Soldiers Were Going (Shli soldaty...)
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Soldiers Were Going Shli soldaty... ) is a Soviet 1959 (filmed 1958) historical movie directed by Leonid Trauberg. The story is set in October 1917. During the fraternization on Russian-German front soldiers of both armies were shelled by artillery. Two surviving Russians, accompanied by a German and a Russian nurse, move to Petrograd with a demand from frontline soldiers to the highest authorities to stop the war. After many troubles, they appear in Petrograd in the days of Russian revolution and join the Red Guards.
The following weapons were used in the film Soldiers Were Going (Shli soldaty...) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 In one scene Bolshevik soldier Yegor Mikhaylov (Mikhail Ulyanov ) holds a Nagant M1895 revolver. In same scene a prison warden Ivan Petrovich (Georgiy Budarov ) carries a Nagant in holster. A Nagant is also used by an Anarchist robber (uncredited).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Anarchist holds a Nagant during the robbery of "bourgeoisie " in restaurant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The post-1930 angular front sight is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The prison warden carries a Nagant holster. Judging by the lanyard, the revolver is in the holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yegor Mikhaylov holds a Nagant when releasing the main characters from prison. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Mikhaylov's Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grip of Mikhaylov's revolver is seen. Pistols Mauser C96 Several revolutionaries use Mauser C96 pistols. A Mauser is also seen in hands of an Anarchist robber (uncredited).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Anarchist sailor (uncredited) holds a Mauser during the robbery of "bourgeoisie " in restaurant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the Mauser pistol (at the left) in same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A revolutionary sailor (Ivan Selyanin ) with a Mauser C96. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The sailor holds his Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A commander of Red Guard (uncredited) leads his men with a Mauser C96 in hand. FN Model 1900 In the scene in the train an FN Model 1900 is seen in hands of General's adjutant (Anatoli Chemodurov ), then it is taken by the General (Vladimir Belokurov ), and at last Yegor Mikhaylov (Mikhail Ulyanov ) disarms the General.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN Model 1900 - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing General's adjutant, Podporuchik (2nd Lt. rank) threatens Mikhaylov with FN 1900 pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol on the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The General reaches the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mikhaylov punches the General and disarms him. Luger P08 A German Lt. (Vladimir Kolchin ) carries a pistol in TT-33 holster. Some detailes that can be seen match Luger P08 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grip of the pistol is partially seen. Its shape allows to make a guess that the pistol in holster is a P08. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891 Most Russian soldiers and Red Guards are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry rifles.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Imperial Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Okhrimchuk (Aleksandr Shirshov ) holds a rifle with a makeshift white flag on bayonet when he approaches the German trenches for fraternization. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian soldiers with rifles. At the left Senior Unter-officer (Fyodor Odinokov ) holds an M91 with bayonet, attached backwards. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Senior Unter-officer hands the rifle with white flag to Pvt. Matvey Kuzmich Krylov (Sergey Bondarchuk ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Krylov holds the rifle with white flag. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Ilya Semyonovich Sorokin (Andrei Petrov ) holds a rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian soldiers with rifles. Some wear M1917 steel helmets with the insignia of strike unit. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldier Jakob Hoffmann (Erast Garin ) carries an M91 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Krylov and Sorokin with rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Firing squad of Cossacks ready to fire. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An aged Cossack (Aleksandr Gumburg ) aims his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hoffmann holds an M91 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Guards (mostly sailors) during the revolutionary events in Petrograd. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Out of time Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines are briefly seen in hands of Red Guards.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sailor at the left holds an M38 Carbine. Mauser Gewehr 1898 Several German soldiers hold full-length Mauser rifles, most likely Gewehr 98s .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier with Mauser rifle. The rifle seems to have flat rear sight instead of Lange-Visier ; such version match post-1918 Reichswehr Gewehr 98s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view of barrel and bayonet. The bayonet is short 84/98 or later 98k, issued for Kar 98k (both look very similar). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier holds a Mauser rifle at far left. Machine Guns Chatellerault M1924/29 A Chatellerault M1924/29 light machine gun (without magazine) is mounted on a German airplane (real weapons of German planes were Parabellum MG14 and LMG 08/15 ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chatellerault Mle 1924 M29 Light Machine Gun - 7.5x54mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chatellerault machine gun on a German plane. The gunner-observer drops a crude mockup of aerial bomb. Maxim M1910/30 Junkers (cadets) on defence of the Provisional Government fire an out of time Maxim M1910/30 machine gun of post-1940 version.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing RG-14/30 hand grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the robbery in restaurant Anarchist sailor carries a hand grenade in his belt. He is armed with a Mauser C96 (see above) and with another, poorly seen handgun that is possibly a Nagant revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing On Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies a revolutionary sailor at the right holds a grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sailor (at the background) in Smolny, the headquarters of Bolsheviks, carries a grenade. Trivia Holsters Error creating thumbnail: File missing General's adjutant carries a TT-33 holster. His handgun is an FN Model 1900. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yegor Mikhaylov carries a TT holster. His handgun is a Nagant M1895. Artillery 76.2mm M1902 (or, more likely, M1902/30 with L30 barrels) are seen in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 3-inch gun under cover on rail flatcar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two 3-inch guns at the entrance of Smolny. Armour A replica of Austin armoured car is seen during the revolutionary events in Petrograd. It is based on Austin-Putilov version, identified by diagonally placed turrets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing An armoured car in front of Smolny. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The vehicle seems to lack the machine guns in turrets. Airplane When a German airplane is seen in flight, is is a scale model looking similar to Etrich Taube.
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