THE RUSSIAN FOLK COSTUME ROLE IN THE GENESIS OF CULTURAL FORMS OF THE CENTRAL BLACK SOIL ZONE

Igor I. ORLOV, Мarina L. POLOVINKINA, Olga S. PAVLOVA Lipetsk State Technical University, Russia

Abstract

In this article the authors explore the features of the folk costume of the Central Black Soil Zone regions. Special attention is paid to the analysis of typical features of the Russian costume. The author believes that regional differences revealed in some elements of the Russian folk costume of the Black Soil Region make it possible to consider it a unique phenomenon of cultural diffusion. Keywords: the Russian folk costume, folk tradition, the Central Black Soil Zone, population heterogeneity, regional differences, cultural diffusion.