In 1907, by order No. 287 of the Military Department, the bebut (soldier's curved dagger of the 1907 model) was adopted by the Russian army.

The adoption of the bebut into service with the lower ranks of artillery was caused by the arrival of new rapid-fire guns in the army since 1902. The intensity of the work of the service gun personnel increased significantly, and the authorized artillery checker did not allow quick actions. The commission of the Main Artillery Directorate, considering the issue of re-equipping the artillerymen, issued a unanimous conclusion on the unsatisfactoriness of the artillery piece. 25 people out of 30 voted for the introduction of the dagger.
lack of tradition of owning daggers in the Russian army (except for the Caucasus),
limited combat capabilities of the dagger,
lack of entrenching tool functions.
As an alternative to the bebut, a shortened cleaver with a saw on the butt or an ax were offered. The command considered the arguments against the dagger serious and rearmament was postponed.
In 1907, checkers were replaced by bebut for all gendarmes, except for sergeants. Since 1908, the bebut has been in service with the junior ranks of machine-gun teams. In 1909, by order of the Military Department No. 187 dated May 17 (4, according to the old style), bebut replaced the drafts of all the lower ranks of the artillery troops, except for horse and horse-mountain artillery, sergeants and fireworks in the field foot, mountain and park artillery and trumpeters in foot artillery controls. In 1910, he was adopted by the lower ranks of mounted reconnaissance infantry regiments.

Since 1910, the bebuts were again replaced by checkers at the lower ranks of the gendarmes.

On foot, the bebut was worn on the belt on the left side of the belt buckle, and on horseback, it was shifted to the left side [1].

The main goal of the bebut is to serve as a substitute for a checker where its use is limited by the constraint of conditions. Its length made it possible to confidently use the dagger when cutting. Small curvature did not prevent piercing actions. The double-edged blade and the symmetry of the handle made it possible to perform cutting and cutting actions with different grips. Bebut was officially in service before the 1917 revolution, but was actually used much longer. So, for example, bebut was in service with foot police officers (revolutionary security guards) from August 13, 1918, by decision of the congress of heads of the external security departments of the KVD SKSO (mounted officers were armed with a saber).

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