Etymology

budyonovka

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Today it means: a distinctive type of hat and an essential part of the Red Army uniform during the Russian Civil War and later Full definition →

Russian будёновка f
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromбудёновка f
  2. English todaybudyonovka

Borrowed from Russian будёновка f (budjónovka), after Semyon Budyonny, Семён Будённый (Semjón Budjónnyj).

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