As the title says ... Im looking for Russian uniform references from the WW2 era. I have quite a few, Allied and German, but no Russian.
Looking for the usual ... description of uniforms and items used and also colour photographs of similar.
Any tips or links are appreciated. Cheers.

Tjena Frank!

Jag har en massa rysk uniform information. Vad precis ar det som du behover? Let me know and I can email you what you need.

http://rkkaww2.armchairgeneral.com/uniform.htm
Not a comprehensive site but it might help.

Tjena Anders. Tack så mycket!!

Basic uniform identification, when used, year, season, etc.
Personal gear identification
Colour images of the above.
But of course anything you have along these lines, would be excellent!

Kollade runt lite på nätet tidigare idag, men det finns ingenting. Osprey har mässor av likadant från olika lander men ingen Rysk. Konstigt!!!
Kanske du har några tips om böcker också? Uppskatar allt du kunna skicka!
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Hi Pat. Thats a brilliant site ... I never seen it before, and has a lot of the general info, Im out after. Thanks a million.
Wonder why Osprey never released a general Men at arms book on the russian soldier? They have 3 on Italien, 2 on Japanese and several thousand on German soldiers , but no Ruskies!!

There is an Osprey Men at Arms book Frank, I think the Title is "The Red Army In the Great Patriotic War"

Thanks again Pat. I must have missed this earlier today.
"The Red Army of the Great Patriotic War 1941–45" (Men-at-Arms 216). Ordered it tonight along with "Soviet Rifleman 1941-45" (Warrior 123). Must drink more coffee!

There is a book out there showing actual color photos from a collection in Russia. I have it some where in storage. May take me a day or so but I will find it and let you know the name of it. I got it in the early 90s so I am not sure if it is still in print or not.

Hi Scott. Would really appreciate that. Anything is worth a try. Cheers.

Frank, a good one to get hold of is "Red Army Uniforms of WW2" by Anton Shalito, Ilya Savchenkov & Andrew Mollo, Its a Europa Militaria one. ISBN 1-872004-59-8, Cost me about a tenner off Amazon a couple of years back. Its all colour pics of original kit being modelled in the usual fashion, I found it invaluable when I was doing Russian figures. Hope thats of some help.

Thanks very much Karl. Have already found this online and will be purchasing this. I think betwen this book, the 2 Osprey and the site that Pat mentioned, I´ll have a good basis for dio Im planning.
Thanks to everybody who replied and helped.

Hola Frank,

I'll write in English so all can read

There is acctually quite a bit info online. A super site that I found is:

http://www.collectrussia.com

They have a lot of original items, as well as a super inventory of books regarding Russian uniforms.

Here is a direct link to their russian militaria page:

http://www.collectrussia.com/showsupercat.htm?supercategory=SOVIET%20MILITARIA

As far as what was used and when is kind of a 'non' issue in the Russian army from WWII, if it was available, it was used. The early uniforms and helmets were used through out the war.

When doing online searches try to search the russian names such as 'ushanka' [fur hat], 'Sharovari' [trousers] and 'Telogreika' [padded jacket].

I'll look through what I have, the request is pretty broad, would be much easier if it was a bit more narrow.

Hi Frank
I've scanned several books into ye old PC.
send me a PM with your Email and I'll send them to you

Chris

I must say a big thank you to you all. I have pretty much all the info I set out to find. Both Osprey books have been ordered, and I won (?) the "Red Army Uniforms of WW2" on Ebay tonight (£21). With these and also the uniform and personal gear from the sites you have suggested, I should have all the info I need.
I also found a few re-enactment sites who have images of uniforms and personal items required to join their groups, as well as weapons. These will also prove to be useful!!

http://www.geocities.com/rodinko_69/STAVKA.html
http://rkka193rdrifles.homestead.com/

@ Anders - Yeah I know it was a pretty broad request, but starting from nothing, I have quite a bit of reference already andon the way. That CollectRussia site is excellent. Have more exploring to do there. Thanks a million.
@ Chris - cheers mate ... PM has been sent!

Finally found the one I was talking about. It is this one. To anyone doing Soviet troops I highly recommend this book.

There's also this one, all in Russian, but you can puzzle your way through it without too much difficulty

http://www.rkka.ru/iuniform.htm

David

Thanks guys .. again.
@ Scott; Another recommendation is always good. See above, I bought this last night from Ebay!
@ David. Thanks for another great link ... I actually was there already at the weekend ... there is a link from the CollectRussia site, that Anders tipped about.

To anybody else who is interested ... follow the links given in this thread for some great stuff that is free online. Ive been browsing through them over the weekend, and already have a much much better idea on uniforms, personal gear and weapons.

Cheers guys.

Thanks to Frank for starting this thread, and also to the folks that have supplied information and links on this topic. Very very useful for those of us interested in Russian uniforms. Thanks.

Steve