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Menswear
Footwear
Boots
1900-1950
BOOTS VAV-2
FELT VALENKI
available
Felted short wool valenki, made in the former Soviet Union
Short brown valenki, sole attached with some nails and strings. Valenki (or felt boots) were and still are traditional Russian winter footwear, intended for snowy, cold winters. To make them waterproof, galoshes were worn over them
Those boots are worn, the sole is fragile and boots should be used together with galoshes or indoors