Gazyr

Gazyr (via Russian: газырь from Turkish hazır, "ready", ultimately from Arabic; Georgian: მასრები masrebi) , was an implement to hold a rifle charge: a tube with a bullet and a measure of gunpowder or a paper cartridge. They were carried in gazyr bags or in rows of small pockets on the breast. Later gazyr pockets has become a distinctive element of national dress of the peoples of Caucasus, such as Georgian chokha.[1]

Gazyr bag

A Georgian man in chokha

Baron Pyotr Wrangel in Russian Cossack uniform

Gazyr breast pockets ("gazyrs") were borrowed by Russian Cossacks, together with other elements of Caucasus peoples' outfit, as part of their military uniform.

References

Л. В. Беловински, "Газыри, хазыри, хозыри", in: "Иллюстрированный энциклопедический историко-бытовой словарь русского народа. XVIII — начало XIX в."/ Moscow, Eksmo, 2007, ISBN 978-5-699-24458-4, p. 115.

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[1] Л. В. Беловински, "Газыри, хазыри, хозыри", in: "Иллюстрированный энциклопедический историко-бытовой словарь русского народа. XVIII — начало XIX в."/ Moscow, Eksmo, 2007, ISBN 978-5-699-24458-4, p. 115.