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Shashka
The shashka or shasqua (Abkhaz: Аҳәа, Асахәа; Adyghe: сэшхуэ, [saʃxʷa] – long-knife; Chechen: Гlорда, Гlурда/Терс-маймал; Dargin: ШушкIа; Georgian: ჭოლაური, ch'olauri; Ingush: Гурде/Г1ама; Lezgin: Шуьш; Ossetian: ахсан/ахсæн, Шашкæ; Russian: шашка) is a kind of Caucasian sabre: a single-edged, single-handed, and guardless sabre. The comparatively gentle curve of a shashka blade puts the weapon midway between a radically curved sabre and a straight sword, effective for both cutting and thrusting.
The word shashka originally came from Adyghe: сэшхуэ, romanized: saʃxʷa, lit. 'long knife'.
The shashka originated among the mountain tribes of the Caucasus. The earliest depictions of this sword date to the early 17th century in west Georgia.The earliest datable example is from 1713. The first known written mention of the word "shashka" dates back to 1747 when listing the weapons of the Chechens.though most extant shashkas have hilts dating to the 19th century.
Russian troops, having encountered it during their conquest of the Caucasus (1817–1864), preferred it to their issued sabres and Later, most of the Russian troops and Cossacks adopted the weapon. In 1834 the Russian government produced the first military-issue shashka pattern. It gradually replaced the sabre in all cavalry units except hussars during the 19th century.
The blades of non-regulation shashkas were of diverse origins; some were locally made in the Caucasus, others in Russia, some were manufactured in Germany, mostly in Solingen, and displayed imitations of the 'running wolf' mark of Passau.
At this time, there were several types of shashka:
The first officially regulated Russian military shashka was the 1834 pattern, also called the "Nizhegorodka". This was followed by the 1838 pattern shashka. In 1881, two patterns were introduced: a 'Cossack' pattern, which was typical in not having a guard, and a 'dragoon' pattern, which was much more like a standard sabre in having a brass knuckle-bow, and was derived from the 1841 dragoon sabre. The blades of the two types were, however, essentially identical.
The Cossack hosts (not full-time regiments) used non-regulation shashkas until 1904, when they received their own regulation pattern.
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Shashka
The shashka or shasqua (Abkhaz: Аҳәа, Асахәа; Adyghe: сэшхуэ, [saʃxʷa] – long-knife; Chechen: Гlорда, Гlурда/Терс-маймал; Dargin: ШушкIа; Georgian: ჭოლაური, ch'olauri; Ingush: Гурде/Г1ама; Lezgin: Шуьш; Ossetian: ахсан/ахсæн, Шашкæ; Russian: шашка) is a kind of Caucasian sabre: a single-edged, single-handed, and guardless sabre. The comparatively gentle curve of a shashka blade puts the weapon midway between a radically curved sabre and a straight sword, effective for both cutting and thrusting.
The word shashka originally came from Adyghe: сэшхуэ, romanized: saʃxʷa, lit. 'long knife'.
The shashka originated among the mountain tribes of the Caucasus. The earliest depictions of this sword date to the early 17th century in west Georgia.The earliest datable example is from 1713. The first known written mention of the word "shashka" dates back to 1747 when listing the weapons of the Chechens.though most extant shashkas have hilts dating to the 19th century.
Russian troops, having encountered it during their conquest of the Caucasus (1817–1864), preferred it to their issued sabres and Later, most of the Russian troops and Cossacks adopted the weapon. In 1834 the Russian government produced the first military-issue shashka pattern. It gradually replaced the sabre in all cavalry units except hussars during the 19th century.
The blades of non-regulation shashkas were of diverse origins; some were locally made in the Caucasus, others in Russia, some were manufactured in Germany, mostly in Solingen, and displayed imitations of the 'running wolf' mark of Passau.
At this time, there were several types of shashka:
The first officially regulated Russian military shashka was the 1834 pattern, also called the "Nizhegorodka". This was followed by the 1838 pattern shashka. In 1881, two patterns were introduced: a 'Cossack' pattern, which was typical in not having a guard, and a 'dragoon' pattern, which was much more like a standard sabre in having a brass knuckle-bow, and was derived from the 1841 dragoon sabre. The blades of the two types were, however, essentially identical.
The Cossack hosts (not full-time regiments) used non-regulation shashkas until 1904, when they received their own regulation pattern.