XVIII vek — vek voinskoi slavy Rossii (The eighteenth century — the century of Russia's military glory)
Moscow: Muzei-zapovednik Tsaritsyno, 2008. sewn pb. 203 p., 27 cm., approx. 150 color and b/w illus., Rus. More
Arms & Armor
Evropeiskoe kholodnoe oruzhie (European Blade Weapons)
St. Petersburg: Atlant, 2003. sewn cl. The extraordinary breadth of the arms collection of the Museum of Artillery, Engineering and Communication Troops (St. Petersburg) enables the author to survey the history of each kind of blade weapon as it developed in various countries of Europe. Although the majority of the..... More
Kholodnoe oruzhie Afganistana XIX – nachala XX vekov / Edged Weapons of Afghanistan, 19th – early 20th century
St. Petersburg: Atlant, 2019. Sewn cl. This monograph on blade weapons from Afghanistan publishes photographs, prints, and paintings that show both the arms and the context in which they were used. The works come from museum and private collections, and many are published here for the first time. 567 p...... More
Antichnoe vooruzhenie v sobranii Gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha (Ancient arms in the collection of the Hermitage)
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2013. sewn pb. This edition in the Hermitage's series of concise surveys of Greek and Roman art in the collections covers arms and armor through both actual pieces and their depiction in vase-painting, sculpture, and cameos. A concise but exceptionally well-illustrated survey of interest for the publication..... More
Ognestrel'noe oruzhie Anglii XVII – nachala XIX veka (English Firearms of the XVII – Early XIX centuries)
Moscow: Muzei Moskovskogo Kremlia, 2006. Sewn cl. The Kremlin Museums' collection of English firearms derives from the imperial family's collecting over several centuries and the royal armory at the Kremlin. It is especially strong for the early seventeenth century, when diplomatic contacts were frequent, and also has rare works from..... More
Ognestrel'noe oruzhie Frantsii XVII – pervoi chetverti XIX veka (French Firearms of the 17th – early 19th centuries)
Moscow: Muzei Moskovskogo Kremlia, 2016. Sewn cl. Cataloguing approximately 100 works of French firearms, the author gives full data at the start of each entry (place of manufacture, materials and techniques, date, size, and inscriptions) and then describes each piece in detail, traces provenance, points out state of preservation, and..... More
Ognestrel'noe oruzhie L'ezha vtoroi poloviny XVII – serediny XIX veka (Liege Firearms of the second half of the 17th – mid 19th centuries)
Moscow: Muzei Moskovskogo Kremlia, 2015. Sewn cl. The connection between arms and other forms of applied and decorative arts is clear on every page of this catalogue of the Moscow Kremlin Museums collection: the fine metalwork lifts these arms above the level of mere tools or weapons. The author traces..... More
Ognestrel'noe oruzhie Niderlandov XVII – XVIII vekov (Dutch Firearms of the XVII and XVIII centuries)
Moscow: Muzei Moskovskogo Kremlia, 2012. Sewn cl. The seventeenth century saw much trade and diplomacy between Russians and Dutch, and many precious works of Dutch gunsmiths came to the royal armory as gifts from ambassadors and merchants. Patterns and scenes inlaid into the wood (e.g., floweres, leaves, vines, birds, animals..... More
Kollektsiia oruzhiia Gatchinskogo dvortsa. Tom III. Oruzhie Germanii, Saksonii, Pol'shi, Tiuringii. Nauchnyi katalog (Collection of Arms and Armor in the Gatchina Palace. Volume III. Arms and Armor of Germany, Saxony, Poland, Thuringia. Scholarly Catalogue)
St. Petersburg: Gatchina / Lait, 2014. sewn cl. Gatchina Palace was built in the mid eighteenth century on land outside St. Petersburg given by Catherine the Great to the favorite who helped her accede to the throne, Grigorii Orlov. Orlov saw the palace as a grand hunting lodge in the..... More
Kollektsiia oruzhiia Gatchinskogo dvortsa. Tom IV. Nauchnyi katalog (Collection of Arms and Armor in the Gatchina Palace. Volume IV. Scholarly Catalogue)
St. Petersburg: Gatchina / Lait, 2017. sewn cl. This final volume of the collection catalogues of the Gatchina Palace-Museum's arms collection publishes firearms from Germany (except Saxony and Thuringia, published in vol. III) and works added to the collection in 2014–16. The introduction outlines the formation of the collection in..... More
Oruzhie narodov Kavkaza (Arms of the Peoples of the Caucasus)
St. Petersburg: Atlant, 2004. sewn cl. Having studied and preserved for fifty years a collection strong in arms of the Caucasus (State Historical Museum, Moscow), the author has vast expertise on a region where arms were for centuries both a practical necessity and a high art. He approaches the prolific..... More
Dagestanskoe oruzhie / Dagestan Weapon
Makhachkala: Epokha, 2014 (2nd enlarged edition). Sewn cl. The author covers different kinds of arms produced in Dagestan, their technology and ornament; identifies craftsmen, where and when they worked; provides background on the organizing and trading of arms, the centers of production; summarizes information on military history relevant to arms..... More
Batushkina armiia: Gatchinskie voiska velikogo kniazia Pavla Petrovicha (Father’s Army: Gatchina Troops of Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich)
St. Petersburg: Galereia, 2008. saddle-stitched. Drawings, paintings, and works of decorative art from the collections of the museum at Gatchina illustrate a colorful and not very well known chapter of Russian eighteenth-century history: the approximately two and half thousand troops allotted by Catherine the Great to her son Paul and..... More
Kollektsiia oruzhiia A. A. Katuar de Bionkura: sto predmetov iz sobranii Gosudarstvennogo istoricheskogo muzeia / A. A. Catoire de Bioncourt’s Weapons Collection: 100 Items from the Collection of the State Historical Museum
St. Petersburg: Atlant, 2003. sewn cl. This catalogue of the collection of a Russian nineteenth-century minister of French origin donated to the State Historical Museum (Moscow) has excellent pieces from most European traditions—Turkey, Russia, the Caucasus, Georgia, England, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. Color plates display..... More
Oni sluzhili otechestvu: personal'noe dlinnoklinkovoe oruzhie v fondakh Tsentral'nogo voenno-morskogo muzeia (They served their fatherland: long blade weapons from the collection of the Central State Naval Museum in St. Petersburg)
St. Petersburg: 2013. Sewn cl. These blade weapons used by or awarded to those who served in the Russian navy are significant for the art history of arms and their provenance, for example, pieces wielded by Peter the Great, Emperor Paul, grand princes of the Romanov family. Most of the..... More
Okhota v tvorchestve masterov imperatorskoi Rossii : klinkovoe i drevkovoe oruzhie, porokhovnitsy (Works for Hunting by arms makers in Imperial Russia: blade and shaft weapons, powder vessels)
St. Petersburg: Branko, 2015. Sewn cl. This monograph on hunting arms publishes drawings and photos of hunting knives by the various peoples of the Russian Empire such as the Caucasian ethnic groups famed for their skill at making arms and the Great Russian arms center of Tula. 229 p., 30..... More
"Lepazha stvoly rokovye" ; Duel'nye pistolety iz sobraniia Gosudarstvennogo istoricheskogo muzeiia ("Le Page's fatal barrels": Dueling pistols from the collection of the State Historical Museum)
Moscow: Ist muz / Al'fa dizain, 2003. Sewn cl. he works presented in this collection catalogue come from Western European armorers — English, Czech, German, Austrian, Italian and, predominantly, French. The layout uniquely illustrates the workmanship and artistry of the pistols: illustrated are the dueling pistols in their cases and..... More
Shedevry Morskogo muzeiia Rossii: Khudozhestvennoe oruzhie (Masterpieces of the Russian Naval Museum: Ornamental Arms)
St. Petersburg: Oblik, 2000. sewn cl. The Russian Naval Museum has a rich collection of blade weapons distinguished for beauty and craftsmanship. This collection catalogue publishes works from England, France, Spain, Germany, Poland, Turkey, India, Japan, and Russia thus making the collections accessible to scholars and collectors. 104 pp., 11..... More
Detskoe i miniatiurnoe oruzhie XVI–XIX vekov v sobranii Ermitazha (Children’s Arms and Miniature Arms of the 16th to the 19th c. in the Collection of the Hermitage)
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2006. sewn pb. Works from Russia and Western Europe (mainly Germany, France, and Italy) predominate in this Hermitage exhibition catalogue, though there are examples of Turkish, Caucasian, Iranian, and Indian workmanship. These pieces reveal the exquisite artistry with which armorers recreated on a small scale designs and..... More
East and West. Rare Antique Arms from the State Hermitage Museum Collection / Vostok i zapad. Starinnoe oruzhie iz sobraniia Gosudarstvenogo Ermitazha / Shyghys pen batys : memlekett k rmitazh qorynan k ne qaru-zharaq : K rme katalogy; Katalog vystavki = Catalogue of the Exhibition
St. Petersburg: Slavia, 2014. sewn cl. The Hermitage has a rich collection of Western European, Russian, and Asian arms. A strong impulse for forming an imperial arms collection originated with Grand Duke Nikolai Pavlovich (later Emperor Nikolai I). Seventy-two works in the exhibition represent the main stages in the development..... More
Oruzhie drevnego Vostoka, IV tysiacheletie – IV v. do nashei ery (Arms of the Ancient Orient from the 4th Millennium b.c. to the 4th Century b.c.)
St. Petersburg: Atlant, 2003 (2nd ed.). sewn cl. Art, archeology, and written documents provide the evidence for this survey of arms of peoples from Egypt to China, including those of nomadic steppe nations. The author refers to unique Russian collections at the State Historical Museum, State Museum of the Art..... More
Oruzhie v sobranii Natsional'nogo muzeiia Respubliki Tatarstan / Weapons in the Collection of the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan
Kazan: Zaman, 2003. sewn cl. Organized by geographic origin — Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia, Near East, and Asia — this catalogue of a rather remote collection studies works of arms as historical artifacts and artistic creations. The catalogue thanks to the full-page color plates showing the works as a whole..... More
Oruzhie i khudozhestvennyi metall Tropicheskoi Afriki v sobranii Gosudarstvennogo muzeia Vostoka. Katalog kolektsii (The Weapons and Decorative Metal of Sub-Saharan Africa in the State Museum of Oriental Art. Catalogue of the Collection)
Moscow: Muz Vostoka, 2015. sewn pb. In a museum specializing in Asian art it is remarkable to find published in this catalogue almost 200 works from Eastern Sudan, Ethiopia, and western and eastern equatorial Africa. They date from the nineteenth century to the second half of the twentieth. 143 p...... More
Ispanskoe iskusstvo XIV-XX vekov iz sobraniia Gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha (Spanish painting of the 16th to the 20th c. from the Hermitage collection
Velikii Novgorod: Herm, 2013. sewn pb. This catalogue of a Hermitage exhibition held at Novgorod publishes ninety five choice works in several genres: painting and prints, ceramics, textiles, glass, and arms. Artists from Seville, Grenada, and Madrid give a good overview of the formation of a Spanish school of painting..... More
Oruzhie zapadnoi evropy XV – XVII vv. Dospekhi, klinkovoe oruzhie, oruzhie na drevkakh, orudiia pravosudiia, kniga 1 (Western European Arms of the 15th to the 17th c.. Armor, blades weapons, weapons on handles or poles, weapons used in execution, book 1)
St. Petersburg: Atlant, 2009. sewn cl. The Military-Historical Museum of Artillery in St. Petersburg has a rich collection of arms and armor dating to Peter the Great's reign. For over 250 years it has grown more diverse and voluminous, so that its works suffice to document with much newly published..... More