REFERENCE BOOKS
ST. PETERSBURG 2001. In Russian and English.
Great new reference book in 2 volumes by A.N. Kulinsky.
This is a "must" for anybody who is interested in a history
of the Russian and Soviet edged weapons.
Covers the following topics:
Volume 1 - 1700-1917:
Small swords;
Broadswords;
Sabers;
The shashkas;
The hangers;
The dirks;
The knives and daggers;
The decoration weapons;
The prize weapons;
Staff weapons;
Lances;
Small swords;
Experimental edged weapons.
Volume 2:
The edged weapons after 1917;
The bayonets;
The marks;
Army marks of the Russian weapon.
This book is just out in
translate are given in Chechen. The volume combines a life worth of research
with a wealth of illustrations and reference
material. Spanning the period from the Greeks, it opens up parts of the Chechen
heritage that have never been dealt with before
in academic circles. There are photographs, drawings, reproductions of
paintings, plots, diagrams, eyewitness reports, memoirs
and extracts from novels and poems. All this should win the hearts of the
reading public as well as the wits of historians and
ethnologists. Askhabov's book contains 240 pages and over 200 illustrations.
The site www.chechnyafree.ru offers a list of
contents and extensively samples the book. Visitors are welcome to contact Isa
Askhabov and place E-mail orders for copies
with him. Doctor of History E.G.Astvatsaturyan, of
Askhabov's work consists of a brief introduction, a short outline of
of material and cultural monuments in military and historical upheavals. The
greater part of his work is a detailed account of
sword and dagger blades made and seen around Chechnya in the 17th-19th
centuries based on both literary sources and the
information the author collected in his travels around villages and heard from
the craftsmen's descendants who keep up national
traditions… Before this work was written, our knowledge of the subject was
scant. Archives contain almost no information on
weapon smiths. The section entitled "Main Arms Production Centers" is
simply unique. In it the author accomplished something
no one ever did before - he gleaned from discussions with the locals and from
existing literary sources, information on craftsmen
who were active there in the 17th-20th centuries…Thus, there was a giant hiatus
which Isa Askhabov undertook to fill during
the 1990's which proved so difficult for the Chechen people. Reading his book
one begins to realize how important it is to be
an enthusiast. Between the wars, he traveled from village to village trying to
learn something about the craftsmen who once
worked there. Fortunately, every Chechen knows the names of his or her
ancestors way back to at least seven generations,
and the descendants of old craftsmen told him of their ancestors, some of whom
lived, they said, as long ago as in the 17th or
18th centuries… Scholars knew the names of only 14 weapon makers before Isa
Askhabov undertook his research. He added
148 names to the list. Now the number of Chechen weapon makers on the list is
162 (or 180, if we add those from the 1886
list). He also discovered six stamping trademarks heretofore unknown to
scholars but which used to be widely known in the
18th and 19th centuries. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of this
work. The names of craftsmen together with the
trademarks they used will help to determine the makers of some exhibits in our
museums. Reading the manuscript of this book
while it was even in its early stages, enabled us to attribute one of the
daggers in the stocks of the
Makhmad, a craftsman who lived in the Chechen aul of Dzhugurta. Isa Askhabov's
book will contribute to studying the history
of the Chechen people and old arms…" E.G. Astvatsaturyan, Cand. Sc.
(History)
"…Gone are the times of sabers, daggers, flintlock firearms. Today, they
are precious heirlooms, evidence of the exquisite skills
of Caucasian, Chechen makers of weapons and goldsmiths. As a means of defense
and a harmonious part of the national dress
of the mountaineers, as well as of their poetical image, sabers, daggers and
firearms were at the same time fine works of
applied art and jewelry-making. Weapons as gifts were also tokens of
friendship. Leo Tolstoy was friendly with the Chechen
Sado Misirbiyev until his death. The saber Misirbiyev presented him with is in
the
or a saber as a present, exchanging weapons in the
on, now…"
(such
as AKs, Makarov and so on). Official issue of the Soviet
Ministry of defense. Hard to find. User manuals ($20) as well
as repair
manuals ($25). Please email for the currently available
items.
Machine gun Goryunova SGM -$10
Carrying anti-tank complex 'Metis'
$10
14.5 mm Machine gun Vladimirova KPVT
$10
Stechkin hand gun $20
Makarov hand gun $20
Kalashnikov Machine gun RPK,
RPKS $20
5.45-mm shorten Kalashnikov Machine
gun AKS74UN2 $20
Russian military uniforms.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOVIET MILITARIA Series presents the first issue of
concise guides to uniform details of Red and Soviet Armies. The Series published
as a supplement to Russian Militaria Magazine ZEUGHAUS. The book is 21 x 29 cm,
48 pages and heavy illustrated in color. Text in English and Russian.
For the first time a photographic study of the Soviet uniforms from the
Revolution, Civil War, Purges, and the Great Patriotic War (WW2).
Over 740 full color highly detailed photographs of actual uniforms are
combined with nearly 100 period photographs. Written by David Webster
and Chris Nelson, our friends whom we had a honor to help in getting many
of the uniforms appearing in this book. A must for any collector of the
Soviet uniforms.
By Anton Shalito,
complete sets of genuine Soviet uniforms from Civil War till the end
of WW2. Great reference for collectors and historians. Soft cover. In English!
In English. Printed in
In Russian. 240pp. Color plates. Hard cover.
English translation available for extra $20.
Russian/English, Moscow 2001, 60 pages, color, soft cover.
Russian/English, Moscow 2001, 88 pages, color, soft cover.
Fully illustrated in color. English/Russian. Hard cover.
Books from new "Soldier" series:
Civil War in Russia. Red Army 1917-1922.
in Russian, color illustrations, 43 pages.
NEW! Russian Junkers. History of the military schools 1864-1917. $25
Civil War in
in Russian, color illustrations, 43 pages.
Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in WW2.
in Russian, color illustrations, 43 pages.
Civil War in
in Russian, color illustrations, 43 pages.
Eastern legions and
Cossack units in the German Army.
1999. Hard cover, in Russian, color illustrations, 43 pages.
Cavalry of the Russian
Imperial Guard.
in Russian, color illustrations, 43 pages.
Eastern volunteers in SS
and Police,
2000. Hard cover, in Russian, color illustrations, 43 pages.
in English, soft cover,40 pages. Color photographs of all Soviet military and
civilian orders and medals.
Russian/English. Color and b/w illustrations. Hard cover.
colored illustrations, in Russian.
I.I.Likhitskiy.1995. 787 b/w plates. In English and German with prices
In US$. Very useful for collectors of Soviet badges. Soft cover.
Color photographs. Hard cover.
In Russian. 37 plates in color, 15 in b/w. color soft cover.
1994. Fully illustrated in color. English/Russian. Hard cover. Very nice
album. 200pp.
St.Petersburg, 1999, Russian, 586! pages, great color illustrations.
illustrations. In Russian. Hard cover. 246pp.
with b/w and color illustartions.
with b/w and color illustartions.
Russian/English, 206 pages, 2001, hard cover.
Russian/English, 166 pages, hard cover.
Russian/English. Illustrated. Hard cover.
Museum. By J. Miller,
Fully illustrated in color. 137pp. Hardcover.
Describes small arms created by M.Kalashnikov,
the most talented Russian designer. 240 pp, a lot of
colored photographs. Printed in
b/w illustrations. Hard cover.
235pp. In Russian, a lot of illustrations. Hard cover.
A lot of rare b/w photographs. Hard cover.
Elisabeth Heresch.
Russian/English. Hard cover.Russian/English. 143pp. Illustrated. Hard cover.
Soft cover fully illustrated in color.
Hard cover, in Russian. Fully illustrated in color.
Great and unique book about history of art of designing and producing gold and
silver pieces of art. It also lists almost all Russian makers including their
makers stamps, so you may figure out when where and by whom it was made.
photographs. Hard cover.
English/Russian. Beautiful book. 340pp.
1998,
hard cover, colored illustrations
- #20 – T-26
- #3 – SturmGeschutz
- #7 – Cross-country vehicles of the RKKA
- #14 - Tanks of the Civil War
- #1 – First Soviet tanks
- #5 – German tanks
- #21 – SU-17
- #13 – R-2, R-5
- #16 – Tu-22
- #7 – Soviet middle weight tanks
- PE-2
- Iron fist of the RKKA 1932-1941. In Russian,
80pp
- Lend lease tanks 1941-1945
- Tank sword of the
Black and white illustrations.
- #5 – multi-turret tanks of the RKKA part 2,
78pp, Russian/English
- #4 – multi-turret tanks part 1
- #2 – Defense of Caucasus
- Air battles of 1941
