# Is there a name for this style of Russian cap?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 16, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-style-of-russian-cap/560880 "2010-11-16T18:04:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![vertizontal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ad7895/32.png) [@vertizontal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vertizontal)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-style-of-russian-cap/560880/1 "2010-11-16T18:04:20Z")

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Take a look at this picture from Fiddler on the Roof:

[http://cdn.mos.totalfilm.com/images/f/fiddler-on-the-roof-800-75.jpg](http://cdn.mos.totalfilm.com/images/f/fiddler-on-the-roof-800-75.jpg)

Is there a particular name for either of the caps seen here?  
I’m actually interested in getting the style seen on the left.

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**Author:** ![Anaptyxis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anaptyxis/32/3171_2.png) [@Anaptyxis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaptyxis)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-style-of-russian-cap/560880/2 "2010-11-16T19:23:57Z")

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A bit of Googling reveals that the hat on the left is often called a, guess what, fiddler’s cap. If you search “leather fiddler’s cap” you get a fair number of hits that look like the hat in the photo.

A similar style is the Greek fisherman’s cap, which I’ve seen sold in wool or leather varieties.

Not sure about the hat on the right.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-style-of-russian-cap/560880/3 "2010-11-17T00:57:05Z")

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Is this close enough?  
[http://hatsinthebelfry.ecomm-search.com/search?Store\_Code=h&Screen=SRCH&Search=fiddler+cap&x=34&y=12&=Search](http://hatsinthebelfry.ecomm-search.com/search?Store_Code=h&Screen=SRCH&Search=fiddler+cap&x=34&y=12&=Search)

If so, they’ll be happy to sell you one. I have bought from this company several times, and I trust them.

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**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-style-of-russian-cap/560880/4 "2010-11-17T14:25:07Z")

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I would probably just call them peaked caps. Here’s a [collection of photos](http://images.google.com/images?as_q=&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=vegam%C3%B6ssa&as_oq=&as_eq=&imgtype=&imgsz=&imgw=&imgh=&imgar=&as_filetype=&imgc=&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images&as_st=y&biw=1024&bih=619) of what in Swedish is called _vegamössa_, (Vega cap), named after [this ship](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega_%28ship%29) (or rather its captain, who wore one when returning home after the first voyage through the Northeast Passage).