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Menswear
Workwear
Work coats, padded jackets
1960-1980
Jacket VDJ-13
Jacket VDJ-13
available
Padded military workwear, vatnik jacket, made in former USSR
Khaki cotton fabric
Jacket is worn, fabric is faded out and pilled, but it is good shaped
The vatnik or fufaika became symbolic of Soviet-era working-class attire, often made from coarse fabric and filled with cotton or synthetic padding for insulation. This one an army work jacket; the jacket has cuffs and belt at the back