♪♪ -The Russian Revolution began in February 1917, ... He took off his rather bourgeois-looking homburg hat, and he replaced it with the cap of a proletarian worker.

He wrote his name on the board and then, in a heavy Eastern European accent, said, “Welcome to course on Russian Revolution. This will be lecture course only—means, no questions.” Hands shot up.

After the revolution, Russian emigres scattered across the world. ... I’m the one in the big coat and the Russian fur hat. I studied fine arts and archaeology in the USSR from 1979 to 1982.

After the 1917 revolution the Soviet government commissioned a new uniform for the Red Army. A panel set up in 1918 included well-known artists Viktor Vasnetsov and Boris Kustodiev.

The most widely recognized Russian winter hat is “ushanka,” a thick and warm hat with earflaps. The design dates back to the 17 th century, when someone invented the “treukh” (literally ...

Jen Psaki, who was named to serve as President-elect Biden's White House press secretary, is facing fresh scrutiny over a photo that shows her wearing a Russian hat that bears the communist hammer ...

Set to arrive on December 17th, the Rusviet Revolution adds four new singleplayer and co-op missions to the game, centred around legendary beard-owner Rasputin—who, considering Iron Harvest's ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. As a fine August brings a sack of plums, the centenary of the Russian Revolution has produced a bumper crop of ...

The Russian people had wanted revolution. It had to come. What they meant by revolution was the overthrow of an inept and suffocating tyranny and its substitution by some more liberal system.

The Russian Revolution touched millions of lives. From Moscow to Mali, and Vladivostok to Venezuela, BBC audiences share their stories. ... I’m the one in the big coat and the Russian fur hat.