Galliffet trousers

Galliffet or gallifet (Russian: галифе, galife) were a style of trousers in military uniform of the Soviet Army. They were similar to riding breeches, fit for jackboots. Russian dictionaries define "galife" as pants fitting the knees and below, to easily fit the high boots, and expanding from above the knees.[1]

They were named after French general Gaston Alexandre Auguste, Marquis de Galliffet.[2]

High ranking NKVD officers, 1935, with Genrikh Yagoda, center. Nikita Khrushchev right behind him

A depiction of Soviet uniforms from the German Army pocketbook

General Gaston Galliffet, 1893

See also

• Uniforms of the Russian Armed Forces

References

1. "Галифе", Большой универсальный словарь русского языка
2. "Из истории российского мундира" ("From the History of Russian Uniforms")