The Seventh Companion (Sedmoy sputnik)
Original Theatrical Poster
The Seventh Companion Sedmoy sputnik ) is a 1968 (filmed 1967) Soviet B&W drama directed by Grigoriy Aronov and Aleksey German and based on the story by Boris Lavrenev (this is the third screen adaptation of the original story after 1928 and 1962 versions). The plot depicts the tragical story of Evgeniy Pavlovich Adamov (Andrei Popov ), former General and Professor of the military law academy of the Russian Army, during the Russian Civil War.
Note: the English release title The Seventh Companion doesn't match the meaning of the Russian title. The Seventh Satellite would be more correct as Adamov calls himself a satellite of the revolution.
The following weapons were used in the film The Seventh Companion (Sedmoy sputnik) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 A number of Reds and Whites carry Nagant M1895 revolvers. The revolvers are of anachronistic post-1930 version.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The commandant of the house of detention Kukhtin (Aleksandr Anisimov ) holds a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A White officer with a Nagant in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A White officer (Valeriy Olshanskiy ) fires at attacking Reds. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A White officer (Anatoliy Romashin ), interrogating captured Adamov, carries a Nagant in holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kukhtin holds a Nagant on a promotional image. Pistols Mauser C96 The Commissar of the revolutionary court martial unit Mikhail Savelyevich Zykov (Pyotr Chernov ) carries a Mauser C96 pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser C96 - 7.63x25mm Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zykov fires at White cavalrymen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the pistol. The muzzle seems to be deactivated. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zykov falls down. Flintlock Pistols Several antique Flintlock Pistols are used as a wall decoration in the apartments of Adamov's friend of old Lev Priklonskiy.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: French Dueling Pistol Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Russian Cavalry Pistol M1809 - .70 cal Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Flintlock "Knee Pistol" (a large pistol with small buttstock), Tunisia - 45mm (1.77 inch) Error creating thumbnail: File missing A flintlock pistol with nearly vertical grip, common for duelling models, (on top) and a kind of "knee pistol" (at the right) are seen on the wall together with a shashka sword. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The "knee pistol" is seen at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing One more pistol is seen on the wall. It is a military model, generally similar to Russian M1809 Cavalry pistol but with different barrel bands. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry rifles are widely used by both Reds and Whites.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length, Imperial Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sentry carries an M91 Infantry rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Guards march on Petrograd street. They are mostly armed with M91 Infantry rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A White officer fires an M91 Infantry rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army men with M91 Infantry rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Whites firing squad prepare for the execution. A soldier at the right holds an M91 Infantry rifle. Mosin Nagant M1891 Dragoon Mosin Nagant M1891 Dragoon rifles are also used by Reds and Whites.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Imperial Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 Dragoon - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red Guard in the house of detention in Petrograd holds an M91 Dragoon (or an early M91/30) rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another Red Guard (Vladimir Kozlov) with the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army men in attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red Army man of the revolutionary court martial unit carries an M91 Dragoon rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same man with his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army man Kimka (Georgiy Shtil ) holds an M91 Dragoon rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of Kimka's rifle. Note the bend ramrod. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing White soldiers with M91 Dragoon rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kimka holds an M91 Dragoon rifle on a promotional image. Machine Guns Maxim M1910 or M1910/30 A Maxim M1910 or M1910/30 is seen in the guardhouse of the house of detention.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing 76.2mm M1902 Putilov Field Gun Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 3-inch M1902 gun in a sandbag fortification on Petrograd street. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mk A Whippet tank leads a column of Austin armoured cars. The barrel of Hotchkiss Mk.I machine gun, mounted on Whippet tank, can be seen. The scene is a footage from 1927 film Oktyabr Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese soldiers with rifles. The rifle at the right is definitly an Arisaka Type 30 or Type 38 while other rifles hardly can be identified. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers of the White Army (they are described as such but in reality this may be a photo of Russian Imperial troops) with Mosin Nagant rifles. 
