The Meeting at High Snows
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The Meeting at High Snows Vstrecha u vysokikh snegov ) is a 1981 Soviet adventure mini series directed by Zinoviy Royzman. In early 1900s Dzhuma Saidov, a villager from Russian Turkestan, is unjustly sentenced to hard labor in Siberia. Dzhuma manages to escape, joins a gang of highwaymen, then participates in Russian Civil war in White Army, changes sides and enters Red Army, and after the war, in 1920s, he at last returns to his native land. Taking part in the struggle against Basmachi , Dzhuma uncovers that their leader Khudayberdy is his own son, born while Dzhuma was in prison, and brought up by Dzhunma's old enemy Appanbai.
The following weapons were used in the film The Meeting at High Snows (Vstrecha u vysokikh snegov) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 In several scenes in all three episodes Nagant M1895 revolvers are used by Dzhuma Saidov (Nazim Tulakhodzhayev ). Also Nagants are seen in hands of Konstantin Ivanovich Zubov (Les Serdyuk ), Ekaterina Zubova (Natalya Brazhnikova ), Matvey Kolosov (Valeri Kozinets ), and some minor characters.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. This example was dated 1939 manufacture and was a War time issued weapon. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bolshevik Konstantin Zubov's Nagant is seen at the left (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Matvey Kolosov, commander of Red unit, holds a Nagant (at the right) (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chekist Sabir Shukurov (Isamat Ergashev ) disarms Dzhuma, suspecting him to be an accomplice of Basmachi (Ep.2).Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the muzzle of Ekaterina Zubova's Nagant (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dzhuma holds a Nagant (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ekaterina Zubova fires (Ep.3). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dzhuma holds a Nagant (Ep.3). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dzhuma fires his revolver in the climactic scene (Ep.3). Warnant Revolver A commander of basmachi gang Abdulla (uncredited) carries a Warnant revolver in one scene in Ep.2. The screen revolver has a spur on trigger guard, unlike the sample. Such feature, styled after Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model , appears on Warnant Russian Model revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Warnant Revolver Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shot Abdulla drops his gun. Pistols Mauser C96 Mauser C96 pistols are used by several characters, including robbers chieftan Timokha "The Earring" (Avgust Baltrusaitis ), Red sailor Aleksandr Feofanov (Valeri Olshansky ), Chief of local Cheka Konstantin Zubov (Les Serdyuk ), member of Kokand Revolutionary Committee Mukhtarov (Bakhadyr Yuldashev ), and Qurboshi Khudayberdy (Dzhanik Fayziev ).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Timokha "The Earring", the chieftan of Siberian highwaymen, carries a Mauser in wooden holster (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red sailor Aleksandr Feofanov, company commander in Red Army, holds a Mauser. His empty holster is seen clearly (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Konstantin Zubov holds a Mauser C96 instead of his common Nagant revolver (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zubov returns the holstered Mauser to Uraza (Murad Radzhabov ), former Basmach (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mukhtarov carries a Mauser in holster. It appears to be a classic pre-war version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mukhtarov fires at pursuing Dzhuma (Ep.3). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol is seen cycling. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Qurboshi Khudayberdy (Dzhanik Fayziev ) with Mauser (Ep.3).Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mukhtarov fires his pistol in the climactic scene (Ep.3). Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 In Ep.1 soldiers, prison guards and robbers in Siberia use Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles, standing for original M91s. Later M91/30 rifles are seen in hands of Red and White soldiers.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers on railway station (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dzhuma (Nazim Tulakhodzhayev ) makes his way through the snow-covered taiga after the prison break, holding the rifle, taken from a guard (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers guard the treasery cash (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Timokha's brigands fire M91/30 rifle and M38 Carbine (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army platoon commander Grekov (Valery Zakharyev ) (at the right) with a rifle (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing White soldiers with rifles (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Due to a continuity error, Shukurov's (Isamat Ergashev ) M38 Carbine switches to a full-length rifle (Ep.3). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red soldiers with rifles (Ep.3). Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Many Red soldiers and Chekists , including Dzhuma Saidov (Nazim Tulakhodzhayev ), Sabir Shukurov (Isamat Ergashev ), Khamidov (Dzhamal Khashimov ), and others, carry anachronistic Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines in Eps.2 and 3.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Siberian brigands fire M91/30 rifle and M38 Carbine (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red soldier escorts arrested Basmach Shakir (Farkhad Khaydarov ) (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shukurov fires single-hand at escaping Shakir (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shukurov carries an M38 Carbine in another scene. Note that this rifle is different from the one, used by Shakirov in earlier scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dzhuma fires his carbine (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A spy Salim-khan, posing as Medical orderly Tukhtayev (Melis Abzalov ), with a carbine (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shukurov carries a carbine (Ep.3). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Khamidov carries a carbine (Ep.3). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dzhuma reloads (Ep.3). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Basmachi with M38 Carbine and Karabiner 98k (Ep.3).Karabiner 98k Basmachi widely use anachronistic Karabiner 98k rifles. Hunter Shadman (Shukhrat Irgashev ) carries a 98k rifle in Ep.3.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the opening scene of Ep.1, set in early 1900s, Utanbay's henchman Nazir (Shukhrat Irgashev ) holds a heavily out of time Karabiner 98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Basmach with 98k rifle (Ep.2). In previous moment this character has an "obrez". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shadman (the second character of Shukhrat Irgashev ) holds a 98k rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shadman's rifle and Shukurov's Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine are seen at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of Abdulla's men (at the background) carries a 98k rifle (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bashmachi rifles (Ep.3).Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shadman holds his rifle in Ep.3. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Basmachi with 98k rifles (Ep.3).Error creating thumbnail: File missing Basmachi with Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine and Karabiner 98k (Ep.3).Unidentified Mauser Rifles In one scene in Ep.3 a Red soldier carries a full-length Mauser rifle. It has turned down bolt handle but other details are unclear. Karabiner 98b is a possible but not confirmed guess.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98b - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red soldier carries Mauser rifle (Ep.3). In one scene in Ep.3 a Basmach carries a carbine length Mauser rifle. It has straight bolt handle. Vz.24 Czech Mauser rifle is a possible but not confirmed guess.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Czech vz. 24 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Enfield P14 In Ep.3 several characters are seen with Enfield Pattern 14 rifles (both models can be found in Soviet movies).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pattern M1914 (P 14) Enfield - .303 UK Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Former Basmach Mulabek (Saidmurad Ziyautdinov ) carries an Enfield rifle. The buttstock matches P14 model rather than M1917. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Enfield rifle is seen in hands of Chekist Khudoyarov (F. Akhunov), disguised as a Basmach , in same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nazarbay's bodyguard with Enfield rifle. Ross Mk III Several Ross Mk III rifles are seen in a pile of weapons, captured from Basmachi , in Ep.3.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ross Mk III Model 1910 - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ross rifles are seen at the left and on top in center. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of a Ross in center. Mosin Nagant "Obrez" Mosin Nagant "obrez" sawed-off rifles are used by Siberian highwaymen, including Timokha "The Earring" (Avgust Baltrusaitis ) and Dzhuma Saidov (Nazim Tulakhodzhayev ), in Ep.1 and by Basmachi in Eps.2 and 3.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sawn-off Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R. In Russian such weapon is called "obrez " which means "cut". It was mostly used by criminals and rebels. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Timokha holds an "obrez" when he finds freezing, half-dead Dzhuma in taiga (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Timokha's "obrez". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dzhuma uses an "obrez" when he joins Timokha's gang. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the robbers holds an "obrez" during the ambush. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Basmach holds an "obrez" (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A shot Basmach drops his "obrez" (Ep.3). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several "obrez" are seen in a pile of guns, captured from Basmachi , in Ep.3. Shotguns Mosin Nagant/Frolov Shotgun "Obrez" Several characters use "obrez" sawed-off guns that appear to be based on "Frolovka" shotgun (some versions of "Frolovka" lacked the protruding magazine). It appears to be a single prop, reused in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Frolovka" R-32 shotgun (converted Mosin Nagant rifle) - 32 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Utanbay's henchman Nazir (Shukhrat Irgashev ) holds an "obrez" in Ep.1. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Basmach (third character of Shukhrat Irgashev ) holds same looking "obrez" in Ep.2. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same looking "obrez" is hold by one more Basmach in Ep.3. Single Barreled Shotgun Some of Timokha's brigands are armed with Single Barreled Shotguns in Ep.1 (possibly some IZh model).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several brigands carry shotguns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A shotgun is seen at the right. Machine Guns Maxim M1910 In several scenes Red troops use Maxim M1910 machine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910, simplified version with smooth water jacket - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A barrel of Maxim M1910 (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red soldiers fire a Maxim (Ep.3). While the machine gun itself fits for the time, the metal-link belt is anachronistic, as Maxim machine guns used canvas belts until 1940s. Maxim M1910/30 Anachronistic Maxim M1910/30 of post-1940 version are also seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910/30, post 1941 manufacture with top hatch on cooling jacket allowing it to be filled more quickly or with snow - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army soldiers deploy a Maxim in Ep.2. This is post-1940 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim is seen in Basmachi camp (Ep.3). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red soldiers carry a Maxim (Ep.3). Trivia Holsters Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian officer, armed with a Nagant revolver, has a holster for TT-33 pistol (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two White Army officers carry Nagant holsters. The first one (Stanislav Fesuynov) has a leather holster, and the second (Aleksey Kozhevnikov) has a kirza (Russian type of artificial leather) holster of Soviet pattern. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red cavalryman carries a holster for TT (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dzhuma carries a Nagant in kirza holster (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of Dzhuma's Nagant holster (Ep.3). 
