What do female Russians wear?
Russian women wear dresses or long skirts and blouses and love to flaunt high heels.
What are Russian dresses called?
sarafan
There are two major types of Russian ethnic dress: the sarafan and the poneva. A sarafan is a loosely fitting long jumper dress worn over a long linen shirt and belted. A necessary component of traditional Russian dress, the belt was often worn under the sarafan.
What are some Russian clothing?
Many elements are now lost, although there are still several components that became iconic to Russian traditional dress.
- Rubakha (oversize shirt) The basic element of any traditional Russian wardrobe was the rubakha, which could be worn by both men and women.
- Sarafan (long dress)
- Kokoshnik.
- Shuba (furcoat)
- Kaftan (coat)
What is dinner a la russe?
The historical form of service à la russe (French: [sɛʁvis a la ʁys]; “service in the Russian style”) is a manner of dining that involves courses being brought to the table sequentially, and the food being portioned on the plate by waiter (usually at a sideboard in the dining room) before being given to the diner.
Who is the God of Russia?
Perun is undoubtedly the highest god of the Slavic Pantheon. Worshipped across wide expanses of Slavic Europe and even beyond (as Perkunas he also appears in Baltic mythology), Perun is the reigning lord of the heavens, and the god of lightning and thunder.
What is Russian taboo?
Do not whistle in the street. Whistling in the street — and indoors — is frowned upon. Play it safe, and avoid whistling all together.
Is crime high in Russia?
In 2016, the murder rate in Russia was 7 per 100,000 people, according to Rosstat (the Russian Federal State Statistics Service). According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the corresponding figure is a bit higher at 9.2. In 2017, Moscow also recorded the lowest crime rate in over a decade.