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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 | ||
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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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=Muskets= | =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.]] | ||
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[[Category:Vsevolod Pudovkin]] | [[Category:Vsevolod Pudovkin]] | ||
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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.
