь переводить как trend, а не stream) надо смотреть не унесет ли он тебя.

    • @moritamikamikara3879
      @moritamikamikara3879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For all non-Russian speakers, this Putinite is crying about how people in the west object to their invasion and that they don't condemn other invasions as strongly, as to him, that justifies invading his neighbour.
      I hate this timeline...

    • @Philosophocat
      @Philosophocat 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Корея, Вьетнам, Куба, Сирия, Ливия, Ирак, Ливан, Афганистан, Югославия, Палестина, Никарагуа и т.д. 🗿

  • @gj1234567899999
    @gj1234567899999 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Would you consider the raccoon cap used in the pioneer days of the US related history to this hat? Maybe you could do a history on that? Was the origin of that hat Native American or taken from European fashions?

    • @hathistorianjc
      @hathistorianjc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have thought of eventually doing that one. I think it is related in so far as people wanted to wear fur hats to keep warm, but it's parallel development, not directly related

  • @Indigenous_Rambo
    @Indigenous_Rambo 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If you dont speak Russian, I would say you nailed that opening monolog, very impressive, 👏

  • @spamboli
    @spamboli 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ah yes the macho aspect of "Flaps-down". i attended USAF Tech School in Colorado during a winter back in the 90's. our BDU Patrol Caps had ear flaps but we rarely used them in formation despite the cold. it used to infuriate me that the class leaders would rather freeze than look "unmanly" in the pre-dawn darkness. only when it approached zero (-18C) would they relent. a plague upon "manliness"! at least nowadays they'd wear a nice warm sufficiently manly watch cap in the winter

  • @uprightape100
    @uprightape100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I recommend my fake fur Ushanka to everyone.....it's cheap, super warm, and PETA types won't throw red paint on you cuz no animals died for it. Yay

  • @sebastokrator9426
    @sebastokrator9426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lovely work, sir! I just found your channel today and I am looking forward to seeing it grow.

    • @bbyng7316
      @bbyng7316 ปีที่แล้ว

      What? Downwards towards his toes?

  • @sykes2698
    @sykes2698 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great Video! Do you have any idea where I can buy original Ushankas that were made for the Soviet or Russian militaries?

    • @hathistorianjc
      @hathistorianjc  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      hmm... i did see some on Sovietarmystuff.com, but they were based out of Ukraine so I don't know if they're still operating right now.

    • @sykes2698
      @sykes2698 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@hathistorianjc man that’s sad.. thanks for the info.

  • @abdullahal-shimri3091
    @abdullahal-shimri3091 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I’m from India and I love Russia and the culture. I also own a Zorki camera from USSR.

  • @МакарКузнецов-я6ш
    @МакарКузнецов-я6ш ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ты первый иностранец, который понял, как еправильно ее завязывать)))

  • @grusgubben
    @grusgubben 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I had this style of headwear in the Norwegian army in the nineties. We called it the "bear c*nt".. Warm, of course, but we had to agree in the morning if flaps would be up or down.

  • @BluespotKneeClinic
    @BluespotKneeClinic 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This guy is good

  • @derrickstorm6976
    @derrickstorm6976 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm a Finn and never knew that specific hat comes from here! I guess it's because we.. dislike Russia and USSR so much we want nothing to do with the hat either 😂
    I did know we have always had many similar looking ones, though

  • @austinmorris981
    @austinmorris981 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think the Budenyovka was also called the "Scythian helmet", after the ancient Scythian nomads.

  • @justayoutuber1906
    @justayoutuber1906 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If you are in a really cold, windy area these hats are amazing.

  • @commanderstrelok
    @commanderstrelok 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you cover the Yugoslav Army cap "Titovka", or the Serbian "Šajkača" it was used by both military and civilians. Thank you!

  • @ГласБожий-ж1п
    @ГласБожий-ж1п 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video

  • @dmacarthur5356
    @dmacarthur5356 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Alot of police departments still issue and wear these. They are referred to as "Trooper Hats" for some reason.

  • @dennisanderson3895
    @dennisanderson3895 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I recall around 20-25 years a customer in at the C-store I was working. I could tell the cut/style of his winter coat had a military type to it. While I was ringing up his purchase, I enquired about the coat. True story: His brother was in our military, stationed and on-duty when the E-W Berlin wall. East Germans of EVERY occupation were eager to sell things to obtain the American dollar. [Those were the days, my friend...] This guy's brother was in the U.S. military and b/c his American-based brother lived in Chicago, bought the coat from a [now former] Soviet soldier as a gift. The coat was designed and produced so a soldier at a checkpoint kiosk could stand in it ALL day and not be cold. Brilliant! Summewar? Buy suits designed and made in equatorial countries! Winterwea? Ge a coat/clothes designed FOR Siberia!

  • @guyfaux3978
    @guyfaux3978 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Famously worn by Sheriff Frances McDormand in the Coen Brothers' film Fargo-- yahshure, youbetcha!

  • @SuomiFinn42
    @SuomiFinn42 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If I remember correctly, the Finnish M/36 was the field cap and the M/39 was the fur hat (ushanka predecessor.) The Finnish nickname for it was the ‘elephant pussy.’ Great video!

  • @Radi0he4d1
    @Radi0he4d1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    After catching the coof, I started getting migraines if my head got cold. Only a Turkish ushanka can keep me sane during windy cold Illinois winters.

  • @СергейГражданский
    @СергейГражданский 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    >HatHistorian
    >mostly reciting Wikipedia
    You know, I'm something of a historian myself.

  • @rodjarrow6575
    @rodjarrow6575 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As a result of the Winter War in Finland in 1940, two opposing military doctrines appeared - German and Soviet: 1) German: Hitler decided that the Red Army was weak. 2) Soviet: Stalin decided that it was urgently necessary to sew a new winter uniform for the Red Army (earflaps, felt boots and special winter jackets - The telogreika or vatnik is a variety of Russian warm cotton wool-padded jacket. When worn with valenki and an ushanka, the wearer can comfortably remain warm in sub-zero temperatures for long periods. It was also a part of the winter uniform first issued by the Red Army during World War II...) The fundamental difference between these doctrines was felt by the fighting armies, German and Soviet, during the Battle of Moscow in the winter of 1941 and the Battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942.. As Churchill quipped at the time: "Hitler obviously forgot that winter happens in Russia"

  • @CannedMan
    @CannedMan 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In Norwegian, many (soldiers and civilians) call it (in Northern Norwegian _bjønnjfettja._ Standardisod spelling, _bjørn_ means ‘bear’ and the latter I can’t write in English, as the moral police will probably get me, but it refers to a warm, wet and female space.

  • @mrs.g.9816
    @mrs.g.9816 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've got two gray ushanka hats. My late husband bought them as surplus from the USSR's air force. He wore his ushanka with the original military insignia badge. I replaced the badge on the front of my hat with a sparkling snowflake broach. I live in a part of Vermont where the winter temperatures can reach 30 below zero. But my ushanka has kept my head warm for sure. Plus, I get a lot of positive comments about how I look in the ushanka, and the nickname, Natasha.

  • @clarecharlton914
    @clarecharlton914 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That soviet emblem is ww2 but the badge is a reproduction

  • @dennisanderson3895
    @dennisanderson3895 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So, you're not simply a "hat focused" guy - YOU are a history genius whom employs hats as a history-gateway!

  • @Thomas-r8w9x
    @Thomas-r8w9x 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have one retired from the BC penetetuary guard's uniform. I wore it through the winter in the mountains of northern BC where winter is not gentle. It is the perfect hat for such conditions. But it will over heat as soon as temps begin to rise a bit.. Those fur ear flaps make a big difference.
    In contempoary Russia only nerds and the very uncool wear it with the flaps down. At least, in the cities

  • @zemlidrakona2915
    @zemlidrakona2915 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As near as I can tell, most average Russians don't wear Ushankas (pronounced ooshanka, no 'you' sound) . They wear ski caps or sometimes coats or jackets with hoods. Being an uncouth American in Russia, I wear a cheap ass 500 ruble Ushanka in the winter, that I bought at the most cheap ass discount chain clothing store here. Also I always wear the flaps down. A couple advantages to Ushankas are they somewhat cover your neck, and the sides of your face, unlike a basic ski cap, yet if you turn your head you can still see normally instead of cutting off half your vision, which typically happens with hoods.

  • @gozerthegozarian9500
    @gozerthegozarian9500 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Nationale Volksarmee of the German Democratic Republic used to have the ushanka as part of their winter uniform as well, and it was also worn by many civilians there during winter. The German nickname given to this wonderful, efficient hat, however, is rather rude and translates into English as "bear's c*nt" .

  • @edi9892
    @edi9892 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My grandfather loved it. He sported it with a long, grey, fur coat. It made him stand out like a sore thumb. He didn't care. Never did.

  • @deltaVII
    @deltaVII 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh, how did you find out about which version of the hat to wear in the army)) Are you a spy?)) It's true.. when I was in the army . Every morning, the sentry soldier told me what kind of clothes should be worn. He called the number . each number assumed a certain kind of deception.))

  • @peterixon8708
    @peterixon8708 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Own two. Cheap knock-offs, sadly; but they do the job in our mild winters. But I never knew the history of the thing. Thanks for enlightening me.

  • @MrSniperdude01
    @MrSniperdude01 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Here in the states, its often refered to as a "trapper" or "hunter's cap"
    I often wear these during the harsh winters while shoveling as i find it gives better insulation and the flaps protect large areas of exposed skin (cheek + chin) that a beany or snow cap does not.

  • @bbyng7316
    @bbyng7316 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I tip my hat back to you sir!

  • @antonsolovyov3144
    @antonsolovyov3144 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is not a Soviet but a Finnish hat.
    The Soviet cap is a bodionovka (by the way, you can make a video about it). It will be really funny.

  • @betterdonotanswer
    @betterdonotanswer 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Muscovy is not Russia, no matter what Mongolian caps the Muscovites had adopted.

    • @genrihk164
      @genrihk164 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      In your dreams.

    • @checkmatestalingrad
      @checkmatestalingrad 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're russophobic?

    • @betterdonotanswer
      @betterdonotanswer 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Muscovites are not allowed to ask without permission.

  • @shughes5725
    @shughes5725 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We were issued caps similar to ushankas when I was in the Air Force, in the late 1970s. It was green in color, with fake fur. We referred to them as our Russian caps. Many did not like to wear them, as we were not exactly on good terms with Russia at the time. This was particularly true among the officers. Those officers who did wear them put a rank insignia on the front. I was in Russia a few years ago on a very cold and windy day. I bought an ushanka and found it to be very warm.

  • @willyvonbusche729
    @willyvonbusche729 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This hat has been commonly used for a very long time in Norway. Especially among fishermen.