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13th May 2022, 08:43 PM
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Neat. Bet those guys could shot the eye out a bug from 70 yards.
Curious, what's the sword the guy on the right in the first pic is carrying? |
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16th May 2022, 12:34 PM
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Men from Trabzon armed with Yataghans, ball butt flintlock pistols, Shishane with strange shoulder holsters, and Russian Berdan No.1 |
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23rd June 2022, 03:28 PM
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Shishane, Boyliya, Caucasian Blades
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23rd June 2022, 10:27 PM
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Lavian Riflemen, AKA "strelniki"
Part of the Russian Imperial Army, in WW I about 30.000 men around 1917 Some later joined the Bolshevik revolution and hence its army The majority remained in Latvia to protect the country due to an internal strugle and instability, caused by 3 governments fighting for control ( German, Sovjet and Latvian) untill Latvia's independance 1920/22 Last edited by gp; 23rd June 2022 at 10:43 PM. |
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24th June 2022, 06:29 AM
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Tajik hunters with matchlock guns
Hunters from kishlak (village) of Pai-Mazar. Central Asia. Tajikistan (Tajik SSR). 1932. (Hunters have old matchlock guns).
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5th September 2022, 05:28 PM
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5th September 2022, 05:33 PM
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6th September 2022, 07:40 AM
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Yuhym Bozhko has organized in 1918 the volunteer "Zaporozhian Sich" Division which became a part of the armee of the People’s Republic of Ukraine and was fighting with Russian Red Armee.
Russian link in Wiki: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91...84%D0%B8%D0%BC Ukrainian link in Wiki: https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91...85%D0%B8%D0%BC |
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1st April 2024, 11:40 PM
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a couple more pics of these soldiers and their swords Last edited by gp; 1st April 2024 at 11:54 PM. |
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2nd April 2024, 01:57 PM
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two sculptures by Jean Francois Theodore Gechter ; one an Ottoman warrior and the other a scene from the battle of Aboukir
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3rd April 2024, 08:03 AM
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gp, do you know who the king on horseback is supposed to be?
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