Employees of Russian Railways are required to use uniforms. One of the essential attributes of such clothing are shoulder straps of the Russian Railways.

Some wonder why employees need such elements, because they are not representatives of the army or other law enforcement agencies. But in fact, Russian Railways is an important strategic facility that is carefully guarded. Therefore, it is used with the appropriate decals.

The history of the appearance of shoulder straps of Russian Railways

In the 19th century, since the advent of railway communication in Russia, employees began to use decals for the first time. At first, these were epaulettes, which eventually transformed into shoulder straps. Epaulets worn:

• ensigns;
• second lieutenants;
• captains;
• majors;
• colonels;
• generals and other employees of the Corps of Railway Engineers.

One of the essential attributes of shoulder straps is a button. For more than a hundred years, it had an image of a cruciform anchor and an axe. And only in 1932 did the crossed hammer and key emblem appear.

During the years of the Great Patriotic War shoulder insignia returned to the uniform of a railroad employee. Uniforms also changed. Only in 1995 did new shoulder straps appear in the Russian Federation, and the modern uniform of the Russian Railways also implies their use. Distinctive elements of the new sample were approved in 2010.

A variety of modern shoulder straps of Russian Railways

The entire composition of Russian Railways employees has elements corresponding to their rank on their uniforms. They can be casual or formal. FROM dress uniform white epaulettes are worn, with everyday - blue. Similar insignia are also applied to outerwear (tunics and jackets). Depending on the rank, the number of stars and badges varies.

Regardless of the type of decals, they are made by them. synthetic materials special strength. Such materials do not get dirty, do not lose their original color under the influence of ultraviolet rays, precipitation.

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All railway workers have always had their own distinctive professional uniform, moreover, each road brought its own distinctive elements, characteristic of a particular region, to service clothes.

All this happened for the simple reason that most of the workers Russian Railways represented by lovely and beautiful Russian women. For example, on the North Caucasian railway, in winter time, the conductors coquettishly put on their beautiful heads Kubankas, their coat turned away with a natural scrawl.

To all kinds outerwear, and this is an overcoat or coat, shaped tunic , shirt to which it was necessary to sew on each shoulder side shoulder strap, attach decals, chevrons , buttonholes, which could indicate the rank, the position held, the attitude to a particular service of a particular employee. Includes standard and non-standard pants or skirts, there were uniform caps .

The historical path of development of the railway form was no exception and evolved in the same way as the life of our Russian society developed, depending on the solution of various social issues and the requirements of a particular era.

Such a historical, natural dependence is confirmed by time itself.

This is also evidenced by the era itself, when a strict class gradation existed in society with the consolidation of the hierarchical ladder. When the Second World War broke out, and the rear of the country turned into a united labor front, railway workers of all ranks began to carry on their shoulders again shoulder straps. At the end of a bloody war. people returned to peaceful work, restoring cities, factories, building new housing for the Soviet people. The railway uniform has undergone another change, becoming more like everyday clothes, while insignia have been saved.

The form of specialists of the Institute of the Corps of Railway Engineers

The first samples of the railway form appeared in 1809, when the Institute of the Corps of Railway Engineers was being created. This educational institution was supposed to train technical personnel for the railways. Cadets and graduates of the educational institution, in fact, wore military uniforms. The ranks and ranks of the working people were distinguished by silver epaulettes and gilded stars on them. All institute pupils wore an officer's uniform, but epaulettes were absent on it.

Buttons

Nine years have passed and a green edging appears on the uniforms of the railway workers. Smooth since 1830 buttons replaced with the new format. Now they depict an anchor and an ax in a cruciform position. The state emblem in the form of a double-headed eagle appears on the uniforms of the highest commanding staff. Buttons with an anchor and an ax served until 1932, after which a sign appeared, consisting of a hammer and a key.

Emblem of the MPS

In the second half of the nineteenth century, in 1871, the Ministry of Communications acquires a new emblem, which depicts a wheel and outstretched two wings. Subsequently, the emblem changed its appearance again, but its semantic interpretation testified that the main credo of Russian roads had not changed, they still sought to increase speed, be always accurate, and create comfort for passengers. For the first time, it became a single uniform for railway workers since 1876. The only exception is the territory of Finland, despite the fact that this country was then part of the Russian Empire.

Ranks of employees

The gradation of employees working in the Ministry of Railways at that time occurred in four categories. The first category included all those who, according to their degree specialization, were considered an engineer of communications and held the corresponding position. The second category included the bureaucratic "brothers" who served in central institutions. The third category included officials working in regional institutions. All other railway employees were assigned to the fourth category.

The personnel of employees of the depot and stations, uniform costume, differed only in the color of the edging on the tunics of two genera. The colors were: yellow with blue and red with green.

The last uniform reform of the railway workers took place on August 24, 1904. Since that time, the engineering and bureaucratic staffs had seven established uniforms, which included: travel, summer, everyday, special, ordinary, festive and ceremonial sets of clothes.

Earlier, up to 1867 engineering staff wore military uniforms. Subsequently, graduates of the institute began to be awarded the civil rank of engineers with the rank of provincial or collegiate secretary.

Little is known about the railway form of the first half of the nineteenth century. Franz Anton Ritter von Gerstner, the main designer and creator of the railway going from St. Petersburg to Tsarskoye Selo, purchased uniforms intended for carriage conductors in the countries Western Europe. On the eve of the start of regular traffic between Moscow and St. Petersburg, the management of the St. Petersburg-Moscow Railway issued a regulation in which all service personnel were divided into four company units. Military terminology was still preserved. The first company consisted of stokers, machinists and their assistants. The second company included: conductors and chief conductors. They wore a military uniform, the role of a headdress was performed helmet. Mandatory wearing of a fascinated knife and a black belt was prescribed.

Since 1855 lower ranks: machinists and craftsmen, who served five years on the Nikolaev road, wore silver galloons on sleeve cuffs, for ten years of service they relied in addition to galloons on their cap and collar.

The travel mater had a metal chest and sleeve badge. In addition, first-class specialists had three galloon stripes on their caps. Specialists of the second class wore two galloons on their caps, and specialists of the third class had one galloon.

The Crimean War ended, the Russian treasury was significantly empty, and private capital investments were required, which, with a view to the future, invested in the Russian railway. Over a twelve-year period, five dozen railway joint-stock companies were founded, which introduced a form strictly of their own type.

In the post-October period, until 1932, employees and lower ranks the railway wore a uniform left over from the time of the existence of the Russian Empire.

Since 1932, uniform costume railroader becomes dark blue. The distinctive signs of buttonholes were displayed on red enamel. For the rank and file and junior staff, these were corners, the middle link wore hexagons in their buttonholes, and the highest command staff wore stars.

Shoulder straps

In the middle of the Great Patriotic War, in 1943, the army and railway uniforms again sparkled shoulder straps. The middle, senior and senior command staff of the railway workers wore shoulder strap with a light green lining trimmed with a silver galloon. Private and junior staff relied shoulder straps made from black cloth. This ammunition was made in a combined version: at the beginning of the sleeve, shoulder strap had a hexagonal transverse shape, and was sewn from the collar like a rectangle.

Emblems by industry

The sectoral significance of the railway workers' economy was determined by means of the emblem; oxidized metal was used for its manufacture. The entire administrative service wore an emblem with a hammer and sickle superimposed on a French hammer and key, an emblem in the form of crossed lightning bolts was issued for signalmen. Those who ensured traffic safety on the railway were distinguished by an emblem with a traffic light. Locomotive drivers wore the image of a steam locomotive on the emblem, the conductors had an emblem with the image of a wagon, the railway builders had a bridge on the emblem. The uniform has been becoming a civilian suit since 1955. Distinguishing marks appear on the buttonholes.

On the railways Soviet Union in 1963, the emblem symbols were replaced, wings and a wheel appeared. The key and hammer in the form of a technical sign remained the same.

Since 1973, on the basis of the order of the Ministry of Railways of the USSR, the distinctive signs of workers and employees have been changed in railway transport. Private and junior staff were now required to wear on the left sleeves of jackets, cardigans, jackets and coat distinctive sign of a pentagonal shape. Its width is sixty-five millimeters, and its height varies from eighty-five to one hundred and eight millimeters. The pentagonal field of the sign was black, the border was displayed in green. A technical sign of yellow tones was placed in the wreath. Above the wreath was the emblem of the railroad. The lower part of the wreath was torn with the inscription "Metro" or "MPS".

Six years later, regular changes in uniforms are made for workers and employees working on railway transport. The main details of the clothing remained unchanged, including color scheme: light gray for summer period and black for the winter season. The order approved the official table, who was to be provided with industry-specific clothing in full. First of all, this concerned those people who ensured the direct movement of trains, were engaged in the transport of goods or served passengers. The indicated order determined the size of discounts in percentage terms, the cost of all clothing and the terms of wearing it were determined. The distinguishing signs of the senior administrative level also changed. buttonholes and galloons acquired a golden color. For privates and juniors, the parameters of the pentagonal patches, but only the height changes, now it varies from ninety to one hundred millimeters.

On June 12, 1954, the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR “On the abolition of personal ranks and insignia for employees of civilian ministries and departments” was issued. Behind him almost a year later, i.e. On September 3, 1955, the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 1624 “On uniforms and insignia for personnel railway transport".

" The Council of Ministers of the USSR decides:

1) Accept the proposal of the Ministry of Railways to change the uniform and introduce new insignia in accordance with the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR of July 6, 1954 No. 1390 for railway personnel directly related to the movement of trains, passenger service and transportation of goods in accordance with Annexes No. 1and 2.

2) Establish a discount on the cost of uniforms for senior and middle commanding officers whose official salaries do not exceed 1,100 rubles per month in the amount of 20% of the cost, and for private and junior commanding officers who receive free overalls (except for locomotive drivers) - in in the amount of 40% of the cost and for those who do not receive free overalls - 50% of the cost.

3) Provide installment payment for the cost of uniforms to juniors and privates for the period of wear, and to other employees - for 1 year.

4) To oblige the Minister of Railways to approve, within two weeks, the table of positions of the personnel of the railway transport for receiving uniforms and insignia, as well as to establish the procedure and deadlines for the transition to a modified form, the procedure for introducing insignia.

5) To oblige the Ministry of Industrial Consumer Goods of the USSR to ensure the manufacture of fabrics for uniforms of railway transport personnel and the supply of these fabrics to the Ministry of Railways, starting from October 1955, and also to develop and, in agreement with the Ministry of Railways, approve the technical conditions for the manufacture of uniforms for railroad personnel.

Appendix No. 1 to Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR of September 3, 1955 No. 1624 described uniforms and insignia for railway personnel directly related to train traffic, passenger service and cargo transportation.

I) Uniform.

The uniform of the personnel of the railway transport consists of the following items:

The tunic is single-breasted with a turn-down collar, fastened with one hook and 5 metal buttons with the image of a technical sign on them, located in one row, with two upper welt pockets with flaps.

The buttons of the tunic, jacket, overcoat and coat of the highest commanding staff are gilded with the image of the coat of arms of the Soviet Union. For the highest, senior and middle commanding staff, the tunic is made: in winter - from wool fabric dark blue, summer - from light gray woolen fabric, additionally a white tunic - for the highest commanding staff from silk fabric, for senior and middle ones - from cotton, linen or staple fabric.

For junior commanding officers and rank and file: winter - from dark blue cloth, summer - from cotton fabric dark blue.

Tuzhurka - for the highest commanding staff of the apparatus of the Ministry - double-breasted, without piping, with open lapels, welt transverse pockets in the margins and one chest pocket with six buttons, three in a row. When wearing a jacket, a white or light gray shirt is worn with a black silk tie. When leaving the line, the highest commanding staff of the apparatus of the Ministry of Railways is allowed to wear a tunic.

Trousers - loose without fringing and smears - from the same fabric as the tunic and jacket.

Overcoat - double-breasted of dark blue drape or cloth with two rows of metal buttons. For the highest commanding staff, it is edged with light green cloth.

Summer coat - for the highest commanding staff, double-breasted of light gray fabric.

Raincoat coat - for the senior commanding staff of rubberized woolen fabric, for the middle commanding staff of rubberized cotton fabric in dark blue.

Cap - from the fabric of the corresponding fabric of the tunic with a black velvet band - for the highest, senior and middle commanding staff and cloth - for the rest. Caps are edged with cloth according to the service. A technical sign is attached to the band of the cap. An embroidered gilded technical badge in a wreath and a gilded filigree are attached above the visor of the cap of persons of the highest commanding staff, the visor is framed with embroidered oak leaves. For the senior commanding staff, a silver filigree is attached above the visor, and the cap of the rest of the workers is with a lacquered strap.

On the driver's cap, on the upper edge of the band below the piping, a white silk galloon is sewn.

Instead of a varnished strap, a braided red cord is attached to the cap of the main conductor.

Papakha - from black astrakhan for the highest commanding staff with a light green cloth top, on which there is a cross-shaped galloon embroidered with gold.

Hat - earflaps - for senior, middle, junior commanding staff and privates from black astrakhan and cygkey. A technical sign is attached to the front in the center of the papakha and earflaps.

II) Uniforms for women

Dress with turn-down collar, fastened with one hook and 4 metal buttons, with two chest welt pockets and a belt.

The skirt is six-seam with two side pockets.

The dress is made: for the highest, senior, middle, junior commanding staff and rank and file, winter - from dark blue woolen fabric, summer for persons of higher, senior commanding staff - from light gray woolen fabric, for middle, junior commanding and private composition - from white cotton, linen or staple fabrics.

Overcoat and raincoat - the established sample.

Summer headdress - takes the color of the dress, winter - hat - earflaps.

III) Insignia

1) Badges of distinction are established according to the official sign.

The insignia are the buttonholes on the collars of the overcoat, summer

Coat, raincoat, jacket, tunic and dress.

Buttonholes are a rectangle with beveled ends

10 cm long and 3.3 cm wide with piping.

2) Buttonholes are made for the highest, senior and middle commanding staff from black velvet, and for the rest of the workers - from black cloth.

The edges of the buttonholes are edged: for the highest commanding staff with a gilded cord; for other service workers:

Traffic, passenger, commercial, cargo work and communications - crimson, locomotive and wagon facilities - blue, tracks and civil structures - green cloth, edge width 3mm.

3) On the buttonhole field:

Hello dear.
I don’t know about you, but I personally use such a mode of transport as the metro every day and many times. I'm used to it, it's convenient for me and saves a lot of time. Descending and descending repeatedly into the subway, I constantly pay attention to such a simple and ordinary thing as the shoulder straps of metro workers. Did you pay attention to them?
A question may arise - why, in fact, do metro workers wear epaulettes? Are they akin to law enforcement agencies and the army? Good question. Not related. But at the same time, the metro is a strategic object that is guarded like the apple of an eye, and since the metro previously belonged to the system of the railway department, the uniform and insignia should not surprise you.
I want to immediately warn you - I'm just studying the issue, and I'm not at least some kind of specialist in the subject. I'm just studying. This is why - if I made any mistakes - I ask you not to throw rotten kiwis, but to correct or supplement interesting and correct information.
So, as far as I understood and found out, in the metro shoulder straps are connected not with ranks, as in paramilitary organizations, but with positions. All positions in the metro can be divided into 5 unequal parts.
Ordinary, junior, middle, senior and senior commanding staff.
An ordinary person in the track service includes, for example, a track fitter for the maintenance of turnouts or a track and contact rail tracker. They correspond to the assistant driver. And their shoulder strap is like this:

By the way, shoulder straps come in different colors:
White - dress shirt
Light Blue - Casual Shirt
Dark blue - tunic and jacket with a zipper.
Next we have the junior team. This is the adjuster of the track measuring and flaw detection car, for example. Or a driver without a class or a driver of the 3rd class:

Behind them - the average composition. This is the Senior foreman of the railroads (sections) of the track or the Senior foreman for the current and overhaul of the track. This also includes the Engineer of the second or first class, who, in addition to working on the line, is allowed to run in and ferry between depots. Here are the shoulder straps:

As far as I understand, the driver-instructor also belongs to the average composition. Driver-Instructor - is engaged in monitoring the work of the driver on the line, as well as instructing those who intercede, etc. etc.:

Next we have the senior command staff.
This includes the Deputy Head of the depot, the head of various services in the depot - repair, operation. Also the chief engineer of the depot. Shoulder straps are like this:

Head of the distance, head of the depot or head of the department:

Next we have the highest commanding staff. It all looks like this. But I've never seen anything like it.

Have a nice time of the day.

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

On insignia and the procedure for wearing them with uniforms by employees of public railway transport organizations directly involved in the organization of train traffic and passenger service

The document does not need state registration
Ministry of Justice Russian Federation. -

Letter of the Ministry of Justice of Russia dated December 30, 2009 N 01/18166-DK.

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In accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 29 of the Federal Law of January 10, 2003 N 17-FZ "On Railway Transport in the Russian Federation" (Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation, 2003, N 2, Art. 169, N 28, Art. 2884; 2007, No. 46, art. 5554; 2008, No. 30 (part 1), art. 3597, No. 30 (part 2), art. 3616, No. 52 (part 1), art. 6249; 2009, No. 1, art.21)
I order:
Approve:
insignia employees of public railway transport organizations directly involved in the organization of train traffic and passenger service, in accordance with Appendix No. 1 to this order;
the procedure for wearing insignia with uniforms by employees of public railway transport organizations directly involved in the organization of train traffic and passenger service, in accordance with Appendix No. 2 to this order.

Minister
I.E. Levitin

Appendix N 1. Insignia employees of public railway transport organizations directly involved in the organization of train traffic and passenger service

Note: Deputy Head (Chief), Chief Engineer insignia are set one rank below the insignia of the respective leader.

Appendix N 2. The procedure for wearing insignia with uniforms by employees of public railway transport organizations directly involved in the organization of train traffic and passenger service

1. Insignia are determined depending on the position of employees. Insignia They are subdivided into sleeve (on a suit and outerwear) and chest (on a shirt and blouse).

2. Sleeves insignia are braids sewn on both sleeves from seam to seam and placed above them with stars and sewing.
Insignia sewn onto the sleeve at a distance of 8-10 cm from the lower edge of the sleeve to the lower edge of the galloon.

3. For wearing on shirts (blouses) are installed badges, similar to the sleeves, but of a reduced size, placed on the valve from the fabric of the color of the clothes. Valve dimensions - width 65-70 mm, height depending on the insignia placed on it.
Badges placed on the left side of the chest above the breast pocket.

4. On the left sleeve of the suits and outerwear of the higher, senior, middle, junior commanding and rank and file, a sign of belonging to the organization (emblem) is placed in the form of an oval (or other form) contour shield of the color established for the organization on the fabric of the color of uniform items.
An image of the officially approved emblem of the organization is placed in the contour shield. The name of the structural division of the company can be placed under the emblem.

5. Dimensions of the sleeve insignia - width 75 mm, height -50 mm.
The sleeve badge is sewn at a distance of 8-10 cm from the upper edge of the sleeve.

6. On the collar of the jacket of the suit of the highest composition there is sewing in the form of branches of silver color of a special pattern.

7. On the band of the caps of the highest composition is placed a silver-colored sewing of a special pattern. Over sewing is placed cockade in the form of a silver-colored rosette with an officially approved company emblem placed in the middle, or a technical sign (winged wheel) against the background of the color established for the organization. Diameter cockades-30 mm.
Only cockade .
On the visors of the caps of the highest composition there is a silver-colored rim located at a distance of 3-5 mm from the edges of the visor. In addition to the side on the visor caps there is silver-colored sewing, consisting of two branches of a special pattern, placed towards each other. On the visors of the caps of the senior staff there is one side, on the visors of the caps of the middle, junior commanding and enlisted personnel there is no sewing.

8. Buttons for all categories of workers in silver color with a border and the image of the officially approved emblem of the organization.