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The Life of Klim Samgin (Zhizn Klima Samgina)
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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.
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.
Galand M1869
A Galand M1869 is seen in hands of a revolutionary student during the funeral of Bolshevik Nikolay Bauman in October 1905.
Reichsrevolver M1879
A Reichsrevolver M1879 is seen in hands of a revolutionary student during the funeral of Bolshevik Nikolay Bauman in October 1905.
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.
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.
Pistols
FN Model 1905
Ivan Dronov (Yakov Stepanov) has an FN Model 1905 pocket pistol in Ep.14, set during the Great War.
FN Model 1910
An anachronistic FN Model 1910 is used by Lyubov Somova (Svetlana Kryuchkova) in Ep.10, set in 1905.
Astra 900
An Astra 900, standing for original Mauser C96, is used by Yakov (Vadim Yakovlev) in Ep.10. It is most likely the same prop that is seen in other Lenfilm movies, like Nachalnik Chukotki (1966) and Strogovy (1976).
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.
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.
Shotguns
Double Barreled Shotgun
In Ep.10 one of the revolutionaries on barricade is armed with a Double Barreled Shotgun.
Trivia
Holsters
Artillery
A 76.2mm M1902 field gun is seen in Ep.10.