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Demon of the Revolution (Demon revolyutsii) is a 2017 Russian historical TV series. The plot is set in 1915-1917 and depicts the activities of the Russian revolutionary Alexander Parvus (Fyodor Bondarchuk). In the series, Parvus is depicted as the intermediary between the German General Staff and the Russian Bolsheviks and the organiser of Vladimir Lenin's travel back to Russia from Switzerland through Germany in April 1917 (this issue is highly controversial, and a lot of different opinions exist).
Except for the 6-part TV series, released in 2017, the 8-part Director's cut also exists; it was released in 2018 under the title Memorandum Parvusa (Parvus' Memorandum). A two-part theatrical release under the title Lenin. Neizbezhnost (Lenin. Inevitability' English release title The Lenin Factor) was released in 2019. The current page is based on the 6-part release.
The following weapons were used in the television series Demon of the Revolution (Demon revolyutsii):
Nagant M1895 revolvers are used by Russian revolutionaries Leonid Borisovich Krasin (Dmitriy Ulyanov), Jakub Stanislavovich Ganetsky (Dmitriy Lysenkov) and Khromov (Sergei Legostaev), Parvus' bodyguard Grisha (Sergey Gromov), officers of Russian counterintelligence service Rotmistr (Capt.) Aleksey Nikolaevich Mezentsev (Maksim Matveev), Col. Vasiliy Georgievich Turkestanov (Aleksandr Baluev), and some Russian officers and NCOs. Nagants are also used by Danish police; in this case Nagants are used as a replacement for Danish M1880/85 revolvers.
Both pre- and post-1930 revolvers are seen. Sometimes these models switch to each other due to numerous continuity errors.
Parvus' emissary Sofiya Rudneva (Paulina Andreeva) carries an anachronistic Harrington & Richardson Model 733 which can be standing in for a Bulldog revolver. The nickel finish allows to identify the revolver as Model 733, contrary to a Model 732 which is the same gun except for the blued finish. This particular H&R revolver can be seen in several Russian movies and TV series of 2010s, filmed at Mosfilm.
A revolver is partially seen in the pocket of a Russian emigrant and agent of Russian secret police Ilya Tatarskiy (Evgeniy Konstantinov). It it a Bulldog-style revolver, possibly some kind of replica gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe revolver in Tatarskiy's pocket. Only the hammer and the back of the cylinder can be seen. Note the step on the top of the frame that is uncommon for genuine Bulldog revolvers.
Pistols
Luger P08
One of the Danish smugglers uses a Luger P08 during the shootout with police. A Luger is also used by one of the duo of hitmen, making the attempt on Parvus.
In the scene at the Swiss-German border, two of the German soldiers hold Mauser 98-style short rifles with bayonets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingA fat soldier holds a typical post-1898 Mauser short rifle. The rifle sling is attached below the stock so this gun isn't a 98k but rather some non-German (maybe Czech) Mauser of the Interbellum era. Note that the bayonet looks to be attached incorrectly. A similar looking rifle is seen in hands of the fourth from the right soldier.
Gewehr 1888
In the above, scene one or two German soldiers hold Gewehr 1888 rifles.
In the same, scene one German soldier holds an unidentified rifle, possibly some pre-98 Mauser.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe soldier to the left of the fat soldier holds a rifle with straight grip handle that may be some model of pre-1898 Mauser rifle.
Mockup rifle
A Swedish border guard carries a mockup rifle. The reason of using of such a crude mockup during close-ups is unclear.
Some artillery pieces are seen in the documentary footage of the Great War.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingFrench 320mm Mle 1870/81 naval guns on Mle 1916 railway mountings.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA French heavy field gun is seen at the far right. Judging by the general size and the shape of the carriage, this is most likely 120 or 155mm cannon of the de Bange Mle 1877-1878 system.
Trivia
A Russian war loan poster of the Great War era shows Russian soldiers with a Maxim M1910 machine gun. The gunner carries a bebut dagger.
