# The Russian female solider parade uniform is high heels and a mini skirt? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 23, 2011, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874 "2011-05-23T09:46:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/1 "2011-05-23T09:46:46Z")
[Is this pic for real?](http://www.irandefence.net/showthread.php?p=250886) ---
**Author:** ![bluezooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@bluezooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluezooky)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/2 "2011-05-23T10:23:05Z")
It appears to be legit as a part of the “Miss Russian Army” contest. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/3 "2011-05-23T10:28:03Z")
Russia has come a [long ways](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWAKtYGJZSM). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/4 "2011-05-23T10:33:03Z")
Goose-stepping takes on a whole new meaning when [totalitarian women](http://fullmetalcynic.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/shot19.jpg) troops are [wearing go-go boots.](http://fullmetalcynic.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/north_korean_army_babes_md.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/5 "2011-05-23T11:51:40Z")
Explains all those big, hard rockets at the May Day Parade. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/6 "2011-05-23T12:44:33Z")
Huh, well, all I got is the word of the poster at that board back in '07 that it is so… (I suppose that would be “progress” for ya… you bet there were no miniskirt cuties back in the Brezhnev days :p) It could as well be just Mr. Putin’s personal limo-driver Corps… And that video cameraman could only get any more obvious if he’d just lie on his back in between the ranks. FWIW when China adopted their 2007 pattern dress uniform, the official English-language press release actually said that the cut of the new female outfits was [“sassier”](http://my.china-embassy.org/eng/zt/thearmyday/t345020.htm). I’ve a hard time imagining any major Western army using that descriptor. (See pics #8 and #15 in [this page](http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/10/china_celebrates_60_years.html) for the actual PLA women’s parade dress look) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/7 "2011-05-23T12:49:50Z")
I suppose it’s only fitting that they should have stiletto heels. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/8 "2011-05-23T12:50:04Z")
Looking at those pictures make you think there’s like a billion people in China! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Walther\_Ego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Walther\_Ego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walther_Ego)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/9 "2011-05-23T13:21:32Z")
I think there’s an older thread somewhere. There the women were Ukrainians. The picture looks familiar, I wonder if it’s the same. Anyway, the outcome of that thread was that the skirts are standard issue but the shoes are not, as is obvious if you look at them. ---
**Author:** ![wheresmymind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@wheresmymind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheresmymind)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/10 "2011-05-24T05:30:27Z")
> [@Walther\_Ego](#): > > I think there’s an older thread somewhere. There the women were Ukrainians. The picture looks familiar, I wonder if it’s the same. Anyway, the outcome of that thread was that the skirts are standard issue but the shoes are not, as is obvious if you look at them. Yeah, I’m thinking this is not an “official” parade, or is perhaps some sort of ROTC-type exhibition. In addition to the non-standard shoes, some of the women appear to be wearing earings, and the style and placement of their pony-tails is different (different hair lengths, different types of hair-ties, etc). I would think that these details would be standardized in a proper military dress uniform. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/11 "2011-05-25T03:25:30Z")
According to a couple of webpages I found, they’re Russian police officers. > [@](#): > > For the most uncomfortable uniforms, nothing beats the Russian Policewomen, who, besides wearing band-aid size skirts will have to chase law infringers while in their stilettos. They make big steps during parade, so who knows they might do well in chasing scenes. > **[The Weirdest, The Ugliest, The Most Uncomfortable and The Most Expensive...](http://www.scrubpoint.com/2010/01/28/the-weirdest-the-ugliest-the-most-uncomfortable-and-the-most-expensive-uniforms/)** Using Google Translate: > [@](#): > > Russian girls the most beautiful, and the form it only underscores how the saying goes - "Beauty will save the world. " We look at the female police officers. [spoiler] > **[NewsLand (Ньюсленд) — Новости в России и в мире](https://newsland.com/)** > > Читайте актуальные новости на NewsLand (Ньюсленд). Оперативные новости о событиях в России и мире, аналитика и важные события дня. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/12 "2011-05-25T03:35:56Z")
**x-ray** , you have a NSFW picture in your second link. I’ve let the mods know. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/13 "2011-05-25T03:49:22Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > **x-ray** , you have a NSFW picture in your second link. I’ve let the mods know. - Still and all a very nice set of military Russian lady pics. Wonder why they threw the naked female soliders in? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/14 "2011-05-25T03:53:24Z")
> [@astro](#): > > - > > Still and all a very nice set of military Russian lady pics. Wonder why they threw the naked female soliders in? Better view of the battlefield? ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/15 "2011-05-25T09:48:49Z")
i don’t care what people say but that picture definitely glorifies the white race. WOOHOO! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/16 "2011-05-25T10:03:18Z")
I saw [these pics](http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/victory_day.html#photo18) on the Boston Globe page. I couldn’t believe how hot they all were. Police women don’t usually look like supermodels outside of Hollywood fabrication. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/17 "2011-05-25T12:37:30Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I saw [these pics](http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/victory_day.html#photo18) on the Boston Globe page. I couldn’t believe how hot they all were. Police women don’t usually look like supermodels outside of Hollywood fabrication. And notice that in pic #19 they are wearing much more sensible standard shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/18 "2011-05-25T15:27:21Z")
Maybe they’re trying for a [futuristic look](http://www.xscapesprops.com/star%20trek%20props/TOS_Uniforms/patterns/TOS_womens_uniform_skant.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/19 "2011-05-25T22:49:19Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I saw [these pics](http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/victory_day.html#photo18) on the Boston Globe page. I couldn’t believe how hot they all were. Police women don’t usually look like supermodels outside of Hollywood fabrication. They’re not all ‘hot’ but they are in _great_ shape. There are no even partially fat ones. We’re so used to seeing thickish to pudgy police women in the US that pic is kind of shocker. ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/20 "2011-05-26T01:26:14Z")
If we were invaded by that lot I’d surrender faster than a Frenchman facing the Wermacht. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874.md?page=2)