Kazakh battle axes in XVIII–XIX centuries in pictorial sources
| Author(s) | Bobrov, Leonid Aleksandrovich en Pronin, Alexey Olegovich en Бобров, Леонид Александрович Пронин, Алексей Олегович |
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| Title | Kazakh battle axes in XVIII–XIX centuries in pictorial sources |
| Alternative Title | Казахские боевые топоры в изобразительных источниках XVIII-XIX веков |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Language | rus |
| Number of Pages | 8 |
| Location | Russia |
| Keywords | axes weapons visual sources |
| Relevance to ICH Safeguarding | identification documentation definition awareness raising |
| ICH Genre | traditional craftsmanship |
| Description | Battle axes ("Jackan," "Balta," "aybalta") are an important part of the arms and armor complex of Kazakh nomads during the late Middle Ages and early New Age. Among no other steppe people (except, perhaps, Kirghiz people) battle axes were not so popular and not spread so widely. "Socalled cavalry" axes with long (about a meter) handle became a "visiting card" of the Kazakh weapons complex of XVIII – early XIX centuries. The exceptional popularity of this type of weapon among Kazakh nomads caused widespread of armor among their main opponents: Uzbeks and Kazakhs Oirats (Jungars, Volga Kalmyks). Under these conditions, battle axes, along with lances and muskets, performed the role of "armor-piercing" weapons designed to destroy enemy's heavily armored warriors. After armor were replaced from a wide spreaded military items (since the second half of the XVIII century), Kazakhs continued to use battle axes as an effective melee weapon. Another reason for the popularity of battle-axes among Kazakh nomads was the fact that axes itself were very resource intensive and relatively not expensive weapon that allowed to organize mass production of such items directly in the steppe encampments. A research of Kazakh battle-axes are possible only on a comprehensive analysis of real, visual and written sources. |
| Book/Journal Title | NGU Bulletin. History, Phylology en Вестник НГУ. История, филология |
| Publisher | Novosibirsk State University |
| Place of Publication | Novosibirsk, Russia |
| Date of Publication | 2014 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 255-262 |
| ISSN | 1818 - 7919 |
| Academic Field | Cultural Studies |
| Contributor | Kazakhstan National Committee for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage |
| Active Contribution | Kazakhstan, FY 2023 |
| Data Collection Project | |