Аннотация
At present, problems associated with the study of the Scythians are acquiring increasingly greater relevance. According to assumptions by contemporary Russian scholars, the Scythians are considered to be the progenitors of the Slavs. These assumptions are based on several written sources (Herodotus’ The Histories, Nestor’s The Tale of Bygone Years, The Nikon Chronicle, et al.) and materials from archeological digs, which attempt to disclose the chronological and geographical framework of the Scythian civilization. They supplement material and written sources by ancient Greek myths and use linguistic and numismatic information, thereby illuminating the antiquity of our nation. Based on information from V. V. Latyshev’s Journal of Ancient History, G. Dumézil’s short work Scythians and Sleighs, Z. Gasanov’s Royal Scythians, and many other scholarly works, this article examines problems of military policy and analyzes the weapons, tactics, maneuvers, and stratagems of the military affairs of the Scythians against their enemies.