The Departed (Gorod)
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The Departed Gorod ("The Town")) is a 2017 (filmed 2015) Russian crime TV series. The plot is set in 1961 in a small Soviet town of Strunyovo. The crime rate in the town is very low, unlike the neighboring towns and villages. While investigating a murder, the detective of local Ugolovny Rozysk (criminal investigation department) Rodion Stotskiy finds out the the reason of the serenity in Strunyovo is that the town is the center of the wide crime web, headed by the legendary crime boss Papa ("Dad"). Numerous criminals pose as ordinary, innocent townspersons, but when Stotskiy finally uncovers Papa, he has to withstand in the war against the ruthless and well-organised gang.
In 2018 the series was followed by the sequel Gurzuf (English release title The Departed - Season 2 ).
The following weapons were used in the television series The Departed (Gorod) :
Pistols TT-33 TT-33 pistols are used by Militsiya personnel, notably the detective of Ugolovny Rozysk Sr. Lieutenant Rodion Ilyich Stotskiy (Pyotr Fyodorov ), Sgt. Taras Zaytsev (Evgeniy Antropov ), nicknamed "Tarasik" (a diminutive from Taras), and the head of local Militsiya Capt. Ivan Zakharovich Liznyuk (Igor Chernevich ), and also by numerous criminals. Both pre- and post-1947 versions are seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Post-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tarasik draws a TT to threaten a criminal. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of Tarasik's TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stotskiy and Tarasik hold their pistols during the mock execution of Yashka Ilyin aka Yashka the Gypsy. After a single shot, Stotskiy's pistol jams. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A criminal Vovchik Potapov (Denis Bespalyy) fires at Stotskiy during the Militsiya operation against money counterfeiters. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Crime boss Pyotr Gavrilovich Shunin aka Zmey ("Snake") (Sergey Sosnovskiy) holds a TT in the scene on the sawmill. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of Stotskiy's TT in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stotskiy with a TT in hand arrests Yashka the Gypsy (Vyacheslav Chepurchenko) who carries a lot of weapons: a Karabiner 98k rifles, three TT pistols and a Makarov PM pistol. A TT in Yashka's right hand is a CO2 Gletcher replica (see below), TT pistols in his left hand and in his belt appear to be genuine guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tarasik holds a TT of post-1947 version; in previous scenes he had a pre-1947 pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capt. Liznyuk holds a TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Criminal Genych (Vitaliy Moskovoy) holds a TT. A strange pin is seen in the back part of frame below the slide. Possibly it has something with the deactivating of the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Criminal Grisha Ivolgin aka Drozd ("Thrush") (Mikhail Gorskiy) fires his TT during the bandits' attack on the Militsiya percinct. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stotskiy fires at bandits. In this scene he has a different pistol, with differently blued frame and slide. Gletcher TT In the scene on the sawmill, CO2 Gletcher TT pistols are used instead of real guns that are mostly seen throughout the series.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gletcher TT-P - .177 Error creating thumbnail: File missing An unnamed Militsioner aims a TT. Note the white inscription on the slide. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yashka the Gypsy (Vyacheslav Chepurchenko) holds a Gletcher TT in his right hand (this pistol is seen better on the next screenshot). TT pistols in his left hand and in his belt appear to be genuine guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sgt. Taras Zaytsev ("Tarasik") takes the Gletcher from Yashka. Again the white inscription on the slide is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tarasik with Yashka's pistol and Militsioner Renat Galimov (Azamat Nigmanov ) (at the right). Galimov's TT is also a Gletcher. Makarov PM Militsiya personnel also use Makarov PM pistols, notably seen in hands of Starshina Nazar Akimovich Barsukov (Vladimir Yumatov ) and Kostya Nilin (Daniil Islamov), and of Egor Chashchin (Vladislav Abashin ) who helps Militsiya during the climactic battle. PMs are also by some criminals. All PMs in the series turn out to be blank- or gas-firing versions and airsoft replicas of several models. While they are not identified for sure, some guesses are possible.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: MP-371 blank-firing pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: MP-654K, late version - .177 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nilin holds a PM during the raid on a brothel, revealed in a women's hostel. This pistol with the narrowed front part is possibly a blank-firing MP-371. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Barsukov holds a similar PM in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A criminal holds a PM in the scene on the sawmill. This gun lacks any kind of extractor; such feature allows to make a guess that this is a CO2 replica MP-654K of early version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grip of a PM is in the belt of Yashka the Gypsy (Vyacheslav Chepurchenko). This pistol seems to be a blank-firing version rather than an airsoft one. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of Galimov's PM holster that looks empty. Galimov is seen only with a TT that wouldn't fit in PM holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Egor Chashchin holds a PM that was given to him by Stotskiy before the bandits' attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Crime boss Uncle Pasha (Pavel Poymalov) hands a PM to one of his henchmen during the attack on the Militsiya percinct. This pistol is possibly the MP-371. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A bandit fires the PM. This pistol is possibly the MP-371. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chashchin fires at attacking bandits. Rifles and Assault Rifles AK-47 During the climactic battle two bandits are armed with AK-47s (possibly a single prop is reused).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type II AK-47 (note the stock mounting bracket) with prototype slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A bandit fires the AK. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the AK. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The bandit is gunned down by Stotskiy. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another bandit fires an AK. Mosin Nagant M1944 Carbine Two bandits are armed with Mosin Nagant M1944 Carbines (possibly a single prop is reused).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A carbine is seen in the trunk of Uncle Pasha's car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A bandit aims the carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He is gunned down and drops the gun. The bracket of the removed folding bayonet can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another bandit with a carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Again the bracket of the removed folding bayonet can be seen. Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Sniper Rifle Local woman Zoya Bashaeva (Olga Demidova), who was a sniper during the war, fires a Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Sniper Rifle at bandit Drozd.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Sniper Rifle with PU 3.5x sniper scope and down turned bolt handle - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zoya Bashaeva works the bolt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zoya Bashaeva with the sniper rifle. Karabiner 98k A Karabiner 98k rifle is seen among the weapons of Yashka the Gypsy (Vyacheslav Chepurchenko). This rifle is most likely a non-firing Denix replica. During the climactic battle two rifles that also seem to be 98k are seen in Uncle Pasha's car.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Manufactured in Germany, 1937. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 98k is one of Yashka's weapons. The wooden parts look somewhat unnatural, allowing to guess that the rifle is a replica. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the barrel. The rifle has late, simplified version of the barrel bands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Uncle Pasha takes a rifle from the trunk of his car and hands it to his henchman. This rifle has standard Mauser 98-style barrel bands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another rifle in the trunk. It also appears to be a Kar 98k. Izhmash PSR Izhmash PSR air rifles are seen in the scene in the shooting gallery, used by the supervisor of the gallery Musa (Fyodor Lavrov), Yegor Chashchin (Vladislav Abashin ), Zoya Bashaeva (Olga Demidova), Vovchik Potapov (Denis Bespalyy), Uncle Pasha (Pavel Poymalov), Drozd (Mikhail Gorskiy) and Genych (Vitaliy Moskovoy).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Diana Model 25 Air Rifle - .177. PSR is the license-manufactured version of Diana 25 and looks nearly same. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rifle on the stand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yegor Chashchin aims. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The gallery superviser Musa aims. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Musa loads the gun. Another gun is seen on the stand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zoya Bashaeva loads the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vovchik Potapov with the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Uncle Pasha aims. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Drozd loads the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Genych with the rifle. Shotguns Double Barreled Shotgun A Double Barreled Shotgun is a weapon of the watchman of a warehouse. Only barrels are seen, so the exact model cannot be identified.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A shotgun next to sleeping watchman. Sawed-Off Double Barreled Shotgun A Sawed-Off Double Barreled Shotgun with exposed hammers is used by a local scum Tolya Karyakin (Igor Bityutskiy). The base gun is very likely a TOZ-B or TOZ-BM.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The sawed-off shotgun is seen in the trunk of Uncle Pasha's car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Uncle Pasha hands the sawed-off shotgun to Tolya. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tolya takes the gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Starshina Nazar Akimovich Barsukov (Vladimir Yumatov ) holds the gun, confiscated from Tolya.Other Weapons F-1 Hand Grenade During the climactic battle, Drozd (Mikhail Gorskiy) carries a pair of F-1 hand grenades . The traces of the pink painting on the fuze indicates that this is an URG practice grenade.
URG practice grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Uncle Pasha gives two grenades to Drozd. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Drozd readies a grenade... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...but has no chance to throw it, being gunned down by Zoya's well aimed shot. In one scene the audience is watching the classic 1934 Chapaev
Error creating thumbnail: File missing On the cinema screen (at the background) Pet'ka (Leonid Kmit ) holds an RG-14 hand grenade . Error creating thumbnail: File missing On screen (at the far right) the Maxim machine gun is seen. English Poster English language release poster 
