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In memory of Valentin V. Mavrodin

Exhibition Overview: “The Last Knight: The Art, Armor, and Ambition of Maximilian I”. The Metropolitan Museum

Exhibition Overview: «“Clutching the hilt of the sword …”. Military culture and the weapons traditions of the Middle East» in the Omsk Regional Art Museum named after M. A. Vrubel (November 8, 2019 – May 24, 2020)

Review: D. Y. Miloserdov “Edged Weapons of Afghanistan 19 – early 20th century”

Review: D. Y. Miloserdov “Edged Weapons of Afghanistan 19 – early 20th century”

Edged Weapons and Ritualized Theatrical Performances in Iran

Specifity of Identification of the Materials, Used for Oriental Edged Weapons Handles Manufacturing, as well as Pieces of Applied Arts, Made of Rhinoceros Horn

An Attempt of Hermeneutic Approach to Solve a Problem, Concerning the Interpretation of Indian Historical Weapons as Signs-Objects of Traditional Culture

Weapon as a Party to a Relationship

Editorial. WHJ #8, 2020

Obituary. Astvatsaturian Emma Grigoryevna

Review: Robert Elgood. Rajput Arms & Armour: The Rathores & Their Armoury at Jodhpur Fort. Mehrangarh Museum Trust, 2017

Revisiting the Russian Weapons from Crucible Steel in the 17th Century (a case study of the former archive of the Armoury Chamber)

Rules of the Iberian two-handed sword, compiled by Diego Gomez de Figueiredo in 1651

French-language Marks of Blade Smiths from Kazi-Kumukh (Dagestan) in the 19th Century

The Form and Use of the Saber

Russia and the East in the history of weaponology

Training System of using shashka by the Don Cossacks

LE JEU DE LA HACHE – a Burgundian Treatise on Dueling

Edward fon Lenz – a founder of Russian weaponology

The Origins and Appurtenance of Richly Ornamented Weapons Transferred from the Ministry of Defense of the USSR to the Armoury Chamber in 1955

The Battle Axes of Afghanistan

Studying of Persian and Indian Miniature as Primary Source for Weapon History Research (methodological aspects)

What is atajo

On the Dagger belonged to Timothy Jaschik, the Bodyguard Cossack in the Emperor Nikolas II and the Empress Maria Fjodorovna Service

Pearls inlaid in the blades

On the distinction advantages of cold weapons (8th February, 1857)

An annotated translation and description of an untitled Persian archery manuscript written by al-Abdolrāji Abu Torāb al-Musavi al-Qad Makāhi on a day of Jumada al-Thani, the year 1114 (November 1702)

A Dismountable Dagger by Geurk Eliarov from Tiflis

A Brief Review of the Soviet Cavalry Sword of 1927 Year Pattern

Typology of Shamshir Hilts

International Scientific Conference “Historical Arms and Armour in Museum and Private Collections”.

Two Pairs of the Short Ritual Swords of Vietnam

Saber Blades and Pole Arms with “Rolling Pearls” in the Collection of the Moscow Kremlin Museums

Review: Miloserdov D. Y. «Typology of Shamshir sword hilt»

Lucca and crescent sign

Plated Chain Mails from Count Sheremetev’s Collection

Dragoon Office Cavalry Sword – the Golden Weapon of Emperor Alexander III

Scientific Legacy by Eduard von Lenz

Shashkas of Afghanistan

The Weaponry Complex of Indian Warrior-ascetics

On the Problem of the “Amur Swords”

A Center of Gunmaking in Iran

Two 18th Century Sabers of the Balkan Origin from the Collection of Poltava Regional Museum

“Non-standard” Soviet Cavalry Swords of the 1927 Year Pattern

The Question of the Relevance of the Term “Karud”

On the Question of Jamdhar Dagger Emergence in the Weapons Complex of the Mughals

On the Possible Functionality of a Mingrelian Stabbing Dagger in the Light of Analysis of Documented Precedents of Dagger Fighting

On the Manufacturing of the Sabers and Swords in the Pavlovsk Steelworker’s District

Long-bladed Weapons of the Turkic Cavalry

The Unique Bronze Dagger from Primorski Territory

Traditional Bladed Weapons of Vietnam. The Problems of Terminology

Vietnamese Bladed Melee Weapon of 19th – first half 20th Century. The Problems of Attribution

Obituary. Gorelik Mikhail Viktorovich

An Attempt to Develop a Lecture Course Titled «Introduction to Historical Weaponology

The Self-made Submachine Guns Used by Belorussian Soviet Partisans During World War II

“Southern” and “Northern” Bows in the “Hunting weapons” Collection of the State Darwin Museum

A Few Words About Old Edged Weapons

For Stabbing or for Cutting? The Ways of Dagger Use by the Caucasus Peoples in the 19th century

On the Use of Indian Terms for Identification of Weapon Types

Undocumented Russian Fascine Knife of the Shuvalov Observation Corps

The “Paren’ knife” – Legends and Facts

Mineral Surveyor V.F.Ludlov’s Small Sword

Western Georgia Broadswords and Sabers with Sloping Hilt without a Crossguard and Their Place in the Evolution of Caucasus Weapons with Long Blade