In August 1941, a prototype women’s uniform was created, with a dress instead of a tunic, first made of cotton and then wool, and with a beret instead of a forage cap. Women appeared at the ...

In August 1941, a prototype women’s uniform was created, with a dress instead of a tunic, first made of cotton and then wool, and with a beret instead of a forage cap. Women appeared at the ...

Pavlichenko was a Soviet sniper credited with 309 kills—and an advocate for women's rights. On a U.S. tour in 1942, she found a friend in the first lady ...

The defence ministry said the shoes are part of regulation-dress uniform. ... More than 31,000 women now serve in the country’s ... MORE ABOUT. Soldiers. Women. Ukraine. Soviet Union. Have your say ...