The End of St. Petersburg

The End of St. Petersburg Konets Sankt-Peterburga Original Russian Poster Country USSR Directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin Mikhail Doller Release Date 1927 Language Silent (Russian intertitles) Studio Mezhrabpomfilm Main Cast Character Actor The Communist Working Man Aleksandr Chistyakov His Wife Vera Baranovskaya The Villiage Lad Ivan Chuvelyov Lebedev, The Manufacturer V. Obolensky District Police Chief Sergey Komarov German Officer 1 Vsevolod Pudovkin German Officer 2 Vladimir Fogel

The End of St. Petersburg (Russian: Конец Санкт-Петербурга; Konets Sankt-Peterburga) is a 1927 Soviet silent drama film, directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Mikhail Doller.

The following weapons were used in the film The End of St. Petersburg:

Handguns

Nagant M1895

Russian policemen (one of the was played by Sergey Komarov) carry holstered Nagant M1895s.

Russian Nagant 1895 - 7.62x38mmR Nagant

A policeman with the handgun at the left.

Unknown Handgun

German Officer 1 (Vsevolod Pudovkin) can be seen with a holstered handgun.

German Officer 1 with the handgun.

Rifles

Mosin Nagant M1891

Most of the Imperial Russian soldiers are armed with the Mosin Nagant M1891. The Mosin Nagant M1891 is also the standard rifle of the Bolshevik rebels (one of them was played by Aleksandr Chistyakov).

Full-length, Imperial Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 - 7.62x54mmR

An Imperial Russian Army soldier reloads his Mosin Nagant.

A dead soldier drops his rifle.

A soldier of the Russian Provisional Government with the rifle over his shoulder.

Bolshevik rebels fire.

A Bolshevik rebel with the rifle slung on his shoulder.

Mauser Gewehr 1898

Several Imperial Russian and German soldiers use Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles with M1898/05 n/A Sawback bayonets.

Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

An Imperial Russian soldier with the rifle. Note the typical bayonet.

An excellent close-up of the distinct "Sawback" bayonet attached to a rifle. The muzzle is also seen.

German soldiers with the rifles. Note the bayonet.

Machine Guns

Colt 1895 Automatic Machine Gun

A German soldier fires a Colt 1895 Automatic Machine Gun. Most likely, this machine gun is a Russian-contract M1895/14 model.

Colt 1895/14 machine gun, Russian contract version - 7.62x54mmR

The German soldier fires.

Another view of the same scene.

Maxim M1910

Bolshevik rebels uses Maxim M1910 during the attack on the Winter Palace.

Maxim 1910, simplified version with smooth water jacket - 7.62x54mmR

Bolshevick rebels fires their Maxim.

Good view of the Maxim from the left...

...and right.

Heavy Weapons

Naval Gun

Naval guns were mounted on the ships of the Imperial Russian Navy.

View from the left...

...right...

...and muzzle.

76.2 mm divisional gun model 1902

Bolshevik rebels uses 76.2 mm divisional gun model 1902 during the attack on the Winter Palace.

76.2 mm (3-inch) field gun M1902 - 76.2x385mmR

Perfect view of the muzzle.

42-line fortress and Siege Gun Pattern of 1877

Bolshevik rebels uses a pair of 42-line fortress and Pattern of 1877 siege guns during the attack on the Winter Palace. The scene is reused from Oktyabr (also 1927), except in this movie the image is inverted.

M1877 in the Hämeenlinna Artillery Museum.