Shipping Antique Bladed Weapons From Russia?

kronckew · 3rd March 2022, 01:06 PM

All trade with Russia by Europe and the rest of the western world has now been terminated due to the current invasion of Ukraine by the Russian leadership. Hopefully it will return to whatever normality there can be, after the situation is resolved.

ariel · 3rd March 2022, 03:21 PM

We should live that long…. 100 years?
Ukrainian billionnaire Michael Fridman established Fridman Family Museum in Kharkiv with huge astonishing collection of old weapons. I wonder whether it might survive bombing and impending looting….
Late Vitaly Shlaifer establised a similar museum in Zaporizhya. Same concerns.
Denis Toichkin published 3 highest quality books on Ukrainian weapons with materials from local museums. The fate of those museums and that of the author is unknown and uncertain.
Ukraine had rich military history, from Khazars and Mongols to Cossacks. How much of the artefacts will manage to survive?

kronckew · 3rd March 2022, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ariel

We should live that long…. 100 years?

The current Tsar, Vlad, is getting old and will be replaced well before that. Hopefully with a less bellicose one.

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3rd March 2022, 01:06 PM	#1
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,239	All trade with Russia by Europe and the rest of the western world has now been terminated due to the current invasion of Ukraine by the Russian leadership. Hopefully it will return to whatever normality there can be, after the situation is resolved.

3rd March 2022, 03:21 PM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	We should live that long…. 100 years? Ukrainian billionnaire Michael Fridman established Fridman Family Museum in Kharkiv with huge astonishing collection of old weapons. I wonder whether it might survive bombing and impending looting…. Late Vitaly Shlaifer establised a similar museum in Zaporizhya. Same concerns. Denis Toichkin published 3 highest quality books on Ukrainian weapons with materials from local museums. The fate of those museums and that of the author is unknown and uncertain. Ukraine had rich military history, from Khazars and Mongols to Cossacks. How much of the artefacts will manage to survive?