The permanent exhibition “Relics from the Battle of Kulikovo” presents a spearhead — a part of a pole weapon used for piercing and cutting in the 12th–15th centuries. The spearhead is 36.6 cm long, the diameter of the socket is 3.5 cm, the maximum width of the body is 5.1 cm. The spearhead has a socket. The wide body has an elongated triangular shape and a cross section in the form of a rhombus. The body has characteristic beveled shoulders. There are two longitudinal — relative to the axis of the weapon — elongated oval grooves with oval holes (0.3×0.9; 0.3×0.6 cm) on each side, near the edge of the socket.
The spearhead is kept in a private collection as a family heirloom. According to the owner Nikolai Lvovich Mitrofanov, he got the spearhead from his grandmother, Ksenia Ludvigovna Bavykina (Savina), born in 1919, a native of the village of Petrovochka, Novomoskovsky district, Tula Oblast. According to Ksenia Ludvigovna Bavykina, she got this item from her grandfather, who also lived in the Tula region. He found it at the site of the Battle of Kulikovo.
A replica of this spearhead, which was made in 2006, is currently held by the State Military Historical and Natural Museum-Reserve “Kulikovo Field”. In terms of its proportions and construction, the spearhead is very similar to the spearhead found in 1956 near the village of Khvorostyanka. However, this specimen is slightly larger.
Blacksmiths made spearheads in different ways. For example, they made them all-steel or placed a steel rod between two iron ones. The shaft of the spear could sometimes be protected with a metal coating so that the enemy would be unable to cut it.
The spearhead is kept in a private collection as a family heirloom. According to the owner Nikolai Lvovich Mitrofanov, he got the spearhead from his grandmother, Ksenia Ludvigovna Bavykina (Savina), born in 1919, a native of the village of Petrovochka, Novomoskovsky district, Tula Oblast. According to Ksenia Ludvigovna Bavykina, she got this item from her grandfather, who also lived in the Tula region. He found it at the site of the Battle of Kulikovo.
A replica of this spearhead, which was made in 2006, is currently held by the State Military Historical and Natural Museum-Reserve “Kulikovo Field”. In terms of its proportions and construction, the spearhead is very similar to the spearhead found in 1956 near the village of Khvorostyanka. However, this specimen is slightly larger.
Blacksmiths made spearheads in different ways. For example, they made them all-steel or placed a steel rod between two iron ones. The shaft of the spear could sometimes be protected with a metal coating so that the enemy would be unable to cut it.
