Cossack Outpost (Kazachya zastava)

Cossack Outpost (Kazachya zastava) DVD Cover Country USSR Directed by Viktor Zhivolub Release Date 1982 Language Russian Studio Sverdlovsk Film Studio Main Cast Character Actor Aleksey Butov Borislav Brondukov Mariya Yana Drouz Yakov Morozov Evgeniy Papernyy Anna Morozova Anna Tveleneva Terentiy Igor Ledogorov Vasya Butov Vasiliy Sorokin Paramon Konstantin Stepankov Liu Fang-Chin Bolot Beyshenaliev

Cossack Outpost (a direct translation of original title Kazachya zastava) is a 1982 historical adventure movie directed by Viktor Zhivolub. Aleksey Butov (Borislav Brondukov), a Cossack of Amur Cossack Host, returns home in 1923 after the World War I and Russian Civil war. But Aleksey was considered dead from 1915, and his wife now has a new family. Meanwhile Aleksey's native stanitsa (Cossacks village), located on the Russian-Chinese border, suffers attacks of Honghuzi (Chinese bandtis) and former White Army men under the leadership of Anna Morozova, a widow of White officer. Aleksey raises fellow villagers to defend the border.

The following weapons were used in the film Cossack Outpost (Kazachya zastava):

Revolvers

Nagant M1895

Nagant M1895 revolvers are seen throughout the movie, used by Former White Army Rotmistr (Capt.) Stepan Morozov (Nikolay Lavrov), his widow Anna Morozova (Anna Tveleneva), Cossack Yakov Morozov (Evgeniy Papernyy) and some bandits.

Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s.

Stepan Morozov draws his Nagant on Aleksey Butov.

Nagant and jewelry, confiscated from Stepan Morozov by Aleksey Butov.

A bandit (Aleksandr Milyutin) holds Yakov at gunpoint with his Nagant.

Bandit Irod (Lev Perfilov) carries a Nagant holster.

Anna Morozova, the head of a gang of former White Army men, holds a Nagant.

Anna Morozova with a Nagant.

Yakov disarms one of the bandits...

...and fires at Anna.

Pistols

Mauser C96

Several Honghuzi, including their chieftan Liu Fang-Chin (Bolot Beyshenaliev), carry Mauser C96 pistols.

Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser

A Honghuz carries a Mauser C96 in holster.

Liu Fang-Chin carries a Mauser C96 in holster.

A Honghuz (Mentai Utepbergenov) holds a Mauser C96.

Liu Fang-Chin draws his pistol.

A Honghuz (Oleg Li) holds a Mauser at the left.

Luger P08

Kravchenko (Igor Ivanov), the head of GPU (Soviet state security in 1920s) of the town of Blagoveshchensk, carries a Luger P08 holster. A P08 (likely same prop) is used in action by White officer Semyon (Vladimir Khotinenko). In the climactic scene Semyon's pistol is used by Aleksey Butov (Borislav Brondukov).

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

Kravchenko carries a Luger holster (it's hard to define if the holster contains appropriate pistol or is empty).

Semyon, one of the members of Anna Morozova's gang, carries a Luger in holster (the grip is seen).

Semyon holds a Luger.

Semyon holds his pistol at the right.

Aleksey Butov picks up Semyon's pistol.

Aleksey holds the Luger.

Aleksey carries the pistol tucked in his belt.

Rifles

Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine

Out of time Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines are most often seen rifles in the movie, used by Cossacks, notably Aleksey Butov (Borislav Brondukov), Terentiy (Igor Ledogorov), Gavrila (Aleksandr Yakovlev) and Yerofeich (Gennadi Chetverikov), Honghuzi and Anna Morozova's bandits.

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Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R

Yerofeich carries an M38 Carbine.

Gavrila with a carbine.

Honghuzi rob Yakov Morozov's house. Two of them are armed with M38 Carbines.

Aleksey Butov carries a carbine.

A bandit (Yuriy Sorokin) runs with a carbine in hand.

A bandit (Aleksandr Milyutin) carries a carbine at the background.

Terentiy with a carbine on watchtower. In previous scene he is seen with Winchester Model 1895 that switches to an M38 Carbine due to a continuity error.

Terentiy in shootout with bandits.

Winchester Model 1895

Winchester Model 1895 rifles are seen in several scenes, used by Cossacks and native hunters of Goldi people.

A Russian contract Model 1895 in 7.62x54 Russian. Note the loading bridge over the reciever

A Winchester Model 1895 Russian Contract (note the loading bridge over the reciever) and a Bebut M1907 dagger are seen on the wall in Yakov Morozov's house.

Another view of Yakov's Winchester on the wall.

Vasyatka (Vasiliy Sorokin), Aleksey Butov's son, holds Terentiy's Winchester.

Terentiy (Igor Ledogorov) checks his rifle before the duty on watchtower. During the following shootout his Winchester switches to an M38 Carbine (see above).

Goldi hunters in their national dress hold Winchesters.

Mauser Karabiner 98k

In the opening scene, set in 1915 on Eastern Front of WW1, German soldiers carry anachronistic Karabiner 98k rifles, standing for Gewehr 98 rifles.

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser

A Cossack attacks a Mauser-wielding German sentry during the raid of Plastuns (Cossack scouts) on enemy trenches.

A bayonet on Mauser rifle.

Close combat in trench.

An abandoned German rifle in trench. A Cossack at the foreground holds a Bebut M1907 dagger.

Abandoned German rifles in trench.

Pattern 1914 Enfield

Bandit Irod (Lev Perfilov) uses a Pattern 1914 Enfield rifle.

Pattern M1914 (P 14) Enfield - .303 UK

Irod fires at Kravchenko.

Irod with his Enfield rifle.

Irod holds an Enfield rifle (at the right).

Machine Guns

Degtyaryov DT (visually modified to resemble Lewis)

Two Degtyaryov DT machine guns, visually modified to resemble Lewis Gun, are used in the movie. One of these machine guns, with light brown wood on buttstock, is seen in hands of Aleksey Butov (Borislav Brondukov) when he confiscates the gun from local richman Fedot Makeyich (Anatoliy Popolzukhin). Another fake Lewis, with dark, nearly black furniture, is seen mounted on a patrol boat of border guards, then captured by Anna Morozova's gang and used by Irod (Lev Perfilov). During the climactic shootout Butov also uses this prop instead of the one, seen earlier.

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DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R. DT could be dismounted from the tank or armored car and used with a bipod as a light machine gun.

Lewis Gun - .303 British

Aleksey Butov confiscated a "Lewis" from Fedot Makeyich.

Kravchenko (Igor Ivanov) fires at bandtis from the boat.

The machine gun next to dead Kravchenko. Note the absence of a hole in a detail below the reciever; on another machine gun of fake Lewis it has a hole (see below).

A bandit (Vyacheslav Sumskoy) carries the machine gun at the background.

Aleksey's "Lewis". This machine gun has a hole in the detail below the reciever.

Irod with the machine gun.

Aleksey with the machine gun. This is the "second" gun, with dark wood on buttstock.

Irod opens fire.

Irod frantically fires the machine gun.

Maxim

A Maxim (M1910 or M1910/30) in seen in the Blagoveshchensk GPU building.

Russian Maxim 1910 on Sokolov wheel mount with shield - 7.62x54mmR

A Maxim is seen at the background.

Other Weapons

F-1 Hand Grenade

Bandit Filya (Anatoli Pereverzev) carries an out of time F-1 hand grenade (it may stand for British Mills Bomb, used during Russian Civil war).

F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade

Filya carries an F-1 on his belt.