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Fried in the USSR

Fried with troops from the USSR.

Soviet / russian army military uniform - gimnasterka jacket WWII
The M43 Gimnasterka Tunic was introduced as a uniform for the later years of the Great Patriotic War. By the order of Josef Stalin, the Red Army intended to invoke significant Russian Military Spirit by creating a uniform reminiscent of the Czarist Gimnasterka Tunics of WW1.
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Fried with troops from the USSR.<br /> <br /> Soviet / russian army military uniform - gimnasterka jacket WWII<br /> The M43 Gimnasterka Tunic was introduced as a uniform for the later years of the Great Patriotic War. By the order of Josef Stalin, the Red Army intended to invoke significant Russian Military Spirit by creating a uniform reminiscent of the Czarist Gimnasterka Tunics of WW1.