Thanks Joe!!
Sword Ping!!!
The sword doesn’t look late-medieval. That it was a cherished gift that Yermak carried around I can understand but the legend that he actually fought with it seems far-fetched. Soldiers tend to prefer weapons modern to them; a commander would also want to encourage the men to use their customary weapons and so would not want to provide an example to the contrary. The Russian infantry weapon as Freelance Warrior showed was a saber, not a straight double-edge sword.