Are there any good English language books on Caucasian arms and armor?

[OsobistGB]

As a matter of fact, Rivkin's book was not published in Russia in Russian

[TVV]

Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Personally, I prefer Rivkin's books to those of the late Astvatsaturian. Miller's book is just a catalogue. For a book on the subject in English, I am not aware of a better one than that of Rivkin, but am open to suggestions.

[Turkoman.khan]

Originally Posted by TVV

Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Personally, I prefer Rivkin's books to those of the late Astvatsaturian. Miller's book is just a catalogue. For a book on the subject in English, I am not aware of a better one than that of Rivkin, but am open to suggestions.

Of course, everyone has their own preferences. Rivkin's book is more modern and covers Caucasian items from a variety of collections. Astvatsaturyan’s book was written from the collection of only one museum and at a time when the Internet was not yet so widespread, which made the work of researchers difficult. But Astvatsaturyan’s research on ornamental motifs on weapons of different peoples of the Caucasus is undoubtedly unsurpassed. Unfortunately, I don’t know Russian well and read books in Russian using translation applications on my smartphone. But even such a translation allows you to get a lot of interesting and valuable information.

[OsobistGB]

Originally Posted by TVV

Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Personally, I prefer Rivkin's books to those of the late Astvatsaturian. Miller's book is just a catalogue. For a book on the subject in English, I am not aware of a better one than that of Rivkin, but am open to suggestions.

In fact, I can't think of any other Caucasian-themed book other than Rivkin's published in English. Which automatically means that there is no better book. In order not to bore the other participants in the discussion, and because of my bad English, I will allow myself to quote something in a language that you understand ... "В царството на слепите едноокият е цар"

[Turkoman.khan]

Originally Posted by OsobistGB

As a matter of fact, Rivkin's book was not published in Russia in Russian

In fact, Rivkin’s book, or rather its prequel, was published in Russia in 2012. Probably, then Rivkin did not yet risk publishing a book for an English-speaking audience I made friends from Russia a little later, when Rivkin’s book was already in English. That's why I didn't order this russian edition.