In 1994, Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed a decree that formally abolished Soviet uniform and overhauled military dress for the first time since 1969.

The uniform resembles an ordinary soldier's uniform, but bears an Orthodox cross and has the ecclesiastical rank and name of each clergyman embroidered in the same place where a soldier would have his ...

Russian army to use new field service uniform Modern fabrics and high technology have been used to work out new generation uniforms Photo {{sliderIndex+1}} from 8 ...

Overall, up to 1881 Russian army uniform still had many such impractical but distinctive elements, but by the close of the century major steps were taken to simplify uniforms.

The Russian military will soon have a more fashionable and contemporary look thanks to a new uniforms created by a celebrated Russian designer A military uniform is a conservative thing and hard ...

The Soviet Red Army uniform was a poor man’s version of the Imperial Russian Army dress from the 19th century. In the run-up to World War II, when Russia had the largest army in Europe ...

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. The plan to bring in the new uniforms, designed by ...