Russian Navy T-shirt (royal blue)

Description

Royal blue/ecru color

Size: unisex

100% cotton, 241gr/m2

The Russian telnyashka is a sleeveless undergarment with horizontal stripes in white and various colors. It’s an emblematic garment worn by the Russian navy, airborne troops, marine infantry and special forces.

The Russian telnyashka has its origins in the striped marinière worn by merchant sailors and fishermen in Brittany, which adopted this style to distinguish itself from other nationalities.

The fashion was later adopted and popularized by the French and other navies. Sailors in the modern French navy still wear these garments in certain outfits.

The Imperial Russian Navy adopted the blue-and-white-striped telnyashka in the 19th century. The tradition of Russian or Soviet ground troops wearing naval uniforms comes from Soviet navy sailors who fought as coastal units during the Second World War.

Such was the case of the famous Soviet sniper Vasily Zaitsev, a small officer in the Soviet Pacific Fleet who volunteered to serve in the army, but refused to give up his telnyashka because of the pride it engendered.

Size guide :

XS: 48

S : 50

M : 52

L : 54

XL: 56

XXL : 58