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type of military jacket or tunic in Russia

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Country: Russian Empire, Soviet Union

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Notable quotes

“The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are.”
— Francis Bacon, "Of Seeming Wise", in Essays (1625); Brian Vickers (ed.) The Major Works (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002) p. 389.
“Une nation de singes à larynx de perroquets.”
— A nation of monkeys with the throat of parrots.
“France, famed in all great arts, in none supreme.”
— Matthew Arnold, The Strayed Reveller, and Other Poems, "To a Republican Friend" (c. March 1848)
“France was called the 'feminine nation'. It would be better to call it the 'androgyneous people'. It is the androgyne of Plato, the male and female being which grants the sceptre alternately to the mind and to the heart when it does not confer sovereignty, as often happens, to the simultaneous synthesis of both.”
— Charles Maurras, For a French Awakening (1943), p. 81
“La France a perdu une bataille, mais la France n'a pas perdu la guerre.”
— Translated: "France has lost a battle, but France has not lost the war".
“Our country, our nation is built by two institutions, the state and the language. A language whose epicenter today is no longer on these banks of the Seine, but probably much more towards the Congo River basin.”
— Emmanuel Macron - Macron lashes out at Zemmour: “Our identity is not built on narrow-mindedness"

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Overview

French was the designation of a particular type of military jacket or tunic in the Russian Empire and later in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). In the years immediately preceding the start of World War I, several new models of khaki-grey uniform jackets were adopted in Russia for service wear by Imperial Army officers. In most cases these were related to (and influenced by) the latest creations in the armies of France and the United Kingdom. These loose-fitting and practical garments received the collective designation french in tribute to the supreme commander of the British Expeditionary Force to France, field marshal John French. The main features of the french were as follows: soft collar – turndown version or standing version with button fastening, cuffs adjustable with the use of martingales or buttons four big pockets (appliquéd, with buttons) with flaps (two upper chest, two below). In the Red Army of the Soviet Union it was usually worn by commanding officers, chiefs and political officers and from 1924 to 1943.

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