sarafan

"sarafan" (Russian national dress for women) she went into the city as a country girl.

Stories to Read or Tell from Fairy Tales and Folklore Laure Claire [Editor] Foucher

It is a species of thick pelisse worn over the "sarafan," or gown.]

Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin 1818

Also, his gait is irritatingly slow; and the more so owing to his coat, which, of a cut devised by himself, consists, as it were, of cassock, sarafan [jacket], and waistcoat in one.

Through Russia 2003

They were trying to put on her sarafan to take her to church to be married, and she said,

The Brothers Karamazov 2003

Their dress is usually a calico _sarafan_, and generally speaking, there is nothing specially distinguishing about their apparel.

Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various

Also, his gait is irritatingly slow; and the more so owing to his coat, which, of a cut devised by himself, consists, as it were, of cassock, sarafan [jacket], and waistcoat in one.

Through Russia Maksim Gorky 1902

The curtain was made of the mother's spare gown, her _sarafan_.

Russian Rambles Isabel Florence Hapgood 1889

"Take the feast-day sarafan," [236] cries Need from behind the stove;

Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore William Ralston Shedden Ralston 1858

Their servant, a muscular female, in a red sarafan, with an enormous bust, would stand right across the passage, and growl, "Where are you coming?"

Dream Tales and Prose Poems Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850

Their maid-servant, a robust peasant-woman, in a Turkey red cotton sarafan, [63] and pendulous breasts, would place herself across the path in the anteroom and roar: 'Whither away?'

A Reckless Character And Other Stories Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850