MEDIEVAL BULGAR WEAPONRY AND MILITARY SCIENCE: FACTS AND FALLACIES
The history of Bulgar weaponry and military science was determined by Bulgar struggle with the nomads on the one hand, and Russia on the other. Weapons and ammunition of both enemies influenced those of the Bulgars. Yet Bulgar weaponry retained its peculiar features – it was heavier, that nomadic, but lighter, than the weaponry of the Old Russia. The examined material helped determine the stages and character of the development of different types of weapons. It is proven that the determinant factor of their evolution was the knightly set of armament. The paper criticizes the methodology applied by K.A. Rudenko to the analysis of Bulgar weaponry