We only see Russian boys wearing caps to school. We do not see hats, although our 19th century archive is limited. We note both uniform and non-uniform caps. The uniform caps were peaked-caps and garison caps. The peaked caps, often called service caos in America, were a carry oevr from Tsarist times. The cap we see had a leather peak, done like the uniform caps of those worn by officers in the Tsarist Army. They appear to be replicas, but we see them being worn at many schools. It is the only country we know that used this style of military peaked cap in World War I. It looks more like a World War II cap. The boy here is a good example (figure 1). We do have a number of images from the Tsarist early-20th century era. The Germans also had a peaked cap, but their's were styled differently. The peaked military caps were very common during Tsarist period. It was the primarily military style item, but this varied from school to school. It was often worn with tunic-like blouses worn by Tsarist soldiers. We are not sure if they had a dress cap or wore the same cap year round.After the Revolution we see fewer uniforms and childreen wearing their own clthes ro schgool. This involved a range of caos, including berets. The garrison cap was unique to Soviet times. The garrison cap is a form of Glengary cap. The garrison caps appeared after the Revolution. We are not sure yet just when. We see it first with the Young Pioneers. We see other youth groups wearing them. The first we think was the Hitler Youth in Germany. The American Boy Scouts adopted them after Wotld War II. We see some Soviet school boys wearing them , but we see some Soviet boys after World War II wearing them to school. They were less expensive. We see peaked mikitary casos afain after Workd War II. The prestige of the Red Army presumably was factor. We see therse peaked caps in the 1950s and 60s. The garison caps do not seem as common as the peaked caps, but this ios just pur preliminary assessmnt. The boy on the previous page is a good exmple. The school rules seem strictier during the Tsarist era. We see boys during the Soviet era wear more varied caps. There was uniform style, but not all th boys wore the proper uniform style. Until after World War II many boys especially in rural areas did not wear uniforms to school. And we see different kinds of heaswear. Berets seem a popular choice. We see some boys wearing berets, but they were not a uniform. We do not see the girls wearing cps or hats. The hairbows seem more important. We are not yet sure wjat tyhe children wore on butter cold days.
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