„Tiché“ mementá bojov v Karpatoch 1914 – 1915 zastúpené v zbierkovom fonde Vojenského historického ústavu – Múzejného oddelenia Svidník Vojenského historického múzea – pušky a karabíny používané ruskou cárskou armádou

The “silent” mementos of the Carpathian battles 1914-1915 represented in the collections of the Institute of Military History - the Museum Department of the Military History Museum in Svidník - rifles and carbines used by the Russian Tsarist Army

Autor: HOLÍK Peter

HOLÍK, Peter: „Tiché“ mementá bojov v Karpatoch 1914 – 1915 zastúpené v zbierkovom fonde Vojenského historického ústavu – Múzejného oddelenia Svidník Vojenského historického múzea – pušky a karabíny používané ruskou cárskou armádou

HOLÍK, Peter: The “silent” mementos of the Carpathian battles 1914-1915 represented in the collections of the Institute of Military History - the Museum Department of the Military History Museum in Svidník - rifles and carbines used by the Russian Tsarist Army.

Vojenská história, 25, 4, 2021, pp. 140-157.

The main aim of this study is to present the individual Russian single-shot or repeating rifles registered in the collection of the Institute of Military History Bratislava - Museum Department Svidník of the Military Historical Museum Piešt’any, through capturing the general historical development and subsequent detailed description. This is a a way of representation of one of the main parts of the armament of the soldiers of the Russian Tsarist Army fighting in the territory of today’s northeastern Slovakia against the Austro-Hungarian and German troops during the so-called Carpathian Offensive of the Russian troops taking place in the said territory at the turn of 1914-1915. This short, but significant section of the military history of Slovakia is also reflected in the Central Exposition of the Museum in Svidník through modern information panels and three-dimensional objects, the creation and development of which are discussed in the introduction of the study.

 

Keywords: Museum, Museum Collections, Carpathian offensive of Russian troops 1914 – 1915, Rifle Mosin model 1891, Rifle Berdan II model 1870

 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69809/vojhist.2021.25.4.7

Ročník: 25 | Číslo: 4/2021 | Stránky: 140-157