Russian soldier on skis wearing valenki boots Valenki stem from the traditional felt boots worn by nomads of the Great Steppe (including Southern ), whose history goes back over 1500 years. However, as it’s supposed, the boots appeared at the beginning of the 18th century. Valenki became widespread only in the first half of the 19th century, when they started being manufactured by industrial methods. Before this, they were quite expensive and only wealthy people could afford to have them.

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The increasing complexity of needs, the growing influence of the urban mores to the village caused the change of bast shoes with felt boots, and with it, the broad development of fulling production. Valenki became less popular in the urban life in recent decades because winters in turned to be more soft and slushy, and as result – lighter and waterproof footwear gradually won popularity and replaced valenki. Valenki are associated with a traditional rustic style of clothing; in cities they are usually worn by little kids, or they are worn by one and all in a severe, when other shoes don’t protect from the cold. Before the, the production of valenki was concentrated in the Semenov district of province, in the District of, and in the in. In 1900, contemporary jackboot factories of Russia produced 1.4 million pairs of valenki in the amount of 2.1 million.

In 1900, a pair of valenki cost 1.5 rubles, in 1912 - 2 rubles, at the end of 1916 the speculative price reached up to 12-18 rubles per pair. See also [ ] • • • References [ ].