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MEDIEVAL RUSSIAN ARMOR

 
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Protection for the lower leg - This is a type of buturlik, This was a kind of ponozhi, protection for the calf or shins. There were three kinds of such shin and calf protection armor. This was also called a burulik. The word is of Turkic origin and the armor was used by Mongols and Tatars. One type was made of three long pieces connected with metal rings so that the assembly protected the whole leg from ankle to knee. The second was composed of one, wide plate in front and two narrow plates to each side. The third was made of only one piece and protected the outside, exposed side of the calf. It was held in place by leather straps around the leg. In Western Europe such armor was known from ancient times under the generic term, greaves.

 
     

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