Stolypin... Unlearned Lessons
Poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin
Oleg Klishin
Nicholas II of Russia
Mikhail Eliseev
Yevno Fishelevich Azef
Aleksandr Stroev
Boris Viktorovich Savinkov
Aleksey Devotchenko
Olga Borisovna Neidhardt-Stolypina
Natalya Surkova
Dmitriy Bogrov
Roman Gabria
Stolypin... Unlearned Lessons (Stolypin... Nevyuchennye uroki ) is a Russian 2006 TV series depicting the biography of Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin, Russian politician of early 20th century, Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire.
The following weapons were used in the television series Stolypin... Unlearned Lessons (Stolypin... Nevyuchennye uroki) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 Nagant M1895 revolvers are widely used by Socialist Revolutionary (SR) fighters, including the head of the SR Combat Organization Yevno Fishelevich Azef (Aleksandr Stroev ) and his comrades Boris Viktorovich Savinkov (Aleksey Devotchenko ), Ivan Kalyayev (Andrey Arshinnikov ), Dmitriy Bogrov (Roman Gabria) and others, both real and fictional faces. Nagant revolvers are also seen in hands of Russian Imperial police and gendarmes personnel, including the Director of Police Department Gen. Pavel Grigoryevich Kurlov (Valeriy Doronin ) and Col. Aleksandr Vasilyevich Gerasimov (Igor Sergeev ). All Nagants are of post-1930 version.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A gendarme fires his Nagant at SR fighter Yegor Sozonov who killed the Minister of the Interior Vyacheslav Plehve with a hand bomb. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of a Nagant in hand of a prostitute (Anna Lutseva). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A gendarmes officer holds a Nagant during the operation against SRs explosives lab. Note the extended ejector rod which is sometimes seen on screen on well-worn Nagants. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same gendarmes officer in next moment. Now the rod of his revolver is on place. Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the attack on cash transporting coach one of the SR fighters holds a nickel plated Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another fighter with a common blued Nagant in same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Col. Gerasimov holds a Nagant during the raid on SRs. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Savinkov holds a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Savinkov's revolver on table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kalyayev chooses a weapon for the assassination of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich (in reality Kalyayev uses a hand bomb for the assassination). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagants on police shooting range. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gen. Kurlov hand a Nagant to SR fighter and secret police agent Dmitriy Bogrov. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bogrov and Kurlov with Nagants on shooting range. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Azef holds a Nagant. Unidentified Revolver 1 In several scenes SR fighters use compact revolvers of two different models. Both are most likely modern gas- or rubber-firing guns, standing for Bulldog revolvers that were widely used in reality. The first of these revolvers is 6-shot and has short ejector rod shroud.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SR fighter fires at Cossacks during the attack on cash transporting coach. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The revolver fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The 6-shot cylinder is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Similar looking revolver in hand of SR fighter (Aleksandr Shulga), firing at gendarmes. Izhmekh RS-31 / RG-31 The second revolver of two atypical models is 5-shot and has very short barrel with full length ejector rod shroud. It can be identified as Izhmekh RS-31 / RG-31 due the cylinder release and characteristic grips.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing RS-31 - 5.6mm Gevelot small caps. RG-31-00 looks same except for markings. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A revolver in hand of SR fighter Lev Zilberberg (Artur Ryabukhin). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view of the barrel. Note the rib over the barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zilberberg fires at a janitor who hit another SR fighter with a shovel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Similar looking revolver is seen together with a Nagant when Savinkov suggests weapons to Kalyaev. Pistols FN Model 1922 FN Model 1922 pistols are used by SR fighters, notably by Ivan Kalyayev (Andrey Arshinnikov ) and Dmitriy Bogrov (Roman Gabria). FN 1922 doesn't fit for that time; in reality Bogrov used an FN Model 1900 for the assassination of Pyotr Stolypin in September 1911.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN Model 1922 - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sulyatitskiy (Vitaliy Isakov ) fires an FN 1922 during the attack on the cash transporting coach. In next moment his pistol switches to a Nagant revolver due to a continuity error. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Savinkov (Aleksey Devotchenko ) suggests an FN 1922 to Kalyayev. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kalyayev examines the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Savinkov gives an FN 1922 to Vera (Natalya Burmistrova ) who is assigned to commit the murder of Azef, exposed as a traitor. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vera with a pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bogrov fires at Stolypin in the Kiev Opera House on September 14 (September 1 in old style) 1911. Reck Perfecta A blank firing Reck Perfecta is seen in the scene when Ivan Kalyayev (Andrey Arshinnikov ) chooses a gun for the political terror. Perfecta is often used in modern Russian films and TV series as a generic pocket pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Reck Perfecta - 8mm P.A.K. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kalyayev chooses a Perfecta from various handguns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He holds the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Savinkov takes the pistol from Kalyayev, disdainfully calling it "lady's pistol". Percussion Dueling Pistol A pair of Percussion Dueling Pistols is used during the duel between Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin (Oleg Klishin) and Prince Shakhnovskiy (Vahtangi Beridze) in the days of Stolypin's youth.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Modern replica of Lepage percussion dueling pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two pistols in the box. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the duelists takes a pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stolypin, wounded in shoulder, aims the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shakhnovskiy holds his pistol. Flintlock Pistol Several Flintlock Pistols are seen in the house of retired Gen. Dmitri Feodorovich Trepov.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Cavalry Pistol M1809 - .70 cal Error creating thumbnail: File missing A flintlock pistol is seen on the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another flintlock pistol on the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A flintlock pistol on the wall. Percussion Cap Pistol A Percussion Cap Pistol is also seen on the wall of Trepov's house. It seems to be a Russian M1848 model.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian M1848 Infantry soldier's percussion cap pistol - .71 caliber Error creating thumbnail: File missing A pistol at the left seems to be a Russian M1848. It's hard to identify if the pistol at the right is also a percussion cap gun (likely) or a flintlock one. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry Russian soldiers are mostly armed with Mosin Nagant M1891 rifles of Infantry model.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry Rifle, post-1910 version - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers with M91 Infantry rifles guard arrested instigators of the peasant unrest. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers in shootout with SR fighters. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers hold back the crowd after the explosion on Stolypin's villa. They are armed with a mix of M91 Infantry and M91/30 rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers with M91 Infantry rifles stand in formation in the scene of Stolypin's arrival in Kiev. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier, escorting Bogrov to execution, carries an M91 rifle. M91 rifles of soldiers who digged a grave are seen in stand at the right. Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Some Mosin Nagant rifles are M1891/30 that can depict original M1891 Dragoon model.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers hold back the crowd after the explosion on Stolypin's villa. An M91/30 rifle is seen in center. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers hold M91/30 rifles in the scene of the arrest of Boris Savinkov. Note the hooded front sights that allow to differ M91/30 from M91 Dragoon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the scene of Stolypin;s arrivial in Kiev some soldiers carry M91/30 rifles. A closeup of M91/30 bayonet. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines , not fitting for that time, are used by Cossacks and gendarmes. With a certain convention they can depict M1907 Carbines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Cossack of Stolypin's bodyguards carries an M38 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A gendarme holds M38 Carbine during the operation against SRs explosives lab. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cossacks fire M38 Carbines during the attack of SR fighters of the cash transporting coach. Note that the hoods of front sights are removed, likely to make the guns look more authentic for 1900s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Finnish police officers with M38 Carbines (at that time the Grand Duchy of Finland was an autonomous part of the Russian Empire and had its own police). Trivia In the scene of Stolypin's arrival in Kiev in 1911, a large railway gun is seen at the background. This is a 305mm (12-inch) TM-3-12, built in late 1930s and currently on display in Russian Railway Museum in Sankt-Peterburg. In 1910s Russian military didn't possess any similar weapons. The reason of the screen appearance of this railway gun is completely incomprehensible.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two 12-inch shells, a long-range high explosive shell M1928 and a training shell M1911. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A general view of the TM-3-12. A documentary footage of the Great War is seen in the final of the series.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with Karabiner 98AZ . This footage is from the 1934 movie Shock Troop Error creating thumbnail: File missing French super heavy Mortier de 370 Filloux. Error creating thumbnail: File missing British Ordnance BL 12-inch Gun Mk IX railway gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing French Renault FT17 tanks, armed with Hotchkiss M1914 machine guns... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ... and with 37mm SA18 guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing US Navy dreadnoughts of Pennsylvania - or New Mexico -class. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sinking of Austro-Hungarian dreadnought Szent Istvan on June 10, 1918. 
