The Sannikov Land (Zemlya Sannikova)
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The Sannikov Land Zemlya Sannikova ) is a Soviet 1973 adventure movie loosely based on the eponymous novel by Vladimir Obruchev. The movie is directed by Albert Mkrtchyan and Leonid Popov and starring Vladislav Dvorzhetsky , Oleg Dal and Georgi Vitsin . The story tells about a fiction expedition dedicated to the searches of "Sannikov Land", a legendary island in the Arctic Ocean.
The following weapons were used in the film The Sannikov Land (Zemlya Sannikova) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 Revolver In several scenes Evgeniy Krestovskiy (Oleg Dal ), Aleksandr Ilyin (Vladislav Dvorzhetsky ), and Gubin (Yuri Nazarov ) hold Nagant M1895 revolvers (most likely a single piece reused).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 - 7.62x38N. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Retired officer Krestovskiy holds his revolver when speaking with Ilyin, the leader of the expedition. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ilyin holds Krestovskiy's Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ilyin hands the revolver back to its owner. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gubin, sneaking on the ship of the expedition, aims his Nagant at Ilyin. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ilyin with Gubin's Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gubin gets back his revolver after he agrees to join the expedition. Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action Wealthy merchant Tryphon Stepanovich Perfilyev (Nikolai Gritsenko ) gives to his manservant Ignatiy (Georgi Vitsin ) a nickel plated Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action revolver with pearl grips (most likely not original S&W but a European, possibly Spanish clone). Larer Ilyin (Vladislav Dvorzhetsky ) uses Ignatiy's revolver. This revolver may be the same weapon that appears in several other Mosfilm productions, like Shvedskaya spichka Semeynoe schastye Zhestokiy romans
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Orbea Hermanos nickel plated revolver with pearl grips, a Spanish version of Smith Wesson Double Action - .44 Russian Error creating thumbnail: File missing Perfilyev holds the revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Perfilyev gives the revolver to Ignatiy and orders him to kill other members of the expedition if they would find gold on the unknown land. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ignatiy holds his revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ilyin fires at the Onkilon tribesman. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ilyin holds the revolver in the final scene. Muskets Percussion cap musket M1845 During the expedition Ilyin (Vladislav Dvorzhetsky ) and Krestovskiy (Oleg Dal ) carry Infantry Muskets M1845 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian percussion cap musket M1845 - .70 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ilyin holds his musket. Error creating thumbnail: File missing At the background Krestovskiy cocks the caplock of his musket. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view at the barrels of Gubin's and Krestovskiy's weapons. Percussion Cap Carbine Gubin (Yuri Nazarov ) is armed with a short barreled percussion cap musket, possibly a Russian M1849 cavalry carbine.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Russian M1849 percussion cap cavalry carbine Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gubin holds his carbine musket. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view at the barrels of Gubin's and Krestovskiy's weapons. Note the shorter barrel and different muzzle end of Gubin's gun. 
