I need some advice...

[fluter]

from South Carolina, and well done to the rabble. I like the Russian Scottish tartan, but it'll have to be custom woven (see your kiltmaker).

As the tartan register entry points out, the patron saint of both Scotland and Russia is Andrew. So anything referring to St. Andrew would build on a nice connection.

There's an article by our own Sketraw on historical connections between the two nations. It's not a huge surprise, but I didn't know the (Russian) Imperial Navy had 30 flag officers of Scots origin. I only knew about Павел Джонз (Pavel Jones, John Paul Jones to us in the US). All those connections make a good story you can tell the curious, but you still needn't be Scottish to be comfortable.

Closer to home, there is a Maryland tartan; but no indication that it's been made official by the Legislature. US St Andrews, and Rocky's American Heritage are excellent IMO.

Caledonia, which Matt mentioned, is older than some of the clan tartans and has a similar flavor.

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