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Tolstoyan shirt [tolstovka]
Tolstoyan-style shirt--A traditional full Russian shirt with the
collar opening from one side.
Originally called "kosovorotka"-- "skew-collared,"
they came to be associated with Tolstoy, who liked to dress in peasant costume
and mow with his peasants. Hence the name "tolstovka."
Photograph of Tolstoy |
Drawing of Tolstoy mowing,
by Leonid Pasternak, 1893 |
Since they were non-Western, such shirts were at various times signs
of Russian nationalism. |