Recently, on the Internet, Russians have been called “quilted jackets, ” especially often this word is used in a negative way, when there is a desire to insult the interlocutor. Where did this name come from, what does it mean, and who can safely consider himself a real "padded jacket."
A padded jacket is a short quilted jacket made of dense cotton fabric, insulated with cotton wool. For some reason, it is believed that this garment appeared in Russia, however, the true homeland of a padded jacket Byzantium. As early as the tenth century, a padded coat was the military uniform of the Byzantine infantry. Previously, a padded jacket was called "cavadion" and served as light armor. This light jacket protected melee attacks from chopping strikes.
A padded jacket came to Russia only during the Russo-Japanese War. Officers of the Russian army, stationed in Manchuria, drew attention to light, warm and inexpensive jackets and ordered a batch of these clothes from local merchants.
Since then, quilted jackets began to spread throughout the Russian Empire. This universal clothing was quite common in those days, but the padded jacket gained particular popularity in the 30s of the last century. Padded jacket was the official uniform of prisoners.
The padded jacket turned into real cult clothes during the Great Patriotic War. It is difficult to overestimate the value of quilted jackets during the years of this terrible war, how many people padded jacket literally saved their lives, saving them from the cold.
Now, people who express a pro-Russian point of view, support official power and believe that the United States is the enemy of Russia have begun to call quilted jackets on the Internet. There used to be a “scoop”, now it’s a “padded jacket”.
A padded jacket is a man with a "slave mentality" who blindly worships "Emperor Putin", hates everything Western. Drinks a padded jacket glass washing liquid, and on holidays - vodka "Putinka".
The quilted jacket has an Internet meme. The picture shows such a square man (something like a Bob sponge). This is an unshaven, drunken comrade of gray color, with a bruise under his eye and a red nose from unbridled drunkenness. A padded jacket often stands against the background of the Russian flag. It is believed that in a quilted jacket in the head of cotton wool instead of brains, he constantly watches the news on TV. The padded jacket believes in God, so in the pictures he often hangs an Orthodox cross on his chest. He is a devotee of traditional values and does not like representatives of sexual minorities.
In other words, loving the homeland today has become a "cotton affair." If you think about it, the word "padded jacket", applied to all people who do not like the West or simply are ethnic Russians and do not plan to move abroad, is an analogue of the word "Jew". And who introduced this word? Propaganda of the Third Reich.
They are trying to introduce into the mass consciousness that the quilted jacket is not a person. This is an emphasized derogatory term that seeks to anonymize Russians.
However, do not forget that a padded jacket or quilted jacket is a symbol of the great victory of our ancestors, who gave their lives and defended their homeland and, in fact, there is nothing shameful or humiliating in it.
