What Volga Tatar Women Wore in the 19th Century @VBirchwood
What Volga Tatar Women Wore in the 19th Century  @VBirchwood
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After 3 or 4 years of research, I finally feel ready to debut the recreation of a 19th century ensemble, along with following the beauty routine common for Volga Tatar women in 1844.

This was an incredibly fun video to put together, and I hope that it will help to preserve this information for future generations of Volga Tatars.

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Further Reading:
-K. Fuchs, “Kazan Tatars in Statistical and Ethnographic Perspectives”
https://college-kiu.ru/xmlui/handle/123456789/14504.pdf
-S.I. Monastyrsky, “Illustrated Guide to the Volga”
-N.O. Ryzhkov, “Geographic Sketch of the Syzran District”
-M. Zavyalova, 'Tatar Milli Kieme' [Tatar Costume], Kazan', 1996
Guzel Valeeva-Suleimanova, 'The Decorative Applied Art of the Kazan' Tatars', Moscow, 1990.
-Суслова С. В. 'Татарский костюм: историко-этнологическое исследование', Казань, 2018.
-groznijat.tripod.com/fadlan/rorlich1.html
-folkcostume.blogspot.com/2011/05/traditional-costume-of-tatarstan.html

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