MEDIEVAL RUSSIAN ARMOR

Warrior (ratnik) from the 14th to 17th centuries, defending drawbridge holding a tarch, which is a special kind of shelom (shield), in left hand and axe in right. He wears a zertsalo over his kol'chuga. His forearms are protected bynaruchi. Note the nasel guard raised on the front of the shelom. The background is the Moscow Kremlin in the 17th century.