mystery bronze bell

[rockpassion]

found this 8 kilo heavy bronze bell in a garage sale. It has the name Leena in russian on it, if i am correct. If anyone can read russian let me know the translation. And does anyone know how old it is and what type bell it is?

 

[HistoryTeacher]

Very cool! Russian ship bell? They have had some Lenas

 

[rockpassion]

Very cool! Russian ship bell? They have had some Lenas

yes russian ships bell, but this Lena is with double ee. can only find a modern garco ship with that name. the bell is 19th century.

 

[Red-Coat]

Would not ‘LEENA’ in Russian be ‘ЛЕНА’?

Close examination of the letters shows that the third letter is asymmetrical and has an indent in the right-hand upright, so I think it’s actually a К not an Н. The second letter is symmetrical, with no indent in the arm, so I think that’s an ‘Н’, which would make the inscription 'ЛНКА' (transliterating to 'LNKA' in English) and presumably as a set of initials rather than a word.

It’s also not clear (from the pictures) if the first letter is actually a ‘Л’ rather than a ‘П’ but it looks more like the latter. If that's the case it would read 'ПНКА', transliterating to 'PNKA' in English.

 

[Red-Coat]

This is probably a complete red herring, but there are a series of organisations in the Russian Federation called ‘ЛНКА’ (English transliteration LNKA), with the initials standing for Lezginskaya Natsionalno-Kulturnaya Avtonomiya’ (Lezgian National and Cultural Autonomy.)

It’s a public body that represents and protects the interests and heritage of the minority population of Lezgin people who live mainly in Dagestan within Russia, but also in various other areas such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkey.

The organisation says [translated] that “Citizens of the Russian Federation and local LNKA can become members of the FLNKA if it is impossible to create a regional LNKA on the territory of a subject of the Russian Federation.” The FLNKA (written in Russian as ФЛНКА) is the Federal umbrella authority for these local branches, founded in Moscow in 1999, but there’s no information about whether local organisations existed before that and ultimately united as a national group.

For sure it’s not the kind of organisation that would be running ships, but I suppose it’s possible they might be operating from civic buildings where a bell in celebration of Lezgin heritage could be appropriate.

 

[rockpassion]

This is probably a complete red herring, but there are a series of organisations in the Russian Federation called ‘ЛНКА’ (English transliteration LNKA), with the initials standing for Lezginskaya Natsionalno-Kulturnaya Avtonomiya’ (Lezgian National and Cultural Autonomy.)

It’s a public body that represents and protects the interests and heritage of the minority population of Lezgin people who live mainly in Dagestan within Russia, but also in various other areas such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkey.

The organisation says [translated] that “Citizens of the Russian Federation and local LNKA can become members of the FLNKA if it is impossible to create a regional LNKA on the territory of a subject of the Russian Federation.” The FLNKA (written in Russian as ФЛНКА) is the Federal umbrella authority for these local branches, founded in Moscow in 1999, but there’s no information about whether local organisations existed before that and ultimately united as a national group.

For sure it’s not the kind of organisation that would be running ships, but I suppose it’s possible they might be operating from civic buildings where a bell in celebration of Lezgin heritage could be appropriate.

WOW you did your research i am impressed. thank for the info

 

[ArfieBoy]

And... Red-Coat shares his vast knowledge again! Thanks R-C! Nice bell too, rockpassion! Congratulations.