Sarafan costume, Moscow, 1983
Contributed by Maine State Museum
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A kokoshnik, a traditional headdress, along with the sarafan, the folk dress, that Samantha Smith, 11, of Manchester, was given when she visited Moscow in 1983.
The Moscow Pioneers (a Soviet Union youth organization) made the pearl-decorated kokoshnik.
Smith had written to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov expressing her concerns about nuclear war. He wrote back to reassure her and invited her and her parents, Jane and Arthur Smith, to visit the Soviet Union in July 1983.
Samantha wore the costume several times and appeared in it on the cover of Soviet Life magazine. The dress and pearl headdress are the Russian national costume.
Other Information
- Title: Sarafan costume, Moscow, 1983
- Creation Date: 1983
- Subject Date: 1983
- Media: Cotton
- Object Type: Image
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Maine State Museum
83 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 287-2301
http://www.maine.gov/museum/index.html
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LC Subject Headings
Russians--Clothing & dress
Peace
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
International relations
Letters
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Travel
Cold War
Political activity
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