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MEDIEVAL RUSSIAN ARMOR

  
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Shishak - two styles - it comes from the Persian. In the 14th century we see for the first time, in original written sources, records of headgear called shishak (a conical helmet with a knob on top). The example on the left also has a yalovetsa (flag) on the top.

  
     

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