Men’s costume. Ukrainians. Late 19th – early 20th centuries. Kherson Province, Alexandrovsk District, village of Kalantayev

In the second half of the 18th century, Ukrainians, Germans, Serbs, Bulgarians, Moldavians, Vlachs, Greeks, and Jews started to actively resettle to Novorossiya’s lands newly acquired as a result of the Russo-Turkish wars. However, half of the population of all the districts on the region in the first half of the 19th century were of Malorossiyan descent. It was confirmed by the 1897 census which recorded the majority of Ukrainian population. Noting the region’s ethnocultural diversity, it should be remembered that manufacturing was actively developing in the south of Novorossiya, and the influence of urban culture was felt, which was telling on the local residents’ clothing. This is why they wore kosovorotka (skewed-collar) shirts there, and shirts were often made urban-style, with sleeve cuffs and a false shirtfront, which was embroidered in red and black threads. The footwear was boots or ankle shoes, the latter also being urban influence. The costume set of a Ukrainian acquired by Aleksandr Alesho in the village of Kalantayev, Alexandrovsk District of Kherson Province, in 1914 consisted of a shirt, trousers, a homespun woolen belt, and boots or shoes. The summer headwear was a straw hat, or bryl.