Russia with cold and long winters is known for producing a wide variety of woolen shawls. The most common type of shawls produced in Russia comprise Orenburg shawls, manufactured in the Orenburg region. In addition to that, Russia also produces quite a few variety of shawls like silk fringed shawls, Pavlovo-Posad shawls, etc.

Finer details of each of these shawls are as follows:

Orenburg Shawl
The history of Orenburg shawl dates back to 17th century. These shawls are world famous for their beauty and elegance; and are made entirely by hand. The famous Orenburg goat down shawls are utilitarian pieces of women's costumes that depict real pieces of Russian art and skilled craftsmanship. These Russian shawls enunciate fascination of youth and emphasize nobility of maturity. Orenburg shawls also give a unique fascination to woman's figure.

Fiber Content of Orenburg Shawls: Orenburg shawls are hand-spun and hand knitted from the finest down of goats in the region of Orenburg near Ural Mountains. These shawls are so soft and fine that they can be stretched through a wedding ring. The softer and finer the fiber is, the more valuable is the shawl. Sometimes goat down wool is mixed with silk for more strength. These blended shawls are useful for everyday use.

Finer Details of Orenburg Shawls: Orenburg shawls have natural colors of the goat and can be white, gray or brown. Size, quality of threads used; and the quality of work determines the price of the shawl. Practically every woman of any age in Russia possesses an Orenburg shawl. These traditional Russian shawls are thin and elegant to wear and go well with dresses, coats/jackets, and are thick, warm and cozy to wrap in at home. Orenburg shawls adorn women's evening dresses and are nice accessories to business style costumes. At the same time, these shawls are a utilitarian and decorative part of everyday dresses.

Pavlovo-Posad Shawls
Pavlovo-Posad shawl is yet another highly popular shawl manufactured in Russia. These are basically hand printed shawls and are known for their high quality and exclusive designs. Pavlovo-Posad shawl symbolises Russian cultural heritage and each shawl depicts the skilled craftsmanship of artisans. Each shawl is embellished with fine art of Russian tradition. These shawls are very soft, light and warm and are a must have accessory of every Russian woman. Made of fleece of high quality, Pavlovo-Posad shawls retain their original look for years.

Apart from that, Russia is also known for producing a wide array variety of silk and woolen shawls. Pure wool shawls are produced by different manufacturers with finer details and contrast color combinations.

Popularity of Russian Shawls
Hand-knitted from goat down, the Orenburg shawls are widely popular far outside Russia. These shawls were exhibited in various international exhibitions held in Paris, Brussels, Chicago and other cities and won world recognition.

Superior quality and elegant Pavlovo-Posad shawls from Russia are also demanded worldwide. Silk shawls produced in Russia with fringes and laces of various types have also gained mush popularity in various European countries.

Russian silk shawls with fringed ends and laces are also very popular worldwide.