Personally Known
Original Russian Theatrical Poster
Personally Known Lichno izvesten , Armenian title Andzamb tchanachum em ) is a Soviet Armenian 1958 (filmed 1957) adventure movie directed by Erazm Karamyan, Stepan Kevorkov and Grigoriy Balasanyan. This is the first film of the trilogy about Armenian Bolshevik Simon Ter-Petrosian, better known by his nom de guerre Kamo. The story depicts the activities of Kamo during the Russian revolution 1905-1907 and his arrest in 1909, followed by prison break. The movie is followed by two sequels: An Extraordinary Assignment (Chrezvychajnoe poruchenie) The Last Deed of Kamo (Posledniy podvig Kamo)
The following weapons were used in the film Personally Known (Lichno izvesten) :
Revolvers Smith & Wesson No 3 Russian Model Several revolutionaries, including Simon Ter-Petrosian aka Kamo (Gurgen Tonunts ) and Vasiliy Nikitich aka Comrade Vasiliy (Sergei Stolyarov ), use Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model revolvers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model - .44 Russian Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasiliy, disguised as a railway engineer, draws his revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kamo, acting as Prince Dadiani, holds a Smith & Wesson. Note that the cylinder appears to be empty. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Kamo's revolver in same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasiliy and Kamo with Smith & Wesson revolvers in same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kamo holds a Smith & Wesson during the battle at the barricade. In next moment his revolver switches to a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasiliy with a Nagant and Kamo with a Smith & Wesson on a promotion still. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A revolutionary fighter at the left carries a Smith & Wesson revolver. Nagant M1895 Kamo (Gurgen Tonunts ) and several members of his militant group, including Comrade Vasiliy (Sergei Stolyarov ), Revaz (Afrasiyab Mamedov) and Givi (Vakhtang Pirtskhalava), use Nagant M1895 revolvers. Both pre- and post-1930 versions are seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Nagant 1895, produced 1920s - 7.62x38R Nagant. The rounded front sight is a sign of revolvers produced from 1890s until 1930. 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 Kamo carries a Nagant (this is a promotion still with better quality than a screenhsot from the movie). Note the rounded front sight of pre-1930 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A revolutionary fighter (uncredited) fires at targets. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another fighter (uncredited), disguised as a gendarme, holds his Nagant, posing as a commander of firing squad during the mock execution, planned to test the volunteers in the militant group. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the Nagant of same character. The post-1930 front sight is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Revaz holds a Nagant during the robbery of the cash transporting stagecoach ("expropriation", as the revolutionaries called such activities). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Givi (at the right) and unnamed fighter with Nagants. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasiliy holds a Nagant during the battle at the barricade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasiliy with a Nagant and Kamo with a Smith & Wesson on a promotion still. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kamo holds a Nagant during the battle at the barricade (in previous moment Kamo had a Smith & Wesson). Pistols Mauser C96 Mauser C96 pistols are briefly seen (only in holsters) in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing The adjutant of Minister of the Transcaucasian Republic (credited as "Long-haired" (Artyom Karapetyan ) carries a Mauser C96 in holster. An officer at the background also carries a holstered C96. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grip of officer's C96 is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kamo carries a Mauser C96 in holster in the scene when he gets a new mission from Lenin in 1919. Rifles Berdan No.2 Members of the militant group under the command of Kamo use Berdan No.2 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Berdan No.2 (M1870) Infantry rifle - 10.75x58mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Revolutionary fighters, disguised as gendarmes, hold Berdan rifles during the mock execution, planned to test the volunteers in the militant group. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Revolutionaries with captured rifles. Mosin Nagant M1891 Dragoon Revolutionaries, gendarmes and soldiers widely use Mosin Nagant M1891 rifles, mostly Dragoon model.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891 Dragoon Rifle - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gendarmes carry Mosin Nagant M1891 Dragoon rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Revolutionary fighters capture M91 rifles. Most if not all of them appears to be Dragoon model. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kamo (Gurgen Tonunts ) examines one of captured rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Suleyman (Vache Bagratuni) (at the background) and unnamed fighter on the barricade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kamo fires his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasiliy (Sergei Stolyarov ) fires his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Givi (Vakhtang Pirtskhalava) (at the background) with his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Revaz (Afrasiyab Mamedov) (in center) and other fighters. Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry Guards in Tiflis prison carry Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry Rifle - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guards with M91 Infantry rifles. Shotguns Double Barreled Shotgun A guide across the Finnish border (Ivan Ryzhov ) carries a double barreled shotgun .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The guide carries his shotgun when he rides reindeer sledge. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Barrels are seen. 
