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An antique matchlock firearm known in local tradition as Kara Myltik (or Pilte Myltik). This historical piece reached the territory of Kazakhstan in the late 16th–early 17th century during the period of Dzungar invasions. Shown solely as a cultural and ethnographic artifact, illustrating the material history of that era. ~ Старинное фитильное ружьё, известное в народе как Кара мылтык (или пильте мылтык). Оно появилось на территории Казахстана в конце XVI – начале XVII века во время джунгарских н