Information about the author Yuri G. Efimov — Senior Researcher, head of the “Arsenal” sector of the Armory Department, The State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia). All of author’s articles Gunsmith Johann Joachim Grecke in Russia. New Biographical Data
Information about the author Maksim I. Zvjagincev — private researcher in the field of fencing on horseback (Europe, XV – early XX centuries) and classical dressage in the military-applied aspect. (Barnaul, Russia). All of author’s article Reconstruction of the Mounted Swordsmanship System According to “Rules and Regulations for the Sword Exercise of the Cavalry” With the Use of the Original Pattern 1796 Light Cavalry Sword Reconstruction of the Mounted Swordsmanship System According to “Rules and Regulations for the Sword Exercise of the Cavalry” With the Use of the Original Pattern 1796 Light Cavalry Sword
Information about the author Dr. Oleg A. Kurbatov — staff member of RGADA (Moscow, Russia). All of author’s article The Legend of “berendeika”. Historical and Linguistic Note
Information about the author Dr. Dmitry A. Rybel — Assistant Professor, Far Eastern Federal University (Ussuriisk, Russia) All of author’s article Iconography of Kite-Shields in the Western European Manuscripts of the late X-XI centuries
Information about the author Dr. Alexey K. Levykin — Director, State Historical Museum (Moscow, Russia). All of author’s articles The Dagger of the Serasker Agmet Urfe-Valesa, a Relic of Russian Military Glory
Information about the author Levan B. Dvalishvili — private researcher (Kutaisi, Georgia) All of author’s articles Concerning the Genealogy of the Master of Cold Weapons Geurk Arms Production in Adjaro-Gurian region in the end of 18th – early 20th Century Armoury Row in Tiflis from the 1630s to the 1920s Analysis of Traditional Georgian Terminology for Bulat and Damascus Steel
Information about the author Andrey E. Bogdanov – Junior researcher of the “Arsenal” Department, Curator of the west-european armour collection, The State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia) All of author’s articles On the Origin of Armour-marking in the German-speaking Lands
Information about the author Nadezhda R. Biskup – Researcher of the “Arsenal” Department, Curator of the pole and edged arms collection, The State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia) All of author’s articles The Collection of Corps Weapons from the State Hermitage Museum “Arsenal”
Information about the author Dr. Yuri A. Pyatnitsky – Senior researcher of the Byzantium and Middle East Sector of the Oriental Department, Curator of Byzantine icons collection, The State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia) All of author’s articles A saber with an Image of St. George from the Collection of the State Hermitage Museum
Information about the author Eugeny A. Rodionov – Senior research officer, Curator of the armoury department, Gatchina Palace and Estate Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia) All of author’s articles Weapons by Michele Lorenzoni in the Collection of the Gatchina Palace Gunsmith Johann Joachim Grecke in Russia. New Biographical Data
Information about the author Ariel Barkan — Professor, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, USA) All of author’s articles Review: D. Y. Miloserdov “Melee weapons of Afghanistan of the 19th – early 20th centuries”
Information about the author Vsevolod N. Obraztsov – Researcher of the “Arsenal” Department, Curator of the oriental arms and armour collection, The State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia) All of author’s articles Exhibition Overview: «“Clutching the hilt of a sword …”. Military culture and weapons traditions of the Middle East» in the Omsk Regional Art Museum named after M. A. Vrubel (November 8, 2019 – May 24, 2020) A saber with an Image of St. George from the Collection of the State Hermitage Museum
Information about the author Elizaveta I. Neratova — Curator of Special Collections of the Russian Ethnographic Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia) All of author’s articles Review: D. Y. Miloserdov. “Melee weapons of Afghanistan 19 – early 20 century” A sword, a suit of armour and a quiver to be presented to Nicholas II The Mysterious Mark of “Gevork” Kubachi arms in Russian Museum of Ethnography. Part 1: Items ac-quired for the museum by E. M. Shilling Fates of museologists and museum items. To the biography of K. Z. Kavtaradze
Information about the author Ekaterina G. Lazarevskaya – Junior Researcher, Arsenal department of The State Hermitage (St. Petersburg, Russia) All of author’s articles Exhibition Overview: “The Last Knight: The Art, Armor, and Ambition of Maximilian I”
Information about the author Vladimir S. Kurmanovsky – Ph.D., Institute of Archaeology of Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia) All of author’s articles Revisiting the Russian Weapons from Crucible Steel in the 17th Century (a case study of the former archive of the Armoury Chamber)