Was the Empire style of fashion adopted in Russia?
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A Russian fashion of that period is best documented in paintings of Боровиковский (active in 1790 - 1810). A Google query brings much more images.
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From reading the books of Robert Massie, specifically about Catherine II (Catherine the Great) [r. 1762-1796], at this time the lingua franca was French. Anyone who was anyone in Russia spoke French.
Catherine the Great and Peter the Great were arguably the most progressive Tsars in Russia's history. With that, a more western style of philosophy, appearance, and way of life was acceptable.
Another note to consider is Catherine's husband Peter the III who like Catherine was German, had a love of the Prussian's tight style army uniform in comparison to the frumpy and loose Russian style. Peter enjoyed wearing his uniforms as often as possible. This was also mimicked by his supposed son, Paul I [R.1796-1801], who also enjoyed the Prussian style uniform.
It is extremely important to note that not everyone in Russia was mirroring French taste. Rather, this would have been Boyars, noblemen, and courtiers of the Tsars and Tsarinas. Serfs, the overwhelming majority of the Russian population, would of course not have been aware of or been able to afford French style dress.
With that said, I feel that you have an amalgamation of different types and styles of at least more western clothing, more specifically, French. I also think it is important to note that Prussian style uniforms became popular as well after Peter III changed the Russian military attire. Also, it is important to be specific about who in Russia you are talking about.
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I suppose that you can trust Soviet movies on War and Peace. Unlike the US movies they show the clothing correctly. Especially the War and peace by S. Bondarchuk. They employed professional historians as consultants and had an enormous (by the Western standards) budget.
I suppose that women really followed the French fashion, but most men wore military uniforms (of their regiments) on all formal occasions. Most of the nobles had to be enlisted with some regiments and they had to wear military uniform. (An exception was the main male personage, Pierre Besuchov, who did did not).
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