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Russian Kokoshnik: FIFA Football Fans Love Wearing Traditional Headdress

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Russian kokoshniks and mustaches have become unofficial symbols of female and male fans respectively at the FIFA World Cup in Russia, along with tiaras and costumes of princesses and princes.

Fans in kokoshniks have been walking around Moscow, seen in the fan zone on the embankment of the Volga in Volgograd, partying in Samara and at stadiums during matches of the World Cup.

Here in our gallery you can see fans from Colombia, Panama, Denmark, France, Brazil and, of course, Russia.

Historically, a kokoshnik was a Russian headdress worn by married women in the 16th century, though it had a rear part made of fabric, as the woman had to conceal her hair.

Girls and unmarried women wore a headdress very similar to a kokoshnik, but open in the back, called a "povyazka" or a tiara.

 

© Sputnik / Anton Denisov / Go to the mediabankA fan of the Russian national team ahead of a match in the World Cup's round of 16 between Spain and Russia.
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A fan of the Russian national team ahead of a match in the World Cup's round of 16 between Spain and Russia.
© Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev / Go to the mediabankFans dance on Manege Square in Moscow.
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Fans dance on Manege Square in Moscow.
© Sputnik / Evgenya Novozhenina / Go to the mediabankFans of the Russian national team ahead of a match in the World Cup's round of 16 between Spain and Russia.
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Fans of the Russian national team ahead of a match in the World Cup's round of 16 between Spain and Russia.
© Sputnik / Konstantin Chalabov / Go to the mediabankFans watching the 2018 FIFA World Cup between the national teams of Iceland and Australia in the fan zone on the embankment of the Volga in Volgograd.
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Fans watching the 2018 FIFA World Cup between the national teams of Iceland and Australia in the fan zone on the embankment of the Volga in Volgograd.
© Sputnik / Aleksander Vilf / Go to the mediabankA fan of the Brazilian national team ahead of a match in the group stage of the FIFA World Cup between teams Serbia and Brazil.
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A fan of the Brazilian national team ahead of a match in the group stage of the FIFA World Cup between teams Serbia and Brazil.
© AP Photo / Eugene HoshikoRussian fans arrive at the FIFA Fan Fest to watch the round of 16 match between Spain and Russia at the 2018 World Cup in Moscow.
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Russian fans arrive at the FIFA Fan Fest to watch the round of 16 match between Spain and Russia at the 2018 World Cup in Moscow.
© Sputnik / Grigoriy Sysoyev / Go to the mediabankA fan of the Colombian national team ahead of a match in the World Cup's round of 16 between Colombia and England.
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A fan of the Colombian national team ahead of a match in the World Cup's round of 16 between Colombia and England.
© Sputnik / Maksim Blinov / Go to the mediabankA fan of the Danish national team ahead of a match in the World Cup's round of 16 between teams Croatia and Denmark.
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A fan of the Danish national team ahead of a match in the World Cup's round of 16 between teams Croatia and Denmark.
© AFP 2023 / Hector RetamalA Russia supporter poses while a group A match in the 2018 World Cup between Uruguay and Russia is broadcast on a giant screen at the FIFA Fan Fest in Ekaterinburg.
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A Russia supporter poses while a group A match in the 2018 World Cup between Uruguay and Russia is broadcast on a giant screen at the FIFA Fan Fest in Ekaterinburg.
© Sputnik / Vitaliy Timkiv / Go to the mediabankA girl poses next to the wolf Zabivaka, official mascot of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, ahead of a World Cup match between the teams of Denmark and Australia.
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A girl poses next to the wolf Zabivaka, official mascot of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, ahead of a World Cup match between the teams of Denmark and Australia.
© Sputnik / Vitaliy Belousov / Go to the mediabankA fan of the Russian national team ahead of a match in the World Cup's round of 16 between Spain and Russia.
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A fan of the Russian national team ahead of a match in the World Cup's round of 16 between Spain and Russia.
© Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev / Go to the mediabankFans of the Russian national team celebrate victory in the group stage match in the FIFA World Cup between the national teams of Russia and Egypt on Nikolskaya Street in Moscow.
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Fans of the Russian national team celebrate victory in the group stage match in the FIFA World Cup between the national teams of Russia and Egypt on Nikolskaya Street in Moscow.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankFans of the French national team ahead of the start of the group stage match between the teams of France and Peru.
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Fans of the French national team ahead of the start of the group stage match between the teams of France and Peru.
© Sputnik / Mikhail Serbin / Go to the mediabankFan of the Panamanian national team ahead of a group stage match between the national teams of Panama and Tunisia.
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Fan of the Panamanian national team ahead of a group stage match between the national teams of Panama and Tunisia.
© Sputnik / Nina Zotina / Go to the mediabankFans ahead of a group stage match between the national teams of Germany and Sweden.
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Fans ahead of a group stage match between the national teams of Germany and Sweden.
© Sputnik / Alexey Filippov / Go to the mediabankA fan of the Russian national team ahead of a match in the World Cup's round of 16 between Spain and Russia.
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A fan of the Russian national team ahead of a match in the World Cup's round of 16 between Spain and Russia.
© Sputnik / Alexey Malgavko / Go to the mediabankFans ahead of a match in the World Cup's round of 16 between the national teams of Belgium and Japan.
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Fans ahead of a match in the World Cup's round of 16 between the national teams of Belgium and Japan.
© Sputnik / Максим Блинов / Go to the mediabankA fan of the Russian national team during a group stage match between Iceland and Croatia.
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A fan of the Russian national team during a group stage match between Iceland and Croatia.
© AP Photo / Victor R. CaivanoRussian fans celebrate winning the round of 16 match between Spain and Russia at the 2018 World Cup in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
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Russian fans celebrate winning the round of 16 match between Spain and Russia at the 2018 World Cup in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
© Sputnik / Vitaliy Belousov / Go to the mediabankFans ahead of a group stage match between the national teams of Belgium and Tunisia.
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Fans ahead of a group stage match between the national teams of Belgium and Tunisia.
© Sputnik / Alexander Polegenco / Go to the mediabankA girl watching a broadcast of a group stage match between teams Russia and Spain on the shore of Artillery Bay in Sevastopol.
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A girl watching a broadcast of a group stage match between teams Russia and Spain on the shore of Artillery Bay in Sevastopol.
© Sputnik / Vitaliy Timkiv / Go to the mediabankA fan of the Colombian national team ahead of a group stage match between the national teams of Senegal and Colombia in Samara.
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A fan of the Colombian national team ahead of a group stage match between the national teams of Senegal and Colombia in Samara.
© Sputnik / Alexander Wilf / Go to the mediabankFans ahead of a match between Belgium and Japan.
Russian Kokoshnik: FIFA Football Fans Love Wearing Traditional Headdress - Sputnik International
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Fans ahead of a match between Belgium and Japan.
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