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A new exhibition, devoted to the history of duel in Russia will be open on June 20, in Saint Petersburg Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineering Forces and Army Signal Corps. More than 350 exhibits will be displayed here, among them – cold steel and firing arms, garments, archive documents, pictures. The exhibition covers the history of duels in Russia, from 1637 till the beginning of the 20th century. In 1637 a duel was documented for the first time. And in 1894 duels were legalized after a long period of prohibition.
Both ordinary and well-known people took part in duels, among them – poets, generals, officers, men of history and culture. Most famous names of duelists are: poets A.S.Pushkin, M.Lermontov, N.Gumilyov, writers I.Turgenev, L.Tolstoy.
Different arms were popular in different periods of time – there were court swords, sabers, rapiers, guns. Famed armourers were often invited to make the arms. Dueling arms cost 10 times more than ordinary armour. Author’s dueling pairs were decorated with carvings, different markings and superscriptions, precious stones.
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