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the introduction
hauberk and lamellar armor. X-XI the century helmet with the the barmitsa. X century. X century hauberk (schema of production) armor is scaly. XI century the splitting weapon helmets. XI-XIII century armors from the plates and the scale warrior. XII century hauberk. XII-XIII century the chopping weapon helmet with the half-mask and barmitsa. XII-XIII century armor is lamellar. VIII the century the shields archer. XIII century the impact weapon armors. XIII-XIV century the banner arbalest. XIV century the missile weapon kolontar'. XIV century baydana. XV century kuyak. XVI century swords and the sabre yushman. XVI century chaldar (horse attire). XVI century the helmets archer. XVI century tegilyay. XVI century bakhterets and tarch. XVI century zertsalo. XVII century rynda. XVI-XVII century ceremonial armors. XVII century |
warrior. XII century
Artist Vladimir Semenov. ![]() Since the beginning VII of the century wars main for the Russian warriors become defensive battles with the nomads. In connection with this in Russia the armors do not become such heavy and fixed, as this is characteristic for West Europe: combat with the nomad riders required rapid maneuvering and mobility of Russian warrior. Cavalry played main role in the fields of battles. However, in front of the cavalry often came out infantry, which began battle. For VII of century are characteristic mixed infantry and horse combat, which occurred in walls and fortresses it is municipal. Infantrymen - "peshtsev" - used with the protection of urban walls and winch, cover it was rear cavalry, for performing of necessary transport and engineering work, for the reconnaissance and punitive attacks. Were armed peshtsy with the diverse types of weapon - missile, that chop and impact. Their clothing and armament as a whole were simpler and cheaper, than in combatants, since the forces of infantrymen in mass their were formed from the common people - smerdov, the craftsmen, but not of the professional soldiers. The weapon of peshchtsa were march axe, heavy spear and sulitsa, cudgel and boar-spear. Armor on peshtse was more frequently chain armor, and that completely any. shields the infantrymen of the XII century used and round, and almond-shaped. A. Yurasovskiy |
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"Russian armors X-XVII centurys". Artist Vladimir Semenov. © depictive skill ". Moscow. 1983 |
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