Fiery Roads (Ognennye dorogi)
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Singer of the Revolution (Pevets revolutsii , Uzbek title Inqilob kuychisi ) is the third film of Soviet Uzbek TV series Fiery Roads (Ognennye dorogi) (filmed in 1982, released in 1983). It depicts the wanderings of Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi in Central Asia, Ottoman Empire and British India in 1910s, and his participation in Russian revolution 1917.
The following weapons were used in Season 3 of the television series Fiery Roads (Ognennye dorogi) :
Revolvers
Nagant M1895
Nagant M1895 revolvers are seen in hands of several Kokand townspersons, and by government officers as well as revolutionaries. Both pre- and post-1930 versions are seen.
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 Russian Nagant 1895, produced 1920s - 7.62x38N. The rounded front sight is a sign of revolvers produced from 1890s until 1930.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the performance of Hamza's play a wealthy merchant Ahmadbai (Abdulkhair Kasymov) draws a Nagant to stop the performance (Ep.11).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sadiqjan Salihbaev (Bimbolat Vatayev ) hands a Nagant to his son Jamal (Maksud Imatshoyev ) and orders to kill Hamza but Jamal refuses and threatens to shoot himself.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of blank cartridges in the cylinder.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sadiqjan takes the revolver back. The grip is seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian Army officer threatens a train engineer who refuses to start the train.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chief of Kokand uyezd (district) Gen. Viktor Medynskiy (Igor Dmitriev ) fires at rioting croud.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Medinskiy is close to suicide when he hides in Orthodox church (an absurdity for real Ortodox Christian!).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bolshevik Gafur (Murod Rajabov ) hands a revolver to Hamza. This is a pre-1930 Nagant.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hamza holds a Nagant.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Alchinbeck Naziri (Bakhodir Yuldashev ) holds a revolver (Ep.12).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bolsheviks on barricade. Comrade Andrey (Vsevolod Safonov ) (at the left) and Dr. Ivan Antonovich (uncredited) (at the right) fire Nagants.
Pistols
TT-33
When Hamza visits Syria (at that time a part of Ottoman Empire) in Ep.9, an anachronistic TT-33 is carried by an Ottoman policeman. Probably it stands for similar looking FN Model 1903 that was issued to Ottoman police (8,000 ordered in 1908-1914).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yaqub (Ali Isaev-Avarskiy) grabs a pistol from policeman's holster.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yaqub with the TT. The pistol has pre-1947 slide serration.
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Colt M1911A1
When Hamza visits British India in Ep.9, British Capt. Richardson (Timofey Spivak ) carries an anachronistic M1911A1 pistol.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Richardson draws his pistol on Hamza. His Beatles-style hairdress and sideburns hardly fit for British officer.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The scene is repeated in the opening of Ep.10 but slightly different.
Rifles
Mosin Nagant M1891/30
Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles, standing for original M91s, are used by Russian police in Kokand and Odessa. In Ep.12 during the revolutionary events of 1917 M91/30 rifles are used by Bolsheviks and government soldiers.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hamza helps Bolsheviks of Odessa to smuggle rifles from abroad.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Odessa policemen with rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kokand police hold rifles during people riot (Ep.11).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A gorodovoy (policeman) (cameo of production designer Anatoliy Shibaev) turns on revolutionaries side and fires his rifle, saving Hamza from police officer.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Umid Abdusalamov (Shavkat Abdusalamov ) with rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Umid fires, covering his comrades who carry wounded Hamza.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bolsheviks on barricade. In first row are Umid, Gafur (Murod Rajabov ) and Farhad (Farhad Haydarov ) with rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jamal (Maksud Imatshoyev ) fires his rifle.
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Lee-Enfield Mk.I
In the scene of Hamza's wanderings in British India in Ep.9, British soldiers carry Lee-Enfield Mk.I rifles.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of Lee-Enfield is seen at the left.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the left carries a Karabiner 98k , while two soldiers at the right are armed with Lee-Enfield and M1917 Enfield .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view of Lee-Enfield.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of Lee-Enfield is seen at the right.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield Mk.I* CLLE (Charger Loading Lee Enfield) - .303 British. Note this rifle is a modified version of the original Magazine Lee-Enfield rifle Mk.I as opposed to the later Short Magazine Lee-Enfield.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield is seen on the foreground. The shape of the front sight resembles Mk.I* rather than original Mk.I, seen above. The barrel band looks too large but it can be a non-standard piece, added during a repair.
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Enfield Pattern 14
Enfield Pattern 14 (or a mix of P14s and M1917 Enfields ) rifles are also seen in hands of British soldiers and Ottoman policemen in Ep.9 (these scenes are set in 1910s, before the appearance of this rifle).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of Enfield is seen at the right.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the left carries a Karabiner 98k , while two soldiers at the right are armed with Lee-Enfield Mk I and Enfield P14.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the right carries an Enfield rifle.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A British soldier carries an Enfield rifle.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A rebellous native holds a rifle, taken from British soldier.
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Karabiner 98k
Anachronistic Karabiner 98k rifles are also seen in hands of British soldiers in Ep.9.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A British soldier with 98k guards a group of arrested natives.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the left carries a Karabiner 98k, while two soldiers at the right are armed with Lee-Enfield Mk I and M1917 Enfield .
Trivia
Holsters
Error creating thumbnail: File missing British officer Williams (Aleksandr Fridental) carries a holster for Luger P08 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing British officer Richardson (Timofey Spivak ) carries a holster for Luger P08 though his pistol is M1911A1 (see above).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Ottoman policeman (Shakhmar Alekperov) carries a holster for Luger P08 .
Artillery
In Ep.9 British troops in India use a field gun for execution of local rebels, like it was during the Great Indian Rebellion of 1857. The gun itself looks more like a mockup, made of parts of real guns as well as metall tubes. Same looking props are seen in It Was in Kokand (Eto bylo v Kokande) , also filmed by Uzbekfilm.
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