Topchubashi - Sea, War And Beauty

An 1879 Pattern Midshipman’s Dirk, 45.5cm blade by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London

Janissary's sword (Janitscharenschwert) mod. 1729. Saxony. Introduced by Augustus the Strong, who had a select unit of "Janissaries" modeled after the Ottomans.

Clippership Cutty Sark running before the Wind, by John Stobart (1929-2023)

Christmas at Sea, by Anton Otto Fischer, 1926

the wreck of tankers Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-139 in the Kerch Strait on December 15, 2024

New book of "Russian Knights" (Russkie Vityazi) publishing house. O. Leonov, V. Glazkov. Uniforms of Russian Navy. 1703-1800. This is the latest book in a series of publications about the uniform of the Russian Navy. however, chronologically it is the first one.