Arme de foc din patrimoniul Muzeului Naţional de Istorie a Moldovei
Firearms from the collection of the National Museum of History of Moldova

Summary/Abstract: The article is the result of the initial stage of studying the NMHM collection of firearms, which includes more than four hundred items received by the museum as a result of gifts, transfers, purchases and archaeological finds. From a typological point of view, these weapons are Western, Eastern, mainly Russian, chronological frames of the collection: from the 15th century, the Middle Ages, to the 20th century. A wide variety of exhibits made it necessary to categorize them. Based on the chronological criterion, the most interesting and valuable samples of firearms from the museum collection are identified. The article supplements the information on firearms from the permanent exhibition, highlighting the most significant centers for the production of firearms. The author pays tribute to the arms designers, as well as lecturers and weapons experts from various universities and military academies of the world, who published articles on military subjects in specialized literature. The history of construction and a description of the components, as well as some technical and tactical characteristics of each type of weapon are presented. The role of museographers and scientific researchers in providing visitors, readers, and all weapon lovers with information on the topic by compiling explanatory texts, publishing catalogs and articles in scientific journals at home and abroad is emphasized.

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