ЗРАЗКИ ЗБРОЇ, ЕЛЕМЕНТІВ ОЗБРОЄННЯ ЧАСУ ПОЛЬСЬКО-РОСІЙСЬКОЇ ВІЙНИ 1920 РОКУ З КОЛЕКЦІЙ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОГО МУЗЕЮ ІМЕНІ КОРОЛЯ ЯНА ІІІ ТА ЛЬВІВСЬКОГО ІСТОРИЧНОГО МУЗЕЮ

Abstract

The events Polish-Russian war of 1920 assisted to substantial addition and enriching of collections at first the National museum the name of king Jan ІІІ in Lviv, and afterwards his successor – Lviv Historical Museum, by various objects, in particular, by a weapon, elements of armament, military accoutrement These objects can be conditionally divided into three groups: weapon and armament, related to Ukrainian military subdivisions, weapons, armament of Poland, weapons of Russian-bolshevik invaders of period of war of 1920.The publication examines in more detail the events of the Polish-Russian war of 1920, analyzes the characteristics of weapons and weapons of the conflict: cold steel (bayonets, sabers, checkers), firearms (rifles of various systems, revolvers), elements of protective weapons (helmets), which were used in the Active Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic, the Polish army, in the Russian-Bolshevik so-called red army.Particular attention is paid to samples of memorial weapons belonging to soldiers of the Ukrainian (sword of Otaman Yaroslav Voevidka), Polish armies (sword of Lieutenant Jan Kazimir Bodnowski). Weapons and weapons originating from the sites of specific battles of the Polish-Russian war of 1920 (for example, the saber of an unknown Polish soldier found in the Rivne region near the village of Klekotiv, where in 1920 there was a battle between Polish units of Jozef Haller and Special brigade of the 1st Cavalry Army of Russia, helmets were damaged by Russian swords of soldiers of the Polish volunteer battalion under the command of Major Roman Abraham, who died on August 17, 1920 in the battle near Zadvirya, trophy Russian cut obtained in the battles near Bar in 1920 and transferred named after King Jan III Captain, Adjutant of the Sylvester Strilchyk-Vysotsky).