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Jim McDougall · 24th April 2014, 02:27 AM

This is an amazing and most colorful painting Stu!!! and this work by Repin is probably one of the most iconic illustrations of this Cossack host ever !!

I still have a figurine of the main figure in red, the jovial character with the white hat, beautifully crafted by Martin Merks, a member here.

There have been great discussions on the weapons used by the Zaporozhians, and what is unusual is that they typically did not have the familiar shashkas of other Cossack hosts. Actually they used arms of Tatar, Lithuanian and other groups and often used shamshirs as well as East European type sabres.

Perhaps we might put together a collective group of weapons used by these Cossacks?

24th April 2014, 02:27 AM	#2
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 9,748	This is an amazing and most colorful painting Stu!!! and this work by Repin is probably one of the most iconic illustrations of this Cossack host ever !! I still have a figurine of the main figure in red, the jovial character with the white hat, beautifully crafted by Martin Merks, a member here. There have been great discussions on the weapons used by the Zaporozhians, and what is unusual is that they typically did not have the familiar shashkas of other Cossack hosts. Actually they used arms of Tatar, Lithuanian and other groups and often used shamshirs as well as East European type sabres. Perhaps we might put together a collective group of weapons used by these Cossacks? Last edited by Jim McDougall; 24th April 2014 at 02:44 AM.