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MEDIEVAL RUSSIAN ARMOR

  
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Two more types of shishak. In this the helmet has also a prilibitz and the warrior is wearing a bakhterets. According to the opinions of archeologists, this kind of protective head gear spread all over Russia during the 12th- 14th centuries. It was introduced from Turkey, but may have had already a Hellenistic origin.

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