The Russian staff uniform introduced in 1808 consisted of double-breasted dark green coatee with red turnbacks (single breasted for cavalry generals), with red collar and cuffs heavily embroidered in gold palm and laurel design, repeated on the pocket flaps. Gold epaulettes, aiguillette on the right shoulder, with the usual silver sash with interwoven orange and black standards were woven. With this full dress was worn a black bicorn with white over black-and-orange feathers, and white breeches with black Hessian boots. On campaign an unlaced coatee and gray overalls were common...

Kutuzov appearently favored a plain service dress, with either dress coatee minus decorations, as shown by some (non-contemporary) Russian artists, or a greatcoat and forage-cap. At Borodino he was described wearing a 'round white forage-cap and dark green overcoat without epaulettes'.

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Ref: Uniforms of the Retreat from Moscow, Phillip Haythornthwaite,
Hippocrene Books, NY [Blandford Press Ltd, UK], 1976, ISBN 0-88254-421-7
pg.150