The hall “Rus and Horde: 14th Century Warfare” of the State Museum-Reserve “Kulikovo Field” houses a saber. It is part of the offensive weaponry of a warrior from the 14th–15th centuries.
According to the Great Russian Encyclopedia, a saber is a type of melee weapon with a long, narrow blade that can be used for slashing, cutting, or stabbing.
According to most researchers, the saber originated in Russian lands in the 9th–10th centuries spreading from the south and southeast, and it took several centuries for it to replace the sword as the weapon of choice.
The saber was primarily a weapon for horsemen. Warriors would stand up in their stirrups and use their full body weight to deliver a powerful strike with the saber, making it much more effective than a sword. Without stirrups, it is likely that the saber would not have been as effective as it was.
Anatoly Nikolayevich Kirpichnikov wrote in his book “Ancient Russian Weapons”,
