Information about the author Yarovoy Andrey – Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Azovo-Chernomorsky Engineering Institute of the Don State Agrarian University, Zernograd, Russia All of author’s articles Training System of using shashka by the Don Cossacks
Information about the author Alifer Aleksey, private resercher, Vitebsk, Belarus All of author’s articles What is atajo
Patton G. (2018). The Form and Use of the Saber, 1913. (Russ. ed.: Forma i ispol’zovanie sabli. Istoricheskoe oruzhievedenie [Weapons History Journal], № 5-6, pp. 167 — 173). Download article in Russian
Lenz E. (2018). Russia and the East in the history of weaponology. Zeitschrift für historische Waffenkunde. I Band, 1 Heft. Dresden, 1897. (Russ. ed.: Rossija i Vostok v istorii oruzhievedenija. Istoricheskoe oruzhievedenie [Weapons History Journal], № 5-6, pp. 161 — 166). Download article in Russian
Content Alifer А. What is atajo Malozyomova E., Kurochkin A. Studying of Persian and Indian Miniature as Primary Source for Weapon History Research (methodological aspects) Miloserdov D. The Battle Axes of Afghanistan Novosyolov V. The Origins and Appurtenance of Richly Ornamented Weapons Transferred from the Ministry of Defense of the USSR to the Armoury Chamber in 1955 Samgin S. Edward fon Lenz – a founder of Russian weaponology Senichev V. “Le Jeu de la Hache” – a Burgundian Treatise on Dueling Yarovoj A. Training System of using shashka by the Don Cossacks Lenz E. Russia and the East in the history of weaponology Patton G.S. The Form and Use of the Saber Download issue in Russian
Yarovoj A. (2018). Sistema obuchenija vladeniju shashkoj v kul’ture donskih kazakov [Training System of using shashka by the Don Cossacks]. Istoricheskoe oruzhievedenie [Weapons History Journal], № 5-6, pp. 146 — 160. Yarovoj A. Abstract: The questions concerning the effectiveness of shashka, its origin and place in the Cossacks history are still among the disputable ones in contemporary Russian weaponology. The article is devoted to the analysis of training system of using shashkain the Cossack traditional culture at the edge of the 19thand 20thcenturies. The investigation was based on the actual pieces of the Don Cossacks edged weapons introduced to the scientific literature as well as on the field data and notes made by ethnographers working at Cossacks villages Starorechenskaja, Romanovskaja, Khomutovskaja, Kazanskaja, Jelizavetinskaja, Krivjanskaja, Starocherkasskaja,Razdorskaja,Verhne-Kundrjuchinskaja, Tsimljanskaja, Jegorlikskaja, Mechetinskaja, etc. Analyzing the vast historical and ethnographical data the author explains and describes institutional origins of the training system of long bladed weapons usage…
Senichev V. (2018). Le jeu de la hache – burgundskij traktat o poedinkah [LE JEU DE LA HACHE – a Burgundian Treatise on Dueling]. Istoricheskoe oruzhievedenie [Weapons History Journal], № 5-6, pp. 131 — 145. Senichev V. Abstract: The article presents a brief review and the author’s translation of a treatise on fencing «Le Jeu de la Hache» (MS Francias 1996)or “Games with poleax”. This anonymous manuscript in Middle French was presumably written in the 15thcentury by a Milan fencing master at the court of Burgundian duke Charles the Brave (1433 – 1477) and consists of 18 pages (240 x 160 mm) of handwritten text. The treatise is devoted to the only weapon, a poleax, and contains the description of the largest known number of skills and techniques of the weapon usage. The treatise is divided into 78 paragraphs grouped in three parts – an introductory one describing the ways of combat between right-handed warriors and the part showing…
Samgin S. (2018). Jeduard Jeduardovich Lenc kak osnovatel’ rossijskogo oruzhievedenija [Edward fon Lenz – a founder of Russian weaponology]. Istoricheskoe oruzhievedenie [Weapons History Journal], № 5-6, pp. 111 — 130. Samgin S. Abstract: The article deals with the creative legacy of Edward fon Lenz (1856-1919) who appeared to become a founder of Russian weaponology. Today for a variety of reasons his papers except the most important ones are almost unknown in Russia. The focus of his interests lying in the field of historical weapons studying was very wide ranging from the systematization and description of the Russian collections of weapons to the analysis of archaeological arms and armour, from the studying of the weapon manufacturing centers to the general popularization of the weaponology. He wrote both small articles and major works, the deep scientific papers and general-audience essays. The best period for his scientific life was the years between 1899 and 1918…
Novosyolov V. (2018). Proishozhdenie i prinadlezhnost’ gruppy dragocennogo oruzhija, postupivshej v oruzhejnuju palatu iz Ministerstva Oborony SSSR v 1955 godu. [The Origins and Appurtenance of Richly Ornamented Weapons Transferred from the Ministry of Defense of the USSR to the Armoury Chamber in 1955]. Istoricheskoe oruzhievedenie [Weapons History Journal], № 5-6, pp. 77 — 110. Novosyolov V. Abstract: The article is devoted to the group of richly decorated edged weapons transferred from the Ministry of Defense of the USSR by order of G.K. Zhukov, the Minister of Defense, to the Kremlin Armoury Chamber in 1955. The group consists of two daggers, a Caucasus cavalry word (shashka) and seven sabers. One of the daggers represents an Iranian dagger type usually called “khanjar”, the other is a Caucasus “kama”. Two sabers are of “Asian type” with golden mounts decorated with colored enamel, diamonds and other precious stones. Another saber represents again the “Asian type”…
Miloserdov D. (2018). Boevye topory Afganistana [The Battle Axes of Afghanistan]. Istoricheskoe oruzhievedenie [Weapons History Journal], № 5-6, pp. 66 — 76. Miloserdov D. Abstract: Axe is a short-bladed weapon of slashing blow and simultaneously one of the oldest weapons for a close combat. Because of its great effectiveness stemming from the combination of arm-handle and relatively heavy and massive blade with short and hence well centered striking surface axe was very handy and consequently favored weapon to fight close-in from day one. In the eastern countries it was also quite popular and widespread. Good number of battle axes being used in India and Persia were known and described while axes which were current in near by Afghanistan haven’t deserved the scholarly attention yet. Two main types of battle axes which could be called the “afghan” one are distinguished today and several their variants appear to have been typical for the…
Malozyomova E., Kurochkin A. (2018). Osobennosti metodologii issledovanija persidskoj i indijskoj miniatjury kak istochnika po izucheniju istorii oruzhija [Studying of Persian and Indian Miniature as Primary Source for Weapon History Research (methodological aspects)]. Istoricheskoe oruzhievedenie [Weapons History Journal], № 5-6, pp. 27 — 65. Malozyomova E. Kurochkin A. Abstract: The article is devoted to the aspects of using oriental miniature as a primary source. Drawing on a number of concrete samples of Persian and Indian miniature art, the authors reveal the dependence of the painting informational validity on the understanding of its authenticity and the place, time and circumstances of its creation. The only way to get the relevant data is the usage of different approaches to the study of miniatures illustrating epic and mythological stories, court chronicles, fairy tales or historical events as well as paying attention to the aims of miniature making: either for an only aristocratic patron or for the…
Alifer A. (2018). Chto est’ atajo [What is atajo]. Istoricheskoe oruzhievedenie [Weapons History Journal], № 5-6, pp. 5 — 26. Alifer A. Abstract: The article is devoted to the term atajo – one of the words used in the Spanish fencing school La Verdadera Destreza. The term can’t be either translated or corresponded with any other one from thesaurus of both different fencing schools and even more so contemporary competitive fencing. Hence atajo can claim being the most complex term in destreza. As a rule in the guidebooks for fencing the word is taken for granted but it the course of time it lost its true meaning which is obscure today. Analyzing the texts by the Spanish fencing masters like Don Luis Pacheco de Narváez, Dom Diogo Gomes de Figueyredo, Francisco Antonio de Ettenhard y Abarca and others and comparing the information with the contemporary linguistic data the author speculates about the…
International Scientific Conference “Historical Arms and Armour in Museum and Private Collections”, October 24 – 26, 2017. The Moscow Kremlin Museums (The Moscow Kremlin State Historical and Cultural Museum and Heritage Site) holds an international scientific conference ‘Historical weapons in museum and private collections’. The conference aims to exchange knowledge and information between researchers and discuss a wide range of topics concerning contemporary studies in the field of arms and armor. The following topics will be included: Armory Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin as the center of arms and armor production Historical centers of arms and armor production, royal and state workshops in Russia, Western, Central and Eastern Europe and other countries Common problems in the history of arms and weapons The history of arms and armor production and its technologies Important collections of arms and armor and their history Armourers, bladesmiths and gunsmiths, historical owners of arms and armor…
VIII International scientific-practical conference “Warfare and weapons. New researches and materials” will be held from 17 to 19 May, 2017 in the Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps (Saint Petersburg, Russia) The conference program
Talantov S. (2016). Kinzhal Timofeja Jashhika — kamer-kazaka pri imperatore Nikolae II i imperatrice Marii Fedorovne [On the Dagger belonged to Timothy Jaschik, the Bodyguard Cossack in the Emperor Nikolas II and the Empress Maria Fjodorovna Service]. Istoricheskoe oruzhievedenie [Weapons History Journal], № 4, pp. 62 — 73. Talantov S. Abstract: The article is devoted to the Caucasus dagger of the kama type with scabbard provided with an inscription on its mouth. On the author’s opinion the personal name which was mentioned in the inscription defines the dagger’s owner, of a Kuban Cossack Timothy Ksenofontovich Jaschik, who in 1902 was on service in Tiflis. Timothy Jaschik and his astonishing fate which was tightly connected with the family of the last Russian Emperor is attractive to the vast audience who take interest not only in the history of the Cossacks weapons but in the Russian history of the beginning of the 20th…