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|caption = ''Original Russian Poster'' | |caption = ''Original Russian Poster'' | ||
|country = [[Image:SOV.jpg|25px]] USSR | |country = [[Image:SOV.jpg|25px]] USSR | ||
|director = [[Vsevolod Pudovkin]]<br> Mikhail Doller | |director = [[Vsevolod Pudovkin]]<br> [[Mikhail Doller]] | ||
|date= 1939 | |date= 1939 | ||
|language = Russian | |language = Russian | ||
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'''''Minin and Pozharsky''''' (''Минин и Пожарский''; ''''Minin i Pozharskiy'''') is a 1939 Soviet B&W movie directed by [[Vsevolod Pudovkin]] and Mikhail Doller | '''''Minin and Pozharsky''''' (''Минин и Пожарский''; '''''Minin i Pozharskiy''''') is a 1939 Soviet B&W movie directed by [[Vsevolod Pudovkin]] and [[Mikhail Doller]]. Story take place during the end of Time of Troubles and tells about war between Russian peoples under the leadership of merchant Kuzma Minin and prince Dmitry Pozharsky against Polish army and Swedish mercenaries. This is the first movie about Time of Troubles. The second is [[1612]]. | ||
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=Pistols= | |||
==Wheellock Pistol== | ==Wheellock Pistol== | ||
Swedish mercenary Schmidt ([[Lev Fenin]]) fires [[Wheellock Pistol]] during the end of final battle. | Swedish mercenary Schmidt ([[Lev Fenin]]) fires [[Wheellock Pistol]] during the end of final battle. | ||
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[[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy pistol 7.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Note the smoking barrel.]] | [[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy pistol 7.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Note the smoking barrel.]] | ||
=Muskets= | |||
==Wheellock Musket== | ==Wheellock Musket== | ||
Many Russian soldier fires [[Wheellock Musket]]s during the final battle. It's completely historically incorrect. While this type of firearms was exist during the 1613, it was a very expensive gun, which uses only by a rich military personnel or aristocrats, and it absolutely couldn't be the main mass firearm of soldiers in the country, which was destroyed by a long civil war. | Many Russian soldier fires [[Wheellock Musket]]s during the final battle. It's completely historically incorrect. While this type of firearms was exist during the 1613, it was a very expensive gun, which uses only by a rich military personnel or aristocrats, and it absolutely couldn't be the main mass firearm of soldiers in the country, which was destroyed by a long civil war. Historically corect most popular firearm of the time was a [[matchlock musket]] which also appeared in this movie (see bellow), but much less videlly. | ||
[[Image:Mayflower_gun.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mayflower Wheellock Musket]] | [[Image:Mayflower_gun.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mayflower Wheellock Musket]] | ||
[[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy musket 4 1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Russian soldier cleans his musket.]] | [[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy musket 4 1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Russian soldier cleans his musket.]] | ||
[[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy musket 4 2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Perfect view of the buttstock.]] | [[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy musket 4 2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Perfect view of the buttstock.]] | ||
[[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy musket 4 3.jpg|thumb|none|501px| | [[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy musket 4 3.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Wheellock is seen.]] | ||
[[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy musket 4 4.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Russian soldiers aims his musket. Note, that he uses ''berdysh'' as bipode.]] | [[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy musket 4 4.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Russian soldiers aims his musket. Note, that he uses ''berdysh'' as bipode.]] | ||
[[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy musket 4 5.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Close view of the whellock.]] | [[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy musket 4 5.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Close view of the whellock.]] | ||
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[[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy musket 3 2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Another view of the same scene. Note the similar barrel band and ramrod position. Note also, that the second barrel band is broken (it's mark on the stock is seen).]] | [[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy musket 3 2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Another view of the same scene. Note the similar barrel band and ramrod position. Note also, that the second barrel band is broken (it's mark on the stock is seen).]] | ||
=Other= | |||
==Cannon== | ==Cannon== | ||
Polish soldiers and Russian militiamen uses cannons. | Polish soldiers and Russian militiamen uses cannons. | ||
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[[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy Cannon 2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|]] | [[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy Cannon 2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|]] | ||
[[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy Cannon 3.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Russian soldiers near cannon.]] | [[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy Cannon 3.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Russian soldiers near cannon.]] | ||
==Bandolier== | |||
The mandatory part of musketeers equipment, bandolier (that is often forgotten in historical movies) had carried by most of musket wielding soldiers. | |||
[[Image:Minin i Pozharsky Bandolier 1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Russian artilleryman Zotov (Nikolai Nikitich) carry bandolier. In the movie, he didn't use any small arms, but the screenshots were taken from restored version, while the original (and, currently lost) version of this movie runs more the half hour longer than restored version, so, most likelyhe used small arms in the scenes, that later were cutted.]] | |||
[[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy musket 4 2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Bandolier can be seen.]] | |||
[[Image:Minin i Pozharskiy musket 4 7.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Russian soldiers with the bandoliers.]] | |||
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[[Category:Soviet Produced]] | [[Category:Soviet Produced]] | ||
[[Category:Vsevolod Pudovkin]] | [[Category:Vsevolod Pudovkin]] | ||
[[Category:Mikhail Doller]] | |||
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Minin and Pozharsky (Минин и Пожарский; Minin i Pozharskiy) is a 1939 Soviet B&W movie directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Mikhail Doller. Story take place during the end of Time of Troubles and tells about war between Russian peoples under the leadership of merchant Kuzma Minin and prince Dmitry Pozharsky against Polish army and Swedish mercenaries. This is the first movie about Time of Troubles. The second is 1612.
The following weapons were used in the film Minin and Pozharsky:
Pistols
Wheellock Pistol
Swedish mercenary Schmidt (Lev Fenin) fires Wheellock Pistol during the end of final battle.
Muskets
Wheellock Musket
Many Russian soldier fires Wheellock Muskets during the final battle. It's completely historically incorrect. While this type of firearms was exist during the 1613, it was a very expensive gun, which uses only by a rich military personnel or aristocrats, and it absolutely couldn't be the main mass firearm of soldiers in the country, which was destroyed by a long civil war. Historically corect most popular firearm of the time was a matchlock musket which also appeared in this movie (see bellow), but much less videlly.
Matchlock Musket
Matchlock Musket can be briefly seen in the hands of one Polish soldier. Another type of Matchlock Muskets was used by Russian man (Mikhail Gluzskiy). Swedish mercenaries were armed with the matchlock as well.
Charleville Musket
Polish soldier (Aleksandr Chistyakov) fires heavy anochronistic Charleville Musket to wounds Dmitry Pozharsky (Boris Livanov).
Other
Cannon
Polish soldiers and Russian militiamen uses cannons.
Bandolier
The mandatory part of musketeers equipment, bandolier (that is often forgotten in historical movies) had carried by most of musket wielding soldiers.
