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==Percussion Shotgun==
==Percussion Shotgun==
Several cossacks can be seen armed with the [[Percussion Shotgun]]s. Due the very large calibre, it's  can be genuine percussion cap hunting guns known in old Russia as "shompolka" (slang term from Russian word ''shompol'', which means ramrod). Such guns were produced in late XIX - early XX century and used until mid-XX century, especially in Siberia.
Several cossacks can be seen armed with the [[Percussion Shotgun]]s. Due the very large calibre, it's  can be genuine percussion cap hunting guns known in old Russia as "shompolka" (slang term from Russian word ''shompol'', which means ramrod). Such guns were produced in late 19th - early 20th century and used until mid-20th century, especially in Siberia.
[[Image:Shompolka.jpg|thumb|none|400px|1860 made Percussion Shotgun.]]
[[Image:Shompolka.jpg|thumb|none|400px|1860 made Percussion Shotgun.]]
[[Image:Vidma shotgun 1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Cossacks with the shotguns on the shoulders.]]
[[Image:Vidma shotgun 1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Cossacks with the shotguns on the shoulders.]]

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The Witch
(Vidma)
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DVD Cover
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing USSR
Directed by Galina Shigayeva
Release Date 1990
Language Ukrainian
Studio Dovzhenko Film Studios
Zemlya
Main Cast
Character Actor
Sotnik Zabryokha Bohdan Benyuk
Wrighter Pistryak Lev Perfilov
Witch Yosyp
Olena Galina Kovganich
Old Witch Mariya Kapnist
Demyan Khalyavsky Georgi Gavrilenko
Barkeeper Luba Goy
Paska Lyubov Rudneva
Vivdya Oksana Grigorovich
Levurda Viktor Stepanenko


The Witch (Ukrainian: Відьма; Vidma, Russian: Ведьма; Vedma) is the 1990 Soviet Ukrainian language fantasy-mystery-erotic comedy, based on the novel Konotopska vidma (The Witch of Konotop) by Hryhory Kvitka-Osnovyanenko.


The following weapons were used in the film The Witch (Vidma):


IZh-18 (Sawn-Off, mocked as percussion cap pistols)

Sotnik Zabryokha (Bohdan Benyuk) and near all cossacks carry Sawn-Off IZh-18s mocked as percussion cap pistols on the belts. It's can ID by the crude grip and typical typical spur on the trigger guard.

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Russian M1848 Infantry soldier's percussion cap pistol - .71 caliber
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Izhmekh IZh-17 single barreled Sawed Off shotgun - 16 gauge. The IZh-18 is the same, aside from not having an exposed hammer.
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Sotnik Zabryokha with the IZh-18 on his belt.
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Cossacks with the IZh-18s.
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Sotnik Zabryokha with the IZh-18. The quality of screenshot is medium, but the typical spur on the trigger guard is seen.
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Cossacks with the IZh-18s on the belts.

Percussion Shotgun

Several cossacks can be seen armed with the Percussion Shotguns. Due the very large calibre, it's can be genuine percussion cap hunting guns known in old Russia as "shompolka" (slang term from Russian word shompol, which means ramrod). Such guns were produced in late 19th - early 20th century and used until mid-20th century, especially in Siberia.

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1860 made Percussion Shotgun.
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Cossacks with the shotguns on the shoulders.
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Cossacks carry their shotguns. Note the typical hammer of percussion guns on the shotgun at the center.
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Good view of another percussion shotgun.
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Shotguns barrel with barrel band is seen. Note the very large calibr.