A set of ceremonial armor for horse and rider made by 16th-century German craftsman Lochner, presented to Tsar Fyodor I of Russia by King Stephen Bathory of Poland.
Kremlin Armoury
A pair of ceremonial muskets presented to Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich by the English in 1626 on the occasion of his wedding.
Moscow Kremlin Museums
A regal saadak (quiver and bowcase) brought by merchants from Istanbul as a gift for Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich in 1656.
Moscow Kremlin Museums
A pernach (flanged mace) cast in pure gold, presented to Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich by Shah Abbas II of Persia in 1658.
Moscow Kremlin Museums
A hunting rifle presented by gunsmiths from the Tula arms factory to Emperor Peter II in 1728.
V.Ron/Oruzhie, 2009
The hunting rifle of Empress Anna Ioannovna, made by Laurent de Lachaise, with an engraved image of the hunting goddess Diana in a chariot drawn by dogs.
The State Museum of the South Ural History
Two pistols made by gunsmith Nicolas-Noël Boutet, presented by Napoleon to Emperor Alexander I at the conclusion of the Treaty of Tilsit in 1807.
State Hermitage Museum
A hunting rifle made by gunsmith Nicolas-Noël Boutet, presented by Napoleon to Emperor Alexander I at the conclusion of the Treaty of Tilsit in 1807.
State Hermitage Museum
A saber presented to Emperor Alexander I during his visit to England in 1814; the weapon was made from a meteorite found in South Africa in the late 18th century.
State Hermitage Museum
When Vladimir Lenin fell seriously ill in 1923, workers at the Tula arms factory sent him a hunting rifle as a gift. “May this gun, forged by loving hands down to the last screw, take aim in your hands with the same precision as you have taken aim at enemies of the proletariat throughout your whole life,” read the accompanying letter.
Ww2 - "Antikvarny Okhotnik"
An Uzbek saber presented to Stalin. Engraved on the scabbard are lines by the Turkic poet Ali-Shir Nava'i: “He who wants to cleanse the world of evil enters the battle on the side of good; the sword in his hands is unrestrainedly severe, and knows no mercy for enemies.”
A Thompson M1A1 submachine gun gifted to Joseph Stalin by weapons designer Russell Maguire.
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Colt revolvers presented by US President Gerald Ford to Soviet Secretary General Leonid Brezhnev in 1974.
Oleg Lastochkin/Sputnik
A Spanish 9mm Astra pistol presented to Secretary General Leonid Brezhnev by the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Central Armed Forces Museum of Russian Federation
A saber and scabbard with suspension cord in a case, presented to Leonid Brezhnev by Saddam Hussein.
Emil Matveyev/TASS
A saber and scabbard with accompanying note, presented to Leonid Brezhnev by Yasser Arafat in 1974.
Emil Matveyev/TASS
Russian President Boris Yeltsin receives an antique French sword and scabbard from French President Francois Mitterrand (left) in honor of the 50th anniversary of Victory Day at a gala reception in the Kremlin in 1995.
Dmitryi Donskoy/Sputnik
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain presents a Damascus steel sword to Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2016.
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During a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un in 2019, the latter presented a Korean sword to the Russian leader, saying that it personified his soul and the soul of the North Korean people.
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