За производството на огнестрелно оръжие в Сливен според новопостъпил ръкопис в Регионалния исторически музей
On the Production of Firearms in Sliven according to a Newly Received Manuscript in the Regional History Museum

Author(s): Nikolay Sirakov
Subject(s): History, Local History / Microhistory, Modern Age, 17th Century, 19th Century
Published by: Център за стопанско-исторически изследвания
Keywords: gunsmithing; rifles; crafts; Ottoman Empire; musket; armoury
Summary/Abstract: A copy of a stolen manuscript was received in the fund of the Regional History Museum - Sliven. It examines the topic of weapon production in Sliven in the 17th - 19th centuries. According to the newly acquired manuscript of D. Dobrev, rifle workshops were equipped with blowers, anvils, and various tools. Carbines, forged blunderbusses, long and thin “boyliya” rifles, long-barrel pistols, “syungiya” rifles, and the expensive “Dzhuver” rifles are produced. Arms production has a significant role in the economic life of Sliven. The nascent Bulgarian pre-industrial manufacturing industry led to glamorous economic, political and cultural events. The last weapon, a hunting rifle, was made by the old masters of Sliven. It belongs to Georgi Makaschiev and is kept in the Regional Museum.

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