Picture No | 10076617 |
Date | 1698 |
Description | 1690/BOYARS SLEEVES CUT |
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Peter the Great's policy of Westernisation includes a decree that courtiers and officials wear Western clothes. Here he cuts the long sleeves of the Boyars.
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Source | Engraving after Edelfelt in Scribners Magazine, 1880 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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