Nagaika

A short loop is attached to the handle so that the nagayka would hang from the arm when the grip is released or lost.

According to Vladimir Dahl's "Explanatory Dictionary of the Live Great Russian language", this nagayka was called volkoboy (волкобой, "wolf-slayer").

[3] At the same time the nagaika was known to be used against unarmed people, e.g. for corporal punishment or to disperse public disorders[4] (e.g., during Russian Revolutions),[5] so that a mounted cossack using a nagayka against worker or student demonstrators become a symbol of tsarist oppression.

[citation needed] In 2014, members of Pussy Riot were attacked by Cossacks wielding nagaikas and pepper spray while protesting.

(35-36 cm) long, is passed through a hole drilled in the wood, the ends of which are tied and form a loop for putting on the rider's arm.