This work, addressed to the widest circle of readers, introduces the basic principles and features of the construction of the Russian folk costume (including Cossack), male and female, characteristic of different regions of Russia. The material of the collection will be extremely useful and necessary in the practical work of folklore groups, teachers, teachers of schools, gymnasiums, centers of children's creativity and everyone who is interested in issues of historical accuracy, ethnographic reliability of folk clothes, especially it will help those who are engaged in its manufacture in today's conditions.