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Shashka

The shashka or shasqua (Abkhaz: аҳәа, асахәа; Adyghe: сэшхуэ, – 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…

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Construction

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Blade length
approx. 65–86 cm (26–34 in)
Blade type
Curved, single-edged
Hilt type
Single-handed swept, Without guard
Mass
approx. 0.3–1 kg (0.66–2.20 lb)
Place of origin
Caucasus (Probably Georgia)
Produced
1600 to present (Still in use by Jordan's royal Circassian guard)

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  • ISSN ISSN (identifier)
  • Doi Doi (identifier)

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Shashka

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples87
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

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Shashka

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related to Cited works · 25
Shashka → Acta Periodica Duellatorum, Arms, Claude Blair, Depiction, Dvalishvili, Georgia, ISSN, Kirill, Late XIX, Leonid Tarassuk, Matyas Miskolczi, Outline, Rivkin, Ruslan Urazbakhtin, Russian, Russian Combat Techniques, Scaling, Schuster, Seagate Technology, Shashkas
related to Construction · 20
Shashka → Afghan, Communist, In Tsarist, It, Later, Mosin, Nagant, Officer's, Pattern, Plainer, Russian, Russian Dragoon, Shashkas, Soviet, The, The Caucasian, This, Turkish, Unlike, Western Asian
related to history · 15
Shashka → Ataman Matvei Platov, Battle, Caucasus, Chechens, Cossacks, Despite, Don Cossacks, Georgia, In, It, Leipzig, Napoleon's, October, Russian, The
related to Types · 9
Shashka → At, Gurda, Handle, In, It, The, The Caucasus, This, Volchek
related to Use · 6
Shashka → Caucasus, However, In, Little, Russian, Western European
related to Etymology · 2
Shashka → Adyghe, The
see also · 2
Shashka → Caucasian, Parikaoba/Farikaoba
Blade length · 1
Shashka → approx. 65–86 cm (26–34 in)
Blade type · 1
Shashka → Curved, single-edged
Hilt type · 1
Shashka → Single-handed swept, Without guard

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Important terminology

russian caucasus shashkas type scabbard sabre pattern blade caucasian pommel types sword brass handle weapons non-regulation used 1881 guard length

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ShashkaBlade lengthapprox. 65–86 cm (26–34 in)1.00infobox
ShashkaBlade typeCurved, single-edged1.00infobox
ShashkaHilt typeSingle-handed swept, Without guard1.00infobox
ShashkaMassapprox. 0.3–1 kg (0.66–2.20 lb)1.00infobox
ShashkaPlace of originCaucasus (Probably Georgia)1.00infobox
ShashkaProduced1600 to present (Still in use by Jordan's royal Circassian guard)1.00infobox
ShashkaScabbard/sheathwood and leather decorated with brass, gold and silver.1.00infobox
ShashkaTypeSword1.00infobox
Shashkarelated to Cited worksKirill0.60section
Shashkarelated to Cited worksRivkin0.60section
Shashkarelated to Cited worksScaling0.60section
Shashkarelated to Cited worksSeagate Technology0.60section

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