Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - The SHASHKA: what, whom, where, when and how?

ariel · 24th January 2006, 06:53 AM

For all of you interested in that area, here it THE book:
"The Sabres of Paradise" by Leslie Blanch
This is a history of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus, especially the Murid wars of Shamil.
It is so well written that my wife, having been glued to it for 3 days, asked me to show her my Shashkas and Kindjals and started reading Astvatsaturyan and Askhabov's books on Caucasian weapons!
How about an epiphany!

24th January 2006, 06:53 AM	#11
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	For all of you interested in that area, here it THE book: "The Sabres of Paradise" by Leslie Blanch This is a history of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus, especially the Murid wars of Shamil. It is so well written that my wife, having been glued to it for 3 days, asked me to show her my Shashkas and Kindjals and started reading Astvatsaturyan and Askhabov's books on Caucasian weapons! How about an epiphany!