Valenki boots – your feet have never 'felt' better

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Tsar-Valenok: Join in painting the world’s largest winter footwear!

Anyone who goes along to Moscow’s ‘Russian Winter’ crafts festival can have a hand in decorating a new world record creation – a giant two-metre-high felt boot – known in Russian as a ‘valenok’ – which weighs in at more th

Valenki boots – your feet have never 'felt' better

Published: 05 January, 2008, 10:00
Edited: 06 January, 2010, 04:13

Traditional Russian felt boots or ‘valenki’ have proved their durability and reliability across the centuries. They are warm, comfortable and sturdy, and they're believed to have a healing affect too. Fashion lovers can also have them designed to their ta

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ray walker January 06, 2010, 00:32 quote

does the valenki boots grip icey conditions (walking on frozen snow) or only work on un frozen snow?

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