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|name= ''The Age of Mercy''
 
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|actor5=[[Aleksandr Milyutin]]
 
|actor5=[[Aleksandr Milyutin]]
 
|character6=Gruzdev
 
|character6=Gruzdev
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|actor6=[[Sergey Yurskiy]]
 
|character7=Fox
 
|character7=Fox
 
|actor7=[[Aleksandr Belyavskiy]]
 
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'''''The Age of Mercy''''' (original title '''''Mesto vstrechi izmenit nelzya''''' (''The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed'')) is a 1979 Russian 5-part television miniseries by Stanislav Govorukhin. The film is set in post-WWII Moscow. Two ''MUR'' (Moscow Department of Criminal Investigations) detectives - Gleb Zheglov ([[Vladimir Vysotsky]]) and Vladimir Sharapov ([[Vladimir Konkin]]) - investigate the murder of a young actress and hunt for a gang of robbers calling itself "Black Cat".
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'''''The Age of Mercy''''' (original title '''''Mesto vstrechi izmenit nelzya''''' (''The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed'')) is a 1979 Soviet five-part television miniseries created by Stanislav Govorukhin. The series is set in post-WWII Moscow. Two ''MUR'' (Moscow Department of Criminal Investigations) detectives - Gleb Zheglov ([[Vladimir Vysotsky]]) and Vladimir Sharapov ([[Vladimir Konkin]]) - investigate the murder of a young actress and hunt for a gang of robbers calling themselves the "Black Cats".
  
"The Age of Mercy" is title of novel on which the movie is based.
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''The Age of Mercy'' is the title of a novel by the Vayner Brothers on which the movie is based.
  
 
{{Film Title|The Age of Mercy}}
 
{{Film Title|The Age of Mercy}}
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= Handguns =
 
= Handguns =
 
== Nagant M1895 ==
 
== Nagant M1895 ==
A [[Nagant M1895]] revolver is a personal weapon of Gleb Zheglov ([[Vladimir Vysotsky]]). Nagants are also used by ''MUR'' detectives Nikolai Taraskin ([[Andrei Gradov]]), Ivan Passyuk ([[Aleksandr Milyutin]]) (in one scene; later he is seen with a [[TT-33]]), Toporkov ([[Yevgeni Stezhko]]), and the driver Kopytin ([[Aleksey Mironov]]), and by robbers of the ''Black Cat'' gang "Gorbaty" (Hunchback) ([[Armen Dzhigarkhanyan]]), "Zhzhony" (Burnt) ([[Aleksandr Abdulov]]) and one uncredited person.
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A [[Nagant M1895]] is the personal weapon of Gleb Zheglov ([[Vladimir Vysotsky]]). Nagants are also used by ''MUR'' detectives Nikolai Taraskin ([[Andrei Gradov]]), Ivan Passyuk ([[Aleksandr Milyutin]]) (in one scene; he is seen with a [[TT-33]]), Toporkov ([[Yevgeni Stezhko]]), the driver Kopytin ([[Aleksey Mironov]]), and by robbers of the Black Cat gang "Gorbaty" (Hunchback) ([[Armen Dzhigarkhanyan]]), "Zhzhony" (Burnt) ([[Aleksandr Abdulov]]) and one uncredited person.
[[File:Nagant-1895.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Nagant M1895 - 7.62x38N cartridge]]
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[[File:Nagant-1895.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Nagant M1895 - 7.62x38mmN]]
[[File:MVIN-Nagant-2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Taraskin holds his Nagant during the shootout with criminals.]]
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[[File:MVIN-Nagant-2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Taraskin holds his Nagant during the shootout with criminals.]]
[[File:MVIN-Nagant-3.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Taraskin fires the revolver in the same scene.]]
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[[File:MVIN-Nagant-3.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Taraskin fires the revolver in the same scene.]]
[[File:MVIN-Nagant-4.jpg|thumb|none|501px|A "Black Cat" robber (uncredited) holds a Nagant during the robbery of a general store.]]
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[[File:MVIN-Nagant-4.jpg|thumb|none|601px|A "Black Cat" robber (uncredited) holds a Nagant during the robbery of a general store.]]
[[File:MVIN-Nagant-16.jpg|thumb|none|501px|"Zhzhony" holds a Nagant in the final scene.]]
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[[File:MVIN-Nagant-16.jpg|thumb|none|601px|"Zhzhony" holds a Nagant in the final scene.]]
[[File:MVIN-Nagant-17.jpg|thumb|none|501px|"Gorbaty" holds a Nagant in the final scene (his previously seen [[Luger P08]] switches to Nagant due to a continuity error).]]
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[[File:MVIN-Nagant-17.jpg|thumb|none|601px|"Gorbaty" holds a Nagant in the final scene (his previously seen [[Luger P 08]] switches to a Nagant due to a continuity error).]]
[[File:MVIN-Nagant-1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Zheglov aims his Nagant in the final scene.]]
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[[File:MVIN-Nagant-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Zheglov aims his Nagant in the final scene.]]
  
 
== Tokarev TT-33 ==
 
== Tokarev TT-33 ==
A [[Tokarev TT-33]] pistol is a personal weapon of Vladimir Sharapov ([[Vladimir Konkin]]). TT-33 are also used by ''MUR'' detectives Ivan Passyuk ([[Aleksandr Milyutin]]), Pyotr Solovyov ([[Vsevolod Abdulov]]), Vasily Vekshin ([[Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev]]), and by robbers of the ''Black Cat'' gang Fox ([[Aleksandr Belyavskiy]]), Tyagunov ([[Oleg Savosin]]), "Promokashka" (Blotting Paper) ([[Ivan Bortnik]]), and an unnamed person ([[Vladimir Zharikov]]).
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A [[Tokarev TT-33]] is the personal weapon of Vladimir Sharapov ([[Vladimir Konkin]]). TT-33s are also used by ''MUR'' detectives Ivan Passyuk ([[Aleksandr Milyutin]]), Pyotr Solovyov ([[Vsevolod Abdulov]]), Vasily Vekshin ([[Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev]]), and by robbers of the Black Cat gang Fox ([[Aleksandr Belyavskiy]]), "Promokashka" (Blotting Paper) ([[Ivan Bortnik]]), and an unnamed person ([[Vladimir Zharikov]]).
 
[[Image:TT-33-Wartime.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version.]]
 
[[Image:TT-33-Wartime.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version.]]
[[File:MVIN-TT-11.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Vekshin carries a TT, tucked at his belt, in the opening scene.]]
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[[File:MVIN-TT-11.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Vekshin carries a TT tucked into his waistband in the opening scene.]]
[[File:MVIN-TT-2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Ivan Passyuk fires his TT during the shootout with criminals.]]
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[[File:MVIN-TT-2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Ivan Passyuk fires his TT during the shootout with criminals.]]
[[File:MVIN-TT-14.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Sharapov holds a TT.]]
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[[File:MVIN-TT-14.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Sharapov holds a TT.]]
[[File:MVIN-TT-15.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Solovyov hides his TT under a newspaper while in ambush.]]
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[[File:MVIN-TT-15.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Solovyov hides his TT under a newspaper while preparing an ambush.]]
[[File:MVIN-TT-3.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Fox, disguised as a Soviet Army officer, draws a TT.]]
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[[File:MVIN-TT-3.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Fox, disguised as a Soviet Army officer, draws a TT.]]
[[File:MVIN-TT-4.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Tyagunov draw his TT.]]
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[[File:MVIN-TT-5.jpg|thumb|none|601px|A TT is hidden in a storeroom.]]
[[File:MVIN-TT-5.jpg|thumb|none|501px|A TT is hidden in storeroom.]]
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[[File:MVIN-TT-19.jpg|thumb|none|601px|"Promokashka" (left) holds a TT.]]
[[File:MVIN-TT-19.jpg|thumb|none|501px|"Promokashka" (at the left) holds a TT.]]
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[[File:MVIN-TT-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Sharapov with a TT in the final scene.]]
[[File:MVIN-TT-1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Sharapov with a TT in final scene.]]
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== Femaru 37M ==
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Black Cat gang member Tyagunov ([[Oleg Savosin]]) is armed with a [[Femaru 37M]].
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[[Image:Frommer_37M_pistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Frommer 37M - .380 ACP]]
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[[File:MVIN-TT-4.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Tyagunov draws his pistol. Note the shape of the rear part and the external extractor, distinguishing it from the TT-33s seen more commonly in the series. The hole in the slide shows that the pistol was deactivated.]]
  
 
== Walther PP ==
 
== Walther PP ==
In the scene of car chase Vladimir Sharapov's ([[Vladimir Konkin]]) [[TT-33]] switches to a [[Walther PP]] and later back again.
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During the car chase, Vladimir Sharapov's ([[Vladimir Konkin]]) [[TT-33]] switches to a [[Walther PP]] and later back again.
[[File:Walther_PP.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Walther PP Pistol - .32 ACP.]]
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[[File:Walther_PP.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Walther PP - .32 ACP]]
[[File:MVIN-WaltherPP-1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Wounded Sharapov holds a Walther PP.]]
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[[File:MVIN-WaltherPP-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|A wounded Sharapov holds a Walther PP.]]
  
== Luger P08 ==
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== Luger P 08 ==
"Gorbaty" ([[Armen Dzhigarkhanyan]]), the boss of ''Black Cat'' gang, carries a [[Luger P08]]. In the final scene it switches to a [[Nagant M1895]] due to a continuity error.
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"Gorbaty" ([[Armen Dzhigarkhanyan]]), the boss of the Black Cat gang, carries a [[Luger P 08]]. In the final scene, it switches to a [[Nagant M1895]] due to a continuity error.
[[Image:LugerP08Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm.  This is blank adapted movie gun.]]
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[[Image:LugerP08Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Luger P 08 - 9x19mm]]
[[File:MVIN-P08-1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|"Gorbaty" fires his Luger.]]
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[[File:MVIN-P08-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|"Gorbaty" fires his Luger.]]
  
 
== Walther P38 ==
 
== Walther P38 ==
A criminal Levchenko ([[Viktor Pavlov]]) carries a [[Walther P38]].
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The criminal Levchenko ([[Viktor Pavlov]]) carries a [[Walther P38]].
 
[[Image:P38Black.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm]]
 
[[Image:P38Black.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm]]
[[File:MVIN-P38-1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Levchenko holds his pistol.]]
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[[File:MVIN-P38-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Levchenko holds his pistol.]]
[[File:MVIN-P38-2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Levchenko with P38 in hands in the final scene.]]
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[[File:MVIN-P38-2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Levchenko with P38 in hand in the final scene.]]
  
 
== Walther Model 4 ==
 
== Walther Model 4 ==
A [[Walther Model 4]] is the murder weapon in the case investigated by Zheglov and Sharapov. In the movie it is incorrectly called "Bayard 6.35mm".
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A [[Walther Model 4]] is the murder weapon in the case investigated by Zheglov and Sharapov. In the movie, it is incorrectly referred to as a "Bayard 6.35mm" (which is .25 ACP).
[[File:Walther_mod_4.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Walther Model 4 - .32 ACP.]]
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[[File:Walther_mod_4.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Walther Model 4 - .32 ACP]]
[[File:MVIN-Walther-small.jpg|thumb|none|501px|The Walther is found during the search.]]
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[[File:MVIN-Walther-small.jpg|thumb|none|601px|The Walther is found during the search.]]
[[File:MVIN-WaltherM4-12.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Zheglov shows the pistol to Gruzdev.]]
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[[File:MVIN-WaltherM4-12.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Zheglov shows the pistol to Gruzdev.]]
  
 
= Submachine Guns =
 
= Submachine Guns =
== MP40 ==
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== MP 40 ==
An [[MP40]] is seen in a deleted scene of Sharapov's wartime flashback.
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An [[MP 40]] is seen in a deleted scene of Sharapov's wartime flashback.
[[Image:MP40Side.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm]]
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[[Image:MP40Side.jpg|thumb|none|450px|MP 40 - 9x19mm]]
[[File:MVIN-MP40-1.jpeg|thumb|none|501px|Sharapov ([[Vladimir Konkin]]) (at the left) holds an MP40.]]
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[[File:MVIN-MP40-1.jpeg|thumb|none|601px|Sharapov ([[Vladimir Konkin]]) (left) holds an MP 40.]]
[[File:MVIN-MP40-2.jpeg|thumb|none|501px|Sharapov fires his MP40.]]
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[[File:MVIN-MP40-2.jpeg|thumb|none|601px|Sharapov fires his MP 40.]]
  
 
= Rifles =
 
= Rifles =
== Mosin Nagant Rifle ==
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== Mosin Nagant M91/30==
In final scene several ''militioneers'' are armed with full-length [[Mosin Nagant M1891/30]] rifles.
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In final scene several ''militioneers'' are armed with [[Mosin Nagant M91/30]] rifles.
[[File:M9130.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Full-length Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mmR.]]
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[[File:M9130.jpg|thumb|none|450px| Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mmR]]
[[File:MVIN-Mosin-1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|]]
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[[File:MVIN-Mosin-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|]]
[[File:MVIN-Mosin-2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|]]
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[[File:MVIN-Mosin-2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|]]
  
 
= Shotguns =
 
= Shotguns =
 
== 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun ==
 
== 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun ==
An aged store keeper (Vladimir Yevchenko) tried to protect himself with [[12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun]] against "Black Cat" robbers, but fails.
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An aged store keeper ([[Vladimir Yevchenko]]) tries to protect himself with a [[12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun]] against Black Cat robbers, but fails.
[[File:MVIN-Shotgun-11.jpg|thumb|none|501px|A shotgun is seen on the wall.]]
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[[File:MVIN-Shotgun-11.jpg|thumb|none|601px|A shotgun is seen on the wall.]]
[[File:MVIN-2barrel.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Store keeper is killed by robbers when trying to get his shotgun. The weapon is hold by a robber ([[Rudolf Mukhin]]).]]
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[[File:MVIN-2barrel.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Store keeper is killed by robbers when trying to get his shotgun. The weapon is held by a robber ([[Rudolf Mukhin]]).]]
  
 
== Mosin Nagant/Frolov Shotgun ==
 
== Mosin Nagant/Frolov Shotgun ==
A bolt action [[Mosin Nagant/Frolov Shotgun]] (supposedly an R-32 version) is seen in hands of a store keeper (uncredited) during the unsuccessful robbery attempt.
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A bolt action [[Mosin Nagant/Frolov Shotgun]] (possibly an R-32 version) is seen in hands of a store keeper (uncredited) during the unsuccessful robbery attempt.
[[Image:Frolovka-R-32.jpg|thumb|none|400px|"Frolovka" R-32 shotgun (converted Mosin Nagant rifle) - 32 Gauge]]
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[[Image:Frolovka-R-32.jpg|thumb|none|450px|"Frolovka" R-32 shotgun (converted Mosin Nagant rifle) - 32 Gauge]]
[[File:MVIN-Frolov-11.jpg|thumb|none|501px|A store keeper holds his shotgun.]]
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[[File:MVIN-Frolov-11.jpg|thumb|none|601px|A store keeper holds his shotgun.]]
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Latest revision as of 22:55, 9 October 2024


The Age of Mercy
MVIN-DVD-cover.jpg
DVD Cover
Country SOV.jpg USSR
Language Russian
Channel Soviet Central Television
Creator Stanislav Govorukhin
Genre Crime
Drama
Broadcast 1979
No. of Episodes 5
Main Cast
Character Actor
Gleb Zheglov Vladimir Vysotsky
Vladimir Sharapov Vladimir Konkin
Varya Sinichkina Natalya Danilova
Kolya Taraskin Andrei Gradov
Ivan Passyuk Aleksandr Milyutin
Gruzdev Sergey Yurskiy
Fox Aleksandr Belyavskiy
Karp aka "Gorbaty" Armen Dzhigarkhanyan



The Age of Mercy (original title Mesto vstrechi izmenit nelzya (The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed)) is a 1979 Soviet five-part television miniseries created by Stanislav Govorukhin. The series is set in post-WWII Moscow. Two MUR (Moscow Department of Criminal Investigations) detectives - Gleb Zheglov (Vladimir Vysotsky) and Vladimir Sharapov (Vladimir Konkin) - investigate the murder of a young actress and hunt for a gang of robbers calling themselves the "Black Cats".

The Age of Mercy is the title of a novel by the Vayner Brothers on which the movie is based.


The following weapons were used in the film The Age of Mercy:


Handguns

Nagant M1895

A Nagant M1895 is the personal weapon of Gleb Zheglov (Vladimir Vysotsky). Nagants are also used by MUR detectives Nikolai Taraskin (Andrei Gradov), Ivan Passyuk (Aleksandr Milyutin) (in one scene; he is seen with a TT-33), Toporkov (Yevgeni Stezhko), the driver Kopytin (Aleksey Mironov), and by robbers of the Black Cat gang "Gorbaty" (Hunchback) (Armen Dzhigarkhanyan), "Zhzhony" (Burnt) (Aleksandr Abdulov) and one uncredited person.

Nagant M1895 - 7.62x38mmN
Taraskin holds his Nagant during the shootout with criminals.
Taraskin fires the revolver in the same scene.
A "Black Cat" robber (uncredited) holds a Nagant during the robbery of a general store.
"Zhzhony" holds a Nagant in the final scene.
"Gorbaty" holds a Nagant in the final scene (his previously seen Luger P 08 switches to a Nagant due to a continuity error).
Zheglov aims his Nagant in the final scene.

Tokarev TT-33

A Tokarev TT-33 is the personal weapon of Vladimir Sharapov (Vladimir Konkin). TT-33s are also used by MUR detectives Ivan Passyuk (Aleksandr Milyutin), Pyotr Solovyov (Vsevolod Abdulov), Vasily Vekshin (Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev), and by robbers of the Black Cat gang Fox (Aleksandr Belyavskiy), "Promokashka" (Blotting Paper) (Ivan Bortnik), and an unnamed person (Vladimir Zharikov).

Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version.
Vekshin carries a TT tucked into his waistband in the opening scene.
Ivan Passyuk fires his TT during the shootout with criminals.
Sharapov holds a TT.
Solovyov hides his TT under a newspaper while preparing an ambush.
Fox, disguised as a Soviet Army officer, draws a TT.
A TT is hidden in a storeroom.
"Promokashka" (left) holds a TT.
Sharapov with a TT in the final scene.

Femaru 37M

Black Cat gang member Tyagunov (Oleg Savosin) is armed with a Femaru 37M.

Frommer 37M - .380 ACP
Tyagunov draws his pistol. Note the shape of the rear part and the external extractor, distinguishing it from the TT-33s seen more commonly in the series. The hole in the slide shows that the pistol was deactivated.

Walther PP

During the car chase, Vladimir Sharapov's (Vladimir Konkin) TT-33 switches to a Walther PP and later back again.

Walther PP - .32 ACP
A wounded Sharapov holds a Walther PP.

Luger P 08

"Gorbaty" (Armen Dzhigarkhanyan), the boss of the Black Cat gang, carries a Luger P 08. In the final scene, it switches to a Nagant M1895 due to a continuity error.

Luger P 08 - 9x19mm
"Gorbaty" fires his Luger.

Walther P38

The criminal Levchenko (Viktor Pavlov) carries a Walther P38.

Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm
Levchenko holds his pistol.
Levchenko with P38 in hand in the final scene.

Walther Model 4

A Walther Model 4 is the murder weapon in the case investigated by Zheglov and Sharapov. In the movie, it is incorrectly referred to as a "Bayard 6.35mm" (which is .25 ACP).

Walther Model 4 - .32 ACP
The Walther is found during the search.
Zheglov shows the pistol to Gruzdev.

Submachine Guns

MP 40

An MP 40 is seen in a deleted scene of Sharapov's wartime flashback.

MP 40 - 9x19mm
Sharapov (Vladimir Konkin) (left) holds an MP 40.
Sharapov fires his MP 40.

Rifles

Mosin Nagant M91/30

In final scene several militioneers are armed with Mosin Nagant M91/30 rifles.

Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mmR
MVIN-Mosin-1.jpg
MVIN-Mosin-2.jpg

Shotguns

12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun

An aged store keeper (Vladimir Yevchenko) tries to protect himself with a 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun against Black Cat robbers, but fails.

A shotgun is seen on the wall.
Store keeper is killed by robbers when trying to get his shotgun. The weapon is held by a robber (Rudolf Mukhin).

Mosin Nagant/Frolov Shotgun

A bolt action Mosin Nagant/Frolov Shotgun (possibly an R-32 version) is seen in hands of a store keeper (uncredited) during the unsuccessful robbery attempt.

"Frolovka" R-32 shotgun (converted Mosin Nagant rifle) - 32 Gauge
A store keeper holds his shotgun.

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