Tellyashka
Telnjaschka ( Russian Тельняшка ) is the blue-and-white stripe, cotton traditional undershirt of the sailors of the Ukrainian and Russian navies.
The Telnjaschka was introduced in the Imperial Russian Navy in 1874 , later also used by the Soviet Navy and is still part of the uniform of Russian sailors , paratroopers and marines .
Telnjaschka is produced in different fabric thicknesses and cuts. The warmest variant, knitted four times, was developed as an undersuit for dry suits .
Other color variants such as black and white are common. Red and white is used by the anti-terrorist unit RADON and the special units OMON and Spetsnaz .
Web links
Commons : Telnyashka - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Telnjaschka ( memento from April 18, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) on slovari.yandex.ru (Russian)