Bibliography of Sources

The following sources were used in developing the uniform and cap histories portrayed on this website. They represent a fairly comprehensive summary of the better documents out there - both in Russian and English. Although many of these are beyond the capabilities of the average collector to now obtain, a number of the very best are still readily available. Anyone wanting advice on which of these you should try to acquire yourself or where you might find them - please e-mail me at: randallstewart@comcast.net

If you know of any other sources of Cold War Soviet uniform information, please let me know (or better yet, offer to sell them to me!).

Primary Sources (in English unless otherwise noted)

  • Handbook on the Soviet Armed Forces. Defense Intelligence Agency, 1969.

  • Handbook on the Soviet Armed Forces. Defense Intelligence Agency, 1978.

  • Handbook on the Soviet Army. US Department of the Army, 1958.

  • Handbook on the Soviet and Satellite Armies US Department of the Army, 1953.

  • Inside the Soviet Army. Osprey Elite Series, 1987.

  • Inside the Soviet Army. Schofield, Abbeville Press, 1991.

  • Insignia of Ministries and Departments of the USSR: Cockades. Aspect, 1998 (in Russian)**

  • Military Uniforms of the Armed Forces of USSR & Russia: 1917-1990. Moscow, 1999 (in Russian)**

  • "Naval Costume" - The Russian Marine Uniform: History and Traditions. St. Petersburg, 1999 (in Russian)

  • Red Army Uniforms 1918-1945 in Color Photographs. Moscow, 1999. (in English)

  • Red Army Uniforms of World War II in Color Photographs. Windrow & Greene Ltd, 1993.

  • Soviet Arm Badges 1920-1991(1). Moscow, 1999. (in English/Russian)

  • Soviet Army Uniforms and Insignia 1945:1975. Hippocrene Books, Inc., NY, 1976. (commercial B&W reprint of 1950 & 1961 War Office publications)

  • Soviet Army Uniforms. UK War Office, 1961.

  • Soviet Army. Moscow, 1987. (in Russian)

  • The Soviet Army. Department of the Army, 1949.

  • Soviet Frontiers. Moscow, 1988. (in Russian)

  • Soviet Military Uniform and Insignia 1918-1958. St. Petersburg, 1993.

  • Soviet Naval Uniforms and Insignia. Office of Naval Intelligence, 1952 (in English)**

  • Soviet Police 1918-1991 History of Russian Uniform. St. Petersburg, 1995 (in English/Russian)**

  • Soviet Uniforms and Militaria 1917-1991 in Color Photographs. The Crowood Press, 2000.

  • The Soviet Army. US Department of the Army, 1949.

  • The Soviet Army Uniforms and Insignia. The War Office, 1950.

  • Uniform Regulations of Sergeants, Starshini, Soldiers, Sailors, Cadets of the Soviet Army and Navy. USSR MoD, 1956. (in Russian)

  • Uniform Regulations of the Militia. USSR MVD, 1978. (in Russian)

  • Uniform Regulations of the Soviet Army and Navy. USSR MoD, 1955. (in Russian)

  • Uniform Regulations of the Soviet Army and Navy. USSR MoD, 1959. (in Russian)

  • Uniform Regulations of the Soviet Army and Navy. USSR MoD, 1970. (in Russian)

  • Uniform Regulations of the Soviet Army and Navy. USSR MoD, 1974. (in Russian)

  • Uniform Regulations of the Soviet Army and Navy. USSR MoD, 1989. (in Russian)**

  • Uniform Regulations for the Workers of State Aviation (Aeroflot). USSR, 1977. (in Russian)

  • Uniforms and Insignia of the Red and Soviet Army 1918-1945. Leningrad, 1960. (in Russian)

  • Uniforms and Insignia of the Soviet Army and Para-Military Forces. Canadian Army, 1955.

  • Uniforms of the Air Fleet. Moscow, 2000. (in Russian)

  • Uniforms of the Armed Forces of the Warsaw Pact and Yugoslavia. FRG MoD, 1983 with 1988 updates. (in German)

  • Uniforms of the Soviet Union 1918-1945. Shiffer Military History, 1998.

  • Zeughaus (Arsenal) Moscow, 1991-2013. (magazine, in Russian)**

  • Forum Uniformistika (collectors' forum, in Russian)**
Other Sources:

Military History Journal (magazine, in Russian)
Morskoi Flot (Navy) (magazine, in Russian)
Rear Services of the Armed Forces (magazine)
Red Star (newspaper, in Russian)
Soviet Life (magazine)
Soviet Military Review (magazine)
Soviet Union (magazine)
Sovietskii Voin/Soviet Soldier (magazine, in Russian/English)
Voennyi Vestnik (Military Herald) (magazine, in Russian)
VOIN (Soldier) (magazine, in Russian)
Personal interviews and observations
Web sites listed under Links

** = highly recommended