Red Square (Krasnaya ploshchad)
Original Theatrical Poster
Red Square Krasnaya ploshchad ; full title Red Square. Two Stories About Workers' and Peasants' Army ) is a Soviet 1970 two-part historical moive directed by Vasili Ordynsky. The movie is in 1917-1919 during the Russian revolution and civil war. The main characters are Commissar Dmitriy Sergeevich Amelin (Stanislav Lyubshin ) and Russian Army Podporuchik (Jr. Lt.) Nikolay Pavlovich Kutasov (Vyacheslav Shalevich ) who later becomes the division commander in Red Army.
The following weapons were used in the film Red Square (Krasnaya ploshchad) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 Nagant M1895 revolvers are seen in several scenes, notably used by Podporuchik Nikolay Kutasov (Vyacheslav Shalevich ), Commissar Dmitriy Amelin (Stanislav Lyubshin ) and Anarchist sailor Volodya Koltsov (Sergey Nikonenko ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Nagant 1895, produced 1920s. The rounded front sight is a sign of revolvers produced from 1890s until 1930 - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kutasov cleans his Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Koltsov, disguised as station master, fires at a German officer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Amelin holds a Nagant, commandeered from Rotmistr (Capt.) Fortunatov (Valeri Babyatinsky ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Amelin holds a Nagant during the battle for bridge in 1919. Pistols FN Model 1910 Dmitriy Amelin's (Stanislav Lyubshin ) personal handgun in the first part of the movie is an FN Model 1910 pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN Model 1910 - .380 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Amelin carries holstered pistol. The holster is of German pattern. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Amelin holds his pistol during the soldiers meeting. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Amelin fires his pistol in action. Mauser C96 When serving in Red Army, Nikolay Kutasov (Vyacheslav Shalevich ) carries a Mauser C96 pistol in wooden holster.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kutasov carries his Mauser C96 in various scenes. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Soldiers of a grenadier regiment of Russian Army (in 1918) and of Red Army (in 1919) are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles, standing for original M91s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldier Myasoyedov (Igor Surovtsev ) (in center) and other soldiers with M91/30 rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Uno Parts (Uno Loyt ) holds his rifle (at the right). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier (Viktor Lakirev ) on guard. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier (Vladimir Protasenko ) carries a rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Uno Parts fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Uno Parts breaks a door with the buttstock of his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pet'ka (Pyotr Trifonov ) with M91/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red soldiers on parade on Red Square. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A number of M91/30 rifles with bayonets. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Anachronistic Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines are seen in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Koltsov (Sergey Nikonenko ) (at the left) carries an M38 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red soldiers carry M38 Carbines. Karabiner 98k Anachronistic Karabiner 98k rifles are seen among the weapons, captured from Imperial German troops.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several Karabiner 98k rifles are seen in a pile of weapons. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red soldier holds a 98k rifle. Machine Guns Maxim M1910 Maxim M1910 machine guns are used by Red soldiers throughout the movie.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910, simplified version with smooth water jacket - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karpushonok (Pavel Kormunin ) fires a Maxim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Karpushonok's Maxim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pet'ka (Pyotr Trifonov ) and Karpushonok man a Maxim, installed on pump-house. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of firing Maxim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A damaged Maxim is seen on a flatcar of armoured train. Maxim M1910/30 Anachronistic Maxim M1910/30 machine guns are seen in the scenes of 1919, used by Red Army soldiers and also mounted on armoured train and armoured cars.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910/30 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red soldiers with a Maxim M1910/30 during the battle for bridge. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red soldiers with a Maxim on positions. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim M1910/30 is seen when Red soldiers cross a river. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim machine guns are mounted on Austin armoured car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim M1910/30 machine guns are mounted on armoured train Krasny Varyag . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Amelin (Stanislav Lyubshin ) fires a Maxim, mounted on Krasny Varyag . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxims inside the armoured train. 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 Two Maxims on armoured train (at the right) are of post-1941 version. Other Weapons F-1 Hand Grenade F-1 hand grenades are seen in hands of Volodya Koltsov (Sergey Nikonenko ) and Uno Parts (Uno Loyt ).
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Koltsov holds an F-1. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Uno Parts extracts the fuze from F-1, planning to use it to break the lock. AKM AKM assault rifles are seen in hands of Soviet infantry in the documentary footage of the military parage in honor of the October Revolution on Red Square in Moscow.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKM - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKMS In the same documentary footage Soviet paratroopers march with AKMS assault rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKMS - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Trivia Pistol Holsters Error creating thumbnail: File missing German officers carry holsters for Luger P08 pistols. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer (at the left) carries a holster for anachronistic Walther P38 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A White Army officer (at the right) carries a holster for anachronistic TT-33 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Komandarm (Commanding of the Army) Mikhail Frunze (Roman Khomyatov ) carries a holster for FN Model 1910 .Artillery In one scene in Winter 1917-18 German troops are seen using Soviet 76.2mm M1902/30 L/40 field guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Horse-drawn 3-inch guns on snow-covered road are seen through the binoculars. Note the long barrel that allows to differ these guns from original M1902 guns with L/30 barrels. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two 3-inch guns are seen. An original 76.2 mm divisional gun model 1902 (or M1902/30 with L/30 barrel) gun is also seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1902 Field Gun - 76.2x385mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing An abandoned 3-inch M1902 gun. In the scene, set in 1919, Red troops use anachronistic 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing ZiS-3 (M1942) divisional gun - 76.2x385mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Armoured Cars Modern replicas of Austin Armoured Cars are seen in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Austin armoured cars in snow-covered Moscow Kremlin. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Armoured cars on parade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Austin armoured cars of Kutasov's division. Armoured Train Red Army armoured train Krasny Varyag under the command of Koltsov (Sergey Nikonenko ) plays a significant role in the second part of the movie, during the events in 1919. The armoured train is a full size replica, made for this movie and later appearing in a number of Soviet movies, including Beg I na Tikhom Okeane... Fiery Childhood (Ognennoye detstvo) (1976), Dni Turbinykh Ognennyy most Poedinok v tayge Dachnaya poezdka serzhanta Tsybuli Lyudmila (1982). It consists of a genuine locomotive and two armoured railcars, one of OB-3 pattern (WW2 era) with a gun turret and another one of "2nd Siberian" pattern (Russian Civil war era) with a gun in an open shield mount. Both main guns are 76.2mm ZiS-3 with removed muzzle brakes (to make them look more like early 20th century models), also the train is armed with several Maxim machine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A turret with ZiS-3. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of ZiS-3 in turret. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim M1910/30 machine guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A general view. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A ZiS-3 in shield mount. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Koltsov tries to repair stuk gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of gun turret. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxims inside the armoured train. Military Vehicles on Parade on Red Square Error creating thumbnail: File missing BTR-60PA. This early modification lacks turret that appeared on later BTR-60PB version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Towed artillery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing ASU-85 airborne self-propelled gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Temp-S (SS-12 Scaleboard) battlefield range ballistic missile.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luna (FROG-3/5) short range ballistic missile.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luna-M (FROG-7) short range ballistic missile.
