Kosovorotka Day in Russia
Kosovorotka Day in Russia is held on July 12. This event in the second decade of the month July is annual.
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A folk shirt with an skewed collar (Kosovorotka) has been first time sewed in XII ages. A kosovorotka, commonly known in the West as a Zhivago shirt, Russian peasant shirt or Tolstoy shirt (tolstovka). The name comes from the Russian phrase kosoy vorot (êîñîé âîðîò), meaning a “skewed collar”. It was worn by all peasants in Russia — men, women, and babies — in different styles for every-day and festive occasions.
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