The Life of Klim Samgin
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The Life of Klim Samgin Zhizn Klima Samgina ) is a Soviet 1988 (filmed in 1983-1987) TV series directed by Viktor Titov and based on the eponymous novel by Maxim Gorky. It depicts the panorama of Russian life from 1877 to 1917, seen through the eyes of Klim Ivanovich Samgin, a lawyer and reluctant revolutionary.
The following weapons were used in the film The Life of Klim Samgin (Zhizn Klima Samgina) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 Nagant M1895 revolvers are widely used in the series, notably in Eps.8-10, depicting the revolutionary events in Russia in 1905. Most if not all revolver are of anachronistic post-1930 version.
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 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Savva Timofeyevich Morozov (Vladimir Treshchalov ), a Russian industrialist and financial contributor of Bolsheviks, holds a Nagant in Ep.8. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Revolutionary students carry Nagants during the funeral of Bolshevik Nikolay Bauman in October 1905 (Ep.8). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another Nagant-wielding stundent in the same scene. Note that the cylinder is empty. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A revolutionary holds a Nagant during the release of political convicts in Ep.9. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Alina Telepnyova (Natalya Lapina ) draws a Nagant to fire at Black Hundred members, but Konstantin Makarov (Sergey Koltakov ) prevents her from shooting (Ep.9). Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Anarchist Aleksandr Sudakov (Valery Kravchenko ) holds a revolver, taken from a gendarme, in Ep.11. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the extended ejector rod, often seen on old and well-worn Nagants. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Anarchist Inokov (Viktor Mikhailov ) runs with a nickel plated Nagant in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Nagant in opened holster that belongs to Poruchik (Lt.) Valery Nikolaevich Trifonov (Valentin Gaft ) (Ep.14). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rotmistr (Capt.) Rushchitz (Boris Teterin ) holds a Nagant, taken from Capt. Velyaminov (Leonard Sekirin) after the latter fired at an attorney.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivan Dronov's (Yakov Stepanov ) FN Model 1905 and Nagant M1895 (Ep.14). Rast Gasser M1898 A Rast-Gasser M1898 is seen in hands of a revolutionary student during the funeral of Bolshevik Nikolay Bauman in October 1905.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Austrian Rast Gasser 1898 - 8x27mm Gasser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Galand M1869 A Galand M1869 is seen in hands of a revolutionary student during the funeral of Bolshevik Nikolay Bauman in October 1905.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Galand M1868 - 12mm (or a lesser-known 7mm or 9mm). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Reichsrevolver M1879 A Reichsrevolver M1879 is seen in hands of a revolutionary student during the funeral of Bolshevik Nikolay Bauman in October 1905.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Reichsrevolver M1879 Revolver - 10.6x25R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Saxon M1873 Revolver A Saxon M1873 Revolver is seen in hands of a revolutionary student during the funeral of Bolshevik Nikolay Bauman in October 1905.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Saxon M1873 Army revolver - 10.6x15mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley Bulldog In Ep. 2, set in 1894, young Klim Samgin (Leonid Gorelik) holds a Webley Bulldog that belongs to Konstantin Makarov (Sergey Koltakov ). In Ep.10, set in 1905, Klim Samgin (Andrey Rudenskiy ) owns a Bulldog. Samgin's revolver is also used by a revolutionary Yakov (Vadim Yakovlev ) who commands a barricade on Moscow street near Samgin's house.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley 'British Bull Dog' - .45 caliber - 1870s Error creating thumbnail: File missing Young Klim holds a Bulldog. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Samgin holds a Bulldog in Ep.10. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yakov holds Samgin's revolver. Pistols FN Model 1905 Ivan Dronov (Yakov Stepanov ) has an FN Model 1905 pocket pistol in Ep.14, set during the Great War.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN Model 1905 - .25 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dronov's FN Model 1905 and Nagant M1895 . FN Model 1910 An anachronistic FN Model 1910 is used by Lyubov Somova (Svetlana Kryuchkova ) in Ep.10, set in 1905.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN Model 1910 - .380 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Somova's FN 1910. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Somova drives away one of the criminals, assaults her and Samgin. Mauser C96 A Mauser C96 is used by Yakov (Vadim Yakovlev ) in Ep.10.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser C96 "Pre-War Commercial" - 7.63x25mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yakov's pistol in holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yakov holds his pistol. The shape of the front side of the frame allows to make a guess that it's an Astra 900 but it's only a guess. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles, standing for original M91s, are used by Russian Army soldiers, Russian police personnel and revolutionaries during the Moscow uprising of 1905.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A policeman with an M91/30 rifle in Ep.6. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Policemen escort arrested Samgin and Somova in Ep.6. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers with M91/30 rifles in Ep.8. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers fire M91/30 rifles during the events of "Bloody Sundy" in January 1905 (Ep.8). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of bayonet. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Revolutionaries disarm soldiers (at the left Dr. Kalitin (Oleg Efremov ) and a plumber (Boris Arakelov ), and the right a coppersmith (Valentin Bukin ) (Ep.10). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A revolutionary at the left carries an M91/30 rifle (Ep.10). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers, armed with M91/30 rifles, destroy a barricade (Ep.10). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers carry M91/30 rifles (Ep.11). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rifles are seen in Russian Army field camp in Ep.14, set during the Great War. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Anachronistic Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines are used by Russian Dragoons and Cossacks during the Moscow uprising of 1905 (Eps.8-10). An M38 Carbine is carried by a soldier in Ep.14, set during the Great War.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Dragoon carries M38 Carbine (Ep.8). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Cossack is knocked down from his horse and beaten by the crowd. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of M38 Carbine of a Cossack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cossacks try to disperse the crowd. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A wounded soldier (I. Antonov) carries an M38 Carbine (Ep.14). Shotguns Double Barreled Shotgun In Ep.10 one of the revolutionaries on barricade is armed with a Double Barreled Shotgun .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Trivia Holsters Error creating thumbnail: File missing A gorodovoy (police officer) carries a Nagant holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A gendarme carries a Nagant holster. 76.2 mm divisional gun model 1902 A 76.2 mm divisional gun model 1902 is seen in Ep.10.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 76.2mm M1902 Field Gun Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers and members of Black Hundred paramilitary organisation move a 3-inch gun on Moscow street. 
