The Gypsy Camp Vanishes Into the Blue
(Tabor ukhodit v nebo)

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Country	USSR
Directed by	Emil Loteanu
Release Date	1976
Language	Russian
Studio	Mosfilm

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Radda	Svetlana Toma
Loiko Zobar	Grigore Grigoriu
Makar Chudra	Barasbi Mulayev
Antal Siladi	Ion Sandri Scurea
Bubulia	Sergiu Finiti
Bucha	Borislav Brondukov
Rusalina	Nelli Volshaninova
Yulishka	Yelena Sadovskaya

Gypsy Camp Vanishes Into the Blue (Tabor ukhodit v nebo; also released in English as Queen of the Gypsies and Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven) is a 1976 Soviet musical drama film directed by Emil Loteanu and based on the 1892 story "Makar Chudra" by Maxim Gorky. In the first years of the 20th century, a Gypsy camp travels in the Transcarpathian outskirts of the Austro-Hungary. Daring, handsome horse thief Loiko Zobar (Grigore Grigoriu) meets beautiful girl Radda (Svetlana Toma), but their love is fated.

The film got the Golden Shell award of the 1976 San Sebastian Film Festival.

The following weapons were used in the film The Gypsy Camp Vanishes Into the Blue (Tabor ukhodit v nebo):

Revolvers

Nagant M1895

Loiko's friend Bubulia (Sergiu Finiti) holds a Nagant M1895 revolver when he saves Loiko from the gallows. While this revolver already existed in 1900, one of the Austro-Hungarian Gasser revolvers would be a more correct choice.

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

Bubulia holds a Nagant.

He fires in air to distract the attention of the gendarmes.

Rifles

Mannlicher M1888-90

Austro-Hungarian gendarmes are mostly armed with Mannlicher M1888-90 rifles.

Steyr Mannlicher M1888-90 - 8x50mmR Mannlicher

A barrel with typical stacking rod is seen.

Gendarmes carry Mannlicher rifles when they smash up the Gypsy camp in search of Loiko.

Gendarmes threaten to kill all Gypsy horses.

Gendarmes lead Loiko to the gallows.

Mosin Nagant M1891 Dragoon / M891/30

Probably due to the lack of Mannlicher rifles, some gendarmes and cavalrymen carry a mix of Mosin Nagant M1891 Dragoon and M1891/30 rifles. All rifles have unhooded front sights but some may be identified as M91/30 by the shape of the receiver.

Mosin Nagant M1891 Dragoon - 7.62x54mm R

Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R

A cavalryman at the left holds a Mosin Nagant rifle.

A cavalryman with a Mosin Nagant rifle.

In the scene in the Gypsy camp, a gendarme carries a Mosin Nagant rifle. Due to the round receiver, it can be identified as an M91/30 but the hood from the front sight is removed.