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To Survive Until Dawn
(Dozhit do rassveta)

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Directed by	Viktor Sokolov Mikhail Yershov
Release Date	1975
Language	Russian
Studio	Lenfilm

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Lt. Ivanovsky	Aleksandr Mikhajlov
Pvt. Pivovarov	Aleksei Goryachev
Sgt. Lukashov	Aleksei Pankin
Petty Officer Dyubin	Nikolai Kuzmin
Yaninka	Svetlana Orlova

To Survive Until Dawn (a direct translation of original title Dozhit do rassveta) is a 1975 Soviet war drama directed by Viktor Sokolov and Mikhail Yershov and based on the same name novel by Vasil Bykov. In late November 1941, during the Battle for Moscow, a Soviet commando group under the command of Lt. Ivanovsky (Aleksandr Mikhajlov) is sent behind enemy lines in order to find and destroy the ammunition depot. But their mission went wrong from the start...

The following weapons were used in the film To Survive Until Dawn (Dozhit do rassveta):

Submachine guns

PPSh-41

A PPSh-41 is the weapon of main character Lt. Ivanovsky (Aleksandr Mikhajlov).

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-'''''Dozhit do rassveta''''' is a 1975 Soviet war film directed by Viktor Sokolov and Mikhail Yershov and based on the same name novel by [[Vasil Bykov]]. The movie was never released with an English title (however the translation of the Russian title is '''''To Survive Until Dawn''''').
+'''''To Survive Until Dawn''''' (a direct translation of original title ''Dozhit do rassveta'') is a 1975 Soviet war drama directed by Viktor Sokolov and Mikhail Yershov and based on the same name novel by [[Vasil Bykov]]. In late November 1941, during the Battle for Moscow, a Soviet commando group under the command of Lt. Ivanovsky ([[Aleksandr Mikhajlov]]) is sent behind enemy lines in order to find and destroy the ammunition depot. But their mission went wrong from the start...
-The commando group of the Soviet Army lead by Lt. Ivanovsky ([[Aleksandr Mikhajlov]]) is sent in the German rear in order to find and destroy the ammunition depot. But their mission went wrong from the start...
-Most of the story takes place in night so many screenshots are dark.
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 =Submachine guns=
-== PPSh-41 SMG ==
-The [[PPSh-41]] is the weapon of main character Lieutenant Ivanovsky ([[Aleksandr Mikhajlov]]).
-[[File:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|400px|PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
-[[File:Rassvet-PPSh-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lieutenant Ivanovsky with PPSh during the ski raid.]]
-[[File:Rassvet-PPSh-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Wounded Ivanovsky gives his PPSh to Pvt. Pivovarov ([[Aleksei Goryachev]]).]]
-== MP40 SMG ==
+== PPSh-41 ==
-The [[MP40]] SMG are used by German soldiers.
+A [[PPSh-41]] is the weapon of main character Lt. Ivanovsky ([[Aleksandr Mikhajlov]]).
-[[File:MP40Side.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm]]
+[[File:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|400px|PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
-[[File:Rassvet-MP40.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Two German soldiers with MP40s guard a Russian POW.]]
+[[File:DdR-PPSh-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|One of the scouts of Capt. Volokh's group holds a PPSh in the opening scene.]]
+[[File:Rassvet-PPSh-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lt. Ivanovsky with PPSh during the ski raid.]]
+[[File:DdR-PPSh-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Ivanovsky fires a PPSh during the night encounter with German soldiers.]]
+[[File:Rassvet-PPSh-2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Wounded Ivanovsky gives his PPSh to Pvt. Pivovarov ([[Aleksei Goryachev]]).]]
+== MP40 ==
+In the opening scene Capt. Volokh ([[Vadim Spiridonov]]), Lt. Ivanovsky ([[Aleksandr Mikhajlov]]), Pogrebnyak ([[Aleksandr Yanvaryov]]) and several other scouts of Volokh's group use captured [[MP40]] SMGs. MP40 are also briefly seen in hands of German soldiers.
+[[File:MP40Side.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MP40 - 9x19mm]]
+[[File:Rassvet-MP40.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Two German soldiers with MP40s convoy captured Pogrebnyak.]]
+[[File:DdR-MP40-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Pogrebnyak, saved by Ivanovsky's soldiers, picks up an MP40 of a German soldier.]]
+[[File:DdR-MP40-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Capt. Volokh (at the left) holds an MP40.]]
+[[File:DdR-MP40-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lt. Ivanovsky with MP40.]]
+[[File:DdR-MP40-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|One of Volokh's scouts fires an MP40 single-hand.]]
+[[File:DdR-MP40-6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Ivanovsky fires an MP40.]]
+[[File:DdR-MP40-7.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A German soldier with MP40 guards the fuel depot.]]
 =Rifles=
-== Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine ==
+== Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine ==
-Most Soviet soldiers of the commando group are armed with [[Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine]]s.
+Most members of the group - Sgt. Lukashov ([[Aleksei Pankin]]), Pvts. Pivovarov ([[Aleksei Goryachev]]), Krasnokutskiy ([[Pavel Kashlakov]]), Zayats (Yuriy Chuprin), Sudnik ([[Valeriy Filonov]]), Khakimov (N. Dautov), and Kudryavets (A. Bondarenko) - are armed with [[Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine]]s. Lt. Ivanovsky ([[Aleksandr Mikhajlov]]) carries Pivovarov's carbine in the final scene.
 [[File:M38Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR]]
+[[File:DdR-Mosin38-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sudnik holds a carbine.]]
+[[File:DdR-Mosin38-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lukashov carries a carbine.]]
+[[File:DdR-Mosin38-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Pivovarov holds a carbine.]]
+[[File:DdR-Mosin38-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lukashov carries a carbine.]]
 [[File:Rassvet-Mosin-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine is seen near gravely wounded Pvt. Khakimov (N. Dautov).]]
+[[File:DdR-Mosin38-7.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Pivovarov carries a carbine.]]
+[[File:DdR-Mosin38-8.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
+[[File:DdR-Mosin38-9.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Wounded Lt. Ivanovsky with Pivovarov's carbine.]]
-=Machine guns=
+== Mosin Nagant M1891/30 ==
+[[Mosin Nagant M1891/30]] rifles are briefly seen in hands of Soviet soldiers in several scenes.
+[[Image:M9130.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R]]
+[[File:DdR-Mosin-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier in center holds a full-length rifle.]]
+[[File:DdR-Mosin-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier with M91/30 rifle in trench.]]
+== Mauser Rifle ==
+In the final scene a German soldier holds some Mauser rifle, possibly a [[Karabiner 98k]].
+[[File:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
+[[File:DdR-Mauser-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
+= Machine Guns =
 == Degtyaryov DP-27 ==
-The [[Degtyaryov DP-27]] is used by one of soldiers in the commando group.
+''Starshina'' (Sgt. Maj.) Dyubin ([[Nikolai Kuzmin]]) carries a [[DP-27]] machine gun.
 [[Image:DP-28.jpg|thumb|none|400px|DP-27 machine gun - 7.62x54mm R]]
-[[File:Rassvet-DP-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Close view on the muzzle of DP.]]
+[[File:DdR-DP-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Dyubin carries a DP when the group goes to the raid.]]
-[[File:Rassvet-DP-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The soldier is reading DP for firefight.]]
+[[File:Rassvet-DP-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Close view on the muzzle of DP. Dyubin also carries Zayats' M38 Carbine.]]
+[[File:Rassvet-DP-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Dyubin readies his DP for battle.]]
-== Maxim MG ==
+== Maxim M1910/30 ==
-The [[Maxim M1910/30]] MG is seen in one scene.
+A [[Maxim M1910/30]] is seen in Soviet trench.
 [[File:1910-30.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Maxim 1910/30 - 7.62x54mmR.]]
 [[File:Rassvet-Maxim.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Maxim is seen in Soviet trench.]]
-=Other weapons=
+== MG34 ==
+A machine gun that is supposed to be an [[MG34]] is seen mounted on a motorcycle.
+[[Image:mg-34.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
+[[File:DdR-MG-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A German motorcycle with machine gun is seen during the opening credits.]]
+== DShK ==
+[[DShK]] heavy machine gun in triple AA mounting is seen in documentary footage of the Battle for Moscow.
+[[Image:DShK-on-wheeled-mounting.jpg|thumb|none|400px|DShK 1938 on wheeled mounting - 12.7x108mm]]
+[[File:DdR-DShK-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
+== 37mm 61-K AA Autocannon ==
+[[37-mm M1939 (61-K)|37mm 61-K AA Autocannon]] is seen in documentary footage of the Battle for Moscow.
+[[Image:M1939 61-K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37x252SR]]
+[[File:DdR-61K-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
+= Other Weapons =
 == RPG-40 Anti-tank Grenade ==
 In the final scene Lt. Ivanovsky uses a grenade. It is seen in darkness but its shape and size resembles [[RPG-40]].
 [[Image:RPG-40ATGrenade.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Soviet RPG-40 anti-tank grenade. The manual for use of grenade is seen on its body.]]
-[[File:Rassvet-grenade.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lieutenant Ivanovsky with the grenade in final scene.]]
+[[File:DdR-Grenade-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
+[[File:Rassvet-grenade.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
+[[File:DdR-Grenade-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Ivanovsky readies the grenade, pulling the pin with his teeth.]]
+[[File:DdR-Grenade-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Ivanovsky blows the grenade.]]
+== 45mm 53-K AT Gun ==
+[[45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K)|45mm 53-K]] AT guns are seen during the opening credits.
+[[Image:53-K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45 mm (1.77 in)]]
+[[File:DdR-Artillery-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A 45mm gun in action.]]
+[[File:DdR-Artillery-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A 45mm gun on a road under attack of German planes.]]
+= Trivia =
+== Artillery ==
+[[Image:85mm Air Defense Gun M1939 (52-K).jpg|thumb|none|400px|85mm Air Defense Gun M1939 (52-K) - 85x629mm R]]
+[[File:DdR-Artillery-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
+[[File:DdR-Artillery-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|[[85mm Air Defense Gun M1939 (52-K)|85mm 52-K]] AA guns are seen in documentary footage of the Battle for Moscow.]]
+[[File:DdR-Artillery-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Soviet battery of 76.2mm ZiS-3 field guns under attack of German troops. In reality ZiS-3 appeared only in 1942.]]
+[[File:DdR-Artillery-6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|122mm A-19 heavy field gun is seen in documentary footage.]]
+[[File:DdR-Artillery-7.jpg|thumb|none|500px|152mm Br-2 heavy gun is seen in documentary footage.]]
+== Armour ==
+[[File:DdR-Armour-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
+[[File:DdR-Armour-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
+[[File:DdR-Armour-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|T-44 tanks are visually modified as German Pz.IV of late modifications with long guns. Such version of Pz.IV didn't exist during the Battle for Moscow.]]
+[[File:DdR-Armour-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M3 Scout Car that was supplied to USSR via lend-lease appears as a German APC (seen on the bridge).]]
+[[File:DdR-Armour-7.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Soviet postwar BTR-152 stand for a German APC.]]
+[[File:DdR-Armour-08.jpg|thumb|none|500px|BT-7 tank is seen in documentary footage of the Battle for Moscow.]]
+[[File:DdR-Armour-9.jpg|thumb|none|500px|T-35 heavy tank is seen in documentary footage of the Battle for Moscow.]]
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+[[Category:Drama]]
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Submachine guns

PPSh-41

MP40

Rifles

Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine

Mosin Nagant M1891/30

Mauser Rifle

Machine Guns

Degtyaryov DP-27

Maxim M1910/30

MG34

DShK

37mm 61-K AA Autocannon

Other Weapons

RPG-40 Anti-tank Grenade

45mm 53-K AT Gun

Trivia

Artillery

Armour

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