Fiery Roads (Ognennye dorogi)
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Fighting Turkestan (Boryushchiysya Turkestan , Uzbek title Kurashayotgan Turkiston ) is the fourth film of Soviet Uzbek TV series Fiery Roads (Ognennye dorogi) (filmed in 1984, released in 1985). It depicts the participation of Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi in fighting for Soviet power in Central Asia and his work as enlightener of Uzbek people.
The following weapons were used in Season 4 of the television series Fiery Roads (Ognennye dorogi) :
Revolvers
Nagant M1895
Hamza holds a Nagant M1895 revolver in one scene. A Nagant is also seen in hands of Alchinbeck Naziri (Bakhodir Yuldashev ).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hamza fires a Nagant in salute during the funeral of his mentor, Uzbek poet Zavqiy Ubaydulla (Ep.13).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Alchinbeck's wife Yulduzhon (Tamara Shakirova ) with her husband's revolver (Ep.14).
Pistols
Mauser C96
Mauser C96 pistols are widely used by basmachi , notably Qurboshi (chieftan) Sadiqjan-bai (Bimbolat Vatayev ). Red Army commanders also carry Mauser pistols.
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Rifles
Mosin Nagant M1891/30
In Ep.13 Red Army soldiers and basmachi use Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles, standing for original M91s.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the barrel of Halmat-aka's (Vahab Abdullaev ) rifle. Note the hooded front sight that appeared on M91/30.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Actress of Hamza's theater Maria Kuznetsova (Natalya Varley ) fires a rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hamza holds a rifle with bayonet when he joins Red soldiers in attack.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the midst of the battle Hamza meets his old enemy, former Police Capt. Nikolay Grigoryevich (Yuriy Dubrovin ).
Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine
In Ep.13 numerous Basmachi and some Red soldiers carry anachronistic Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A bashmach with M38 Carbine.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same man in red khalat carries an M38 Carbine (at the left).
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Mosin Nagant "Obrez"
In Ep.13 "obrez" sawed-off rifles are used by basmachi , notably Sadiqjan-bai's second-in-command Nasirbek (Melis Abzalov ).
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.
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Enfield Pattern 14
In Ep. 13 some basmachi are armed with Enfield Pattern 14 (or a mix of P14s and M1917 Enfields ) rifles.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Enfield is seen at the left. The buttstock matches P14 rather than M1917.
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Ross Mk III
Ross Mk III rifles are also used by basmachi in Ep.13.
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Karabiner 98k
Anachronistic Karabiner 98k rifles are carried by some Red Army soldiers in Ep.13.
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Shotguns
Mosin Nagant/Frolov Shotgun "Obrez"
In Ep.13 Nasirbek (Melis Abzalov ) is also seen with a different "obrez". It lacks the typical Mosin Nagant magazine but has same looking straight grip stock. This features allows to guess that the base gun is a "Frolovka" shotgun (some versions of "Frolovka" lacked the protruding magazine).
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Machine Guns
Maxim M1910
In Ep.13 a Maxim M1910 machine gun is seen mounted in Mikhail Frunze's armoured train. During the attack of Basmachi actors of Hamza's agitation theater fire a Maxim.
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Degtyaryov DP-27 (visually modified to resemble Lewis)
A Degtyaryov DP-27 , visually modified to resemble Lewis , is seen in Ep.13.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jamal (Maksud Imatshoyev ) fires the machine gun at basmachi .
Trivia
76.2 mm divisional gun model 1902
In Ep.13 Red troops deploy a 76.2 mm divisional gun model 1902 .
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Armoured Train
A scale model of Red Army armoured train appears in Ep.13.
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