L A Bobrov

Biographic Data

ID42418
NAMEL A Bobrov
GIVEN NAMESL A
FAMILY NAMEBobrov
SIGNATUREBOBROV L A
AFFILIATIONSNovosibirsk State University
ORCID0000-0001-5071-1116
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS29
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR29
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Regarding Some Peculiarities of the Defensive and Offensive Weapons of Amir Timur and Timurid Warriors in the Last Third of the Fourteenth to the Fifteenth Centuries

    L A Bobrov, Leonid BobrovARTICLEJournal of Astronomical History…2025

    The flourishing of Muslim science and culture during the Timurid Renaissance was largely due to the patronage of the descendants of the great conqueror Amir Timur (Shah Rukh, Iskandar Sultan, Ulugh Beg, Ibrahim Sultan Baysunghur, etc.). In turn, the political power of the Timurids was based on a very effective military art, which for about a century ensured their dominant position in Maverannahr, Khorasan, and some adjacent territories. An import…

  • Oirat Weapons and Armor in Domestic and Foreign Museum Collections

    Open AccessL A BobrovARTICLETeoriya i praktika arkheologicheski…2025

    The article presents the results of the study of the defensive and offensive weapons of the Oirats (Dzhungars, Kalmyks, “Chakars”, Khoshuts of the Kukunor Plain) of the 17th–18th centuries in museum collections of Russia, Kazakhstan, China, the USA and Great Britain. The main stages, features of the formation and composition of the largest specialized collections are characterized. It has been found out that the earliest of them is the collection…

  • Кольчатое Наголовье Второй Половины Xvi — Середины Xix Вв. Из Собрания Национального Музея Республики Казахстан

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, Л А Бобров et al.ARTICLEProceedings in Archaeology and…2024

    В статье проанализировано уникальное кольчатое наголовье (ҚРҰМ нқ ҚЖ 13), хранящееся в Национальном музее Республики Казахстан. На основании особенностей покроя, артефакт атрибутирован, как один из вариантов кольчатых «башлыков». Ближайшие аналоги происходят с территории Центральной Азии и Южной Сибири. В Казахстане и Мавераннахре (в частности, в Коканде) кольчатые «башлыки» продолжали бытовать вплоть до середины XIX в. Уникальность рассматриваем…

  • The Portrait of heshuo Guo-qinwang Yunli as the Source for Weapons and Horse Equipment of Oirats and their Neighbors in the first half of the 18th Century

    Open AccessL A BobrovARTICLEMongolian Studies2024

    Introduction. The article deals with the portrait of Manchu aristocrat heshuo Guo-qinwang Yunli (1697–1738) — the younger brother of Qing Yongzheng emperor and the uncle of Qianlong emperor. Purpose of the research is to find and study the pieces of weapons and equipment of the Central Asian style in the aforementioned portrait. Results. It is determined that the portrait of Yunli was painted by the famous European artist and missioner G. Castigl…

  • Уложение Тимура» как источник по тактическому искусству чагатайских войск последней трети XIV - начала XV вв

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, Aibolat K Kushkumbaev et al.ARTICLEORIENTAL STUDIES2024

    Introduction. The article examines some historical and other related circumstances behind the creation of Tuzūkāt-i Tīmūrī (The Code of [Amir] Timur). Goals. The paper seeks to identify the narrative's place in a variety of written sources on Chagatai military tactics of the late fourteenth to early fifteenth centuries. Results. The study discovers The Code is a composite work compiled from a text allegedly found in Arabia by Abu TalibTurbati in …

  • Hulaguid, Chagatai and Timurid Armor Garments with In ternally Sewn and Riveted Plates, Fourteenth-Fifteenth Centuries

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, Aibolat K KushkumbaevARTICLEORIENTAL STUDIES2024

    Introduction. The paper considers body armor patterns with hidden plates worn by warriors of Hulaguid Iran, Chagatai Ulus, and the Timurid Empire. In contemporary weapon studies, such armor is known as 'kuyak' or 'brigandine'. Goals. The study aims at identifying features of design and cut inherent to some types of Hulaguid, Chagatai and Timurid 'kuyaks' from the fourteenth-fifteenth centuries. Results. Comparative insights into archaeological an…

  • A Moghul or Early Kazakh Helmet of the 15th — Early 17th Century From the Collection of Zaisan Regional Museum of Local History

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, Л А Бобров et al.ARTICLEProceedings in Archaeology and…2023

    С некоторых пор известный науке железный шлем из Зайсанского историко-краеведческого музея (ЗИКМ, инв. No 2669) стал объектом специального исследования, комплексной целью которого было получение детального представления о месте и обстоятельствах обнаружения, устройстве, размерах, датировке и культурной принадлежности наголовья. Результаты. Шлем найден в 1989 г. в местности «Буркут уя» к юго-востоку от г. Зайсан (Восточный Казахстан). Купол шлема …

  • Чагатайские и тимуридские панцирные нарукавья последней трети XIV – начала XVI в. и их дериваты

    Open AccessL A BobrovARTICLEORIENTAL STUDIES2023

    Introduction. The article deals with plated (lamellar) armguards (‘oversleeves’) used by warriors of the Chagatai Ulus and the Timurid Empire. Goals. The study aims to identify key trends in the evolution of plated armguards across the Chagatai Ulus, the empire of Amir Timur, and the Timurid states in the late 14th to early 16th centuries. Results. The study reveals oversleeve-type armguards were not that rare and exotic in the then armour patter…

  • Копейный бой в военном искусстве калмыков и джунгар XVII – начала XIX вв

    Open AccessL A BobrovARTICLEMongolian Studies2023

    Introduction. The article examines the features of the formation and evolution of the Oirat light cavalry armed with spears of the Late Middle Ages and early Modern times. The purpose of the study is to identify the role of spear fighting in the military practice of the Dzungars and Kalmyks of the XVII – early XIX centuries on the basis of a comprehensive analysis of written, pictorial and material sources. Results. It has been established that i…

  • The Saber Highestly Granted to Noyon Bambar Presented in the Collection of Military-Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineer and Signal Corps

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, M A Anisimova et al.ARTICLEVestnik NSU Series History and…2023

    Purpose. The paper studies the golden saber from the Military-Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineer and Signal corps (The Artillery Museum). Results. Based on the analysis of the construction and decoration of the blade, tang and guard it is supposed that this sample of long-bladed weapon belongs to the group of “chechuga” sabers. In the original configuration the saber had the hilt decorated with gemstones and scabbard covered with leather wi…

  • An Oirat Sphero-Cylindrical Helmet and Arming Cap from the Central State Museum Collection of the Republic of Kazakhstan

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, Ziyabek E Kabuldinov et al.ARTICLEArchaeology Ethnology and…2023References: 2

    We describe an unusually shaped riveted sphero-cylindrical iron helmet and an accessory arming cap made of fabric (Cat. No. 2067/8), owned by the Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan. On the basis of museum documents, we reject the former geographic attriЬution-Semirechye, southeastern Kazakhstan. !nstead, we demonstrate that the items come from the former Cossack village Magnitnaya (presently Magnitogorsk, Southern Urals). Typologi…

  • Колчан XVII - середины XVIII вв. из собрания Тобольского историко-архитектурного музея-заповедника

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, I V BalyunovARTICLEORIENTAL STUDIES2023

    Introduction. The paper examines a richly decorated leather quiver (ВО-73) housed at Tobolsk Reserve Museum of History and Architecture. This quiver has never been subject to scholarly research. Goals. The study aims to introduce the artefact into scientific circulation, date it, and clarify its cultural attribution. Results. The article reveals the quiver arrived in Tobolsk Governorate Museum in 1890 to mid-1891. Typologically, such quivers clus…

  • Solid-Forged Oirat Helmet From the Collection of Akmola Regional Historical Museum

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, A K Kushkumbaev et al.ARTICLEHistory of the Homeland2022

    The article studies the iron helmet under inventory number GIK-228, stored in Akmola regional historical museum (AOIKM, Kokshetau, Kazakhstan). The purpose of this article is to provide a detailed description of the helmet’s construction and design, as well to define its age and attribution. By its material, the helmet is classified as an iron helmet, by its construction it is solid-forged and by its shape it is spherocylindrical. As a result of …

  • ‘Big’ Oirat Spherocylindrical Helmet in the Tobolsk Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve Depositary

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, I V BalyunovARTICLETeoriya i praktika arkheologicheski…2022

    The article studies the helmet under inventory number ВО-171, stored in the Tobolsk Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve (THAMR) depositary. Previously, the helmet attracted the attention of scientists; however it has never been the object of an independent scientific study. The key objectives is to provide a description of the construction and design of the helmet, clarify its dating and attribution, reconstruct its potential original app…

  • Armor Plates from the Excavations of V. V. Radlov in the Collection of the State Historical Museum

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, Sergei ZozuliaARTICLEVestnik NSU Series History and…2022

    Purpose. The paper focuses on the armor plates stored in the funds of the State Historical Museum (SHM). They come from the burial mound excavated by V. V. Radlov in the Prichulym region in 1863. Results. The set consists of 30 plates on which the remains of the organic basis of the armor are fixed. All plates of the series have a prominent (tier-like) surface, 29 of them are equipped with five iron rivets located in a cross. Two plates had buckl…

  • Вооружение и знамена мусульманского населения Восточного Туркестана и сопредельных территорий середины XVIII в. по материалам «Циньдин Хуанъюй Сиюй тучжи»

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, Alexey M PastukhovARTICLEMongolian Studies2021

    Introduction. The article deals with the juan (chapter) 42 of the Qing source “Qinding Huangyu Xiyu tuzhi” written in the second half of the 18th century and devoted to the weapons and banners of the Muslim population (Huibu) of the former Dzungar state. The chapter has not been previously translated into European languages and has not been the object of a special study either. The purpose of the research is to examine and introduce this new data…

  • Вооружение и знамена ойратов Джунгарии середины XVIII в. по материалам «Циньдин Хуанъюй Сиюй тучжи

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, Alexey M PastukhovARTICLEORIENTAL STUDIES2021

    Introduction. The article deals with "Qinding Huangyu Xiyu tuzhi" (QHXT), the Qing source of the second half of the 18th century, namely its chapter (juan) 41 devoted to the weapons and military symbols of the Oirats of the Dzungarian state (1635-1758). The chapter in question has not been translated into Russian, neither has it been the subject of a special study so far. The aim of the present article is to introduce the evidence of this part of…

  • A Saber of the Kazakh Vali Khan from the Collection of the Moscow Kremlin Museums

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, Vasily R NovoselovARTICLEVestnik NSU Series History and…2020

    Purpose. We describe a saber from the collection of the Moscow Kremlin Museums (Inventory no. 4427). Results. The total length of the saber is 101.5 cm including the length of the blade 87.5 cm. When in the scabbard, the length is 106.5 cm. The grip and metal elements of the scabbard are made of gilded silver. Their surface is decorated with floral engraving. Mounts and big bezels contain pieces of turquoise and jade. The grip is inlaid with jade…

  • Three Sabers of the Mongol Empire Times from the Territory of Kazakhstan

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, Айболат Кайрслямович Кушкумбаев et al.ARTICLEVestnik NSU Series History and…2020

    Purpose. The article considers three sabers stored in the Akmola Regional Museum of Local History (inv. No. ГИК 2322/1, ARMLH, Kokshetau, Kazakhstan), National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan (inv. No. KRUM 802, NMRK, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan) and a private collection. The saber from NMRK was found in a destroyed mound in the Shet District, Karaganda Region (Central Kazakhstan). Results. Total lengths of these sabers are: 90.5, 73.0 and 91 cm …

  • Three Sabers with Wooden Hilts of the 17th – Mid 19th Centuries from the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, Daniyar IsmailovARTICLEVestnik NSU Series History and…2019

    Purpose. The article provides a detailed description of three sabers with wooden hilts stored in the funds of the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan (PMO 3025-1.2, PMO 6265, PMO UK 8227), Astana. Results. Based on the structural analysis of the items and their design, we identified that Saber 1 from the NMRC (PMO 3025-1.2) is one of the varieties of Persian Shamshirs. The blade with the shank, garda and a wooden sheath with hoop could …

  • A “Timurid” Saber from Samarkand

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, К С ХайдаковARTICLEVestnik NSU Series History and…2019

    Purpose. We describe an original saber discovered in Samarkand in 1969 during construction work in an old building. Presently, the saber is stored in a private collection. We determine the attribution and the time period for this sample of a long-blade weapon based on its features and available examples. Results. The saber features a sharp-triangle blade made of welded bulat “damask” and a bronze handle with a short C-style guard crowned with ima…

  • A Central Asian Helmet from the Northern Kazakhstan Regional Museum

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, Daniyar IsmailovARTICLEArchaeology Ethnology and…2019

    We describe a richly decorated iron helmet owned by the Northern Kazakhstan Regional Museum in Petropavlovsk. It consists of a low solid hemispherical crown, a slightly convex plate, made of copper alloy, with an opening for a (missing) tube in which the plume was inserted, a wide iron hoop, and a bipartite visor of the box type. The two last-named elements are covered with Arabic inscriptions inlaid in gold. Those on the hoop are verses from the…

  • Once Again about the “Suzun” Helmet

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, Bobrov L et al.ARTICLETeoriya i praktika arkheologicheski…2017

    The article considers a riveted iron helmet stored in the funds of the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of Siberia of Tomsk State University. The headpiece was found in the late 19th century in the Suzunsky pine forest in the vicinity of the Osinino lake (currently - the Suzunsky district of the Novosibirsk region). The helmet has already twice been the object of scientific research (in 1888 and 2007). The present work analyzes the elements …

  • “Uzbek” Helmet of the 17th – the Beginning of the 19th Century from the Collection of the Russian Ethnographic Museum

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, Bobrov L et al.ARTICLETeoriya i praktika arkheologicheski…2017

    The article examines the riveted iron helmet (No8761-12918), stored in the funds of the Russian Ethnographic Museum (St. Petersburg). The headdress was purchased in one of the cities of Central Asia in 1892-1895 and entered the museum collection in 1948. The helmet was attributed by Soviet researchers as a product of Uzbek craftsmen. Until now, it has not been published and has not been the object of a special scientific study. The height of the …

  • Yuliy Sergeyevich Khudyakov – Founder of the Siberian Arms Researching School

    Open AccessL A Bobrov, Bobrov L et al.ARTICLETeoriya i praktika arkheologicheski…2017

    The article examines the scientific biography of the famous Soviet and Russian archaeologist and arms expert Yuliy Khudyakova who turns 70 this year; singles out the main stages of the scientist’s career; identifies key directions of his research in the studying of the military and cultural heritage of the nomads of Central Asia and Southern Siberia of the Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the early period of Modern Times. The analysis is given to c…