What Do Russians Call A Balaclava?

[plowter]

Since the Crimea came into the news, there are lots of pictures of Russians wearing balaclava helmets (do people still use that phrase?). That's obviously an English idiom.

What do Russians call balaclavas?

[Tilly2]

hats.

[scorpiojo]

Lol

[scorpiojo]

http://translate.google.co.uk/m/translate?client=ob&hl=en&ie=UTF8&;oe=UTF8#en/ru/balaclava

[askyourgran]

A disguise, the less intelligent of them usually wear them back to front.

[jomifl]

подшлемник

[plowter]

No Tilly.

A hat is a merely a head covering.
A balaclava covers most of the face, with particular parts exposed.

[Baldric]

Russian bəlaˈklavə,

[Tilly2]

hats is easier than podshlemnick. Why would you say podshlemnick when you could just say hats?

[Baldric]

podshlemnik
"balaclava" in Russian

[plowter]

There're not hats.
They cover most of the face.

[douglas9401]

Ski maskskis

[Milvus]

I think they call them a Belfast ;)

[Tilly2]

I'm just going out for a while. Where's my hat?
I'm just going out for a while. Where's my podshlemnik?

No contest.

Plowter, I know what a balaclava is. I'm just joshing!

[plowter]

Shurely the phrase 'balaclava helmet' means nothing apart from the British reference to the Crimean war?

It would be really disappointing if thugs and terrorists around the world only knew them wooly masks as 'shki mashks'.

[Baldric]

http://ukrainemade.com/category/apparel_shoes_accessories/20159/

[douglas9401]

спасибо, plowter. :)

[Credulo]

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[Baldric]

As answered on April 21st ^^^^