Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Russian Guard axes

Rivkin · 29th November 2005, 05:36 PM

Ryndas were bodyguards, not ambassadors; but they were always present during the reception of foreign ambassadors by Ivan the Terrible, therefore the name "ambassadorial (in russian - posolski) axe".

29th November 2005, 05:36 PM	#16
Rivkin Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 655	Ryndas were bodyguards, not ambassadors; but they were always present during the reception of foreign ambassadors by Ivan the Terrible, therefore the name "ambassadorial (in russian - posolski) axe".