Talantov S.

Talantov Sergey – private collector and researcher in the field of Cossack and Caucasian weapons of the Imperial Russian Army of the late XVIII – early XX centuries (Moscow, Russia).

• The dragoon officer’s shashka – “the gold sword” of Emperor Alexander III
• The dual kinjal of Geurk Eliarov from Tiflis
• Dagger of Timophey Yashik kamer-cossack in the service of Em-peror Nicholas II and Empress Maria Feodorovna
• French-language Marks of Blade Smiths from Kazi-Kumukh (Dagestan) in the 19th Century