рубка лозы , ждигитовка

English translation: stunt riding

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Russian term or phrase:	джигитовка
English translation:	stunt riding
Entered by:	Data (X)

08:07 Dec 28, 2001

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Russian term or phrase: рубка лозы , ждигитовка

I have this sentence:
"Меня зачислили командиром отделения в 15 кавалерийский дивизион, и поручили проводить занятия с красноармейцами по рубке лозы и ждигитовке."
I would like to know what those terms mean, that the Red Army used to learn in their Calvary Divisions. But if you have the time, I would appreciate a stab at translating the whole sentence.
Thank you very much.

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Explanation:
OK, basically рубка лозы is an exercise teaching soldiers how to use their cold arms (sabers in this case) when riding a horse. You can find a detailed description of how this was done here: http://www.fstanitsa.ru/war_mrubloza1.shtml

Джигитовка is the art of horseriding. SOme of the English equivalents I could find are stunt riding and jigitovka (although I'm not sure about the last one). Here's a description of what it is and where it comes from: http://www.horses.ru/horsemanship/jighitovka.htm

As for the whole sentence, I would probably say something like "I was appointed squad leader in the 15th Cavalry Batallion, charged with teaching soldiers stunt riding and using their cold arms".

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2 Milana: Да, рубка лозы - это именно про шашки. Это базовое упражнение по владению холодным оружием - по указанной ссылке все очень подробно описано, а джигитовка - от джигита, во второй ссылке вся история расписана. Удачи.

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Thank you Data! - I found your references very helpful, please enter these terms in the glossary as you see fit.

Thanks again,
Milana.
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trick/stunt riding

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Thank you Data! - I found your references very helpful, please enter these terms in the glossary as you see fit.

Thanks again,
Milana.

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trick/stunt riding

Explanation:
I agree with the translation given of the word
in question; it's a matter of preference of which rodeo
term you want (since we don't have jigits in the US :-)

"Kholodnoye oruzhiye" is not "cold arms" (sounds
like a distant girlfriend :-); a British military dictionary
translates it as "silent weapons" (anything that doesn't go "bang"), while US sources say "cold gun" (!) or "long arms" (examples given include "bow and arrow, knives, swords,
and clubs"). Generally, caution has to be used in appropriating official British terminology for American use, but in this case I vote for "silent weapons" since
that, IM[H]O, best describes this class of weapons.

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