Minin and Pozharsky: Difference between revisions
Minin and Pozharsky: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Minin and Pozharsky: Difference between revisions
Minin and Pozharsky (Минин и Пожарский; 'Minin i Pozharskiy') is a 1939 Soviet B&W movie directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Mikhail Doller (The End of St. Petersburg). 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:
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.
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.
