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Attempt on GOELRO (Pokusheniye na GOELRO)

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Attempt on GOELRO
(Pokusheniye na GOELRO)
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DVD Cover
Country SOV.jpg USSR
Directed by Nikolai Gusarov
Release Date 1986
Language Russian
Studio Sverdlovsk Film Studio
Main Cast
Character Actor
Vyacheslav Rudolfovich Menzhinskiy Antanas Barcas
Leonid Petrovich Bazov Igor Ledogorov
Igor Nikolaevich Borisov Rodion Nahapetov
Viktor Sergeevich Lartsev Yuriy Nazarov
Vasiliy Ilyich Sergeyev Georgiy Yumatov
Ivan Sergeevich Vorobyov Aleksey Buldakov
Nikolay Mitrofanovich Yegorov Valeriy Barinov
"Valet" Valery Zakharyev


Attempt on GOELRO (direct translation of original title Pokusheniye na GOELRO) is a Soviet 1986 detective mini series directed by Nikolai Gusarov. The story is set in 1932 in a fictional town of Krasnotalsk on Ural. The local power plant is sabotaged; this act appears to be the first step in German plan against Soviet electrification plan GOELRO. Seasoned OGPU operative Viktor Sergeevich Lartsev is sent to Krasnotalsk to hold investigation.

Note: GOELRO plan was the Soviet plan for the development of electrification, released in 1920s-early 1930s. GOELRO is the transliteration of the Russian abbreviation for "State Commission for Electrification of Russia" (Государственная комиссия по электрификации России).


The following weapons were used in the film Attempt on GOELRO (Pokusheniye na GOELRO):


Revolvers

Nagant M1895

Nagant M1895 revolvers are widely used throughout the movie, seen in hands of Krasnotalsk OGPU operatives Ivan Sergeevich Vorobyov (Aleksey Buldakov), Vasiliy Ilyich Sergeyev (Georgiy Yumatov), Yemelyan Bubnov (Viktor Mamaev) and Gennadiy Shumkov (Yuriy Malashin), railway secutiry guard Rogov (Oleg Afanasyev), factory director Shcherbakov (Pyotr Zaychenko), German agent, former White Army counterintellegence service Capt., Nikolay Mitrofanovich Yegorov (Valeriy Barinov), and a criminal "Valet" (Valery Zakharyev). The revolvers are of pre-1930 version.

Russian Nagant 1895, produced 1920s - 7.62x38R Nagant. The rounded front sight is a sign of revolvers produced from 1890s until 1930.

Note: see additional images on talk page.

Vorobyov's Nagant on table.
Wounded Sergeev holds a Nagant.
A view of Sergeev's Nagant from the muzzle.
A good view of Sergeev's Nagant.
"Valet" holds Sergeev's revolver.
OGPU operative Yemelyan Bubnov with a Nagant.
Yegorov holds a Nagant.
OGPU operative Gennadiy Shumkov holds a Nagant.
Yegorov fires.
Vorobyov holds a Nagant during the arrest of Yegorov.

Pistols

Walther P38

Walther P38 pistols, out of time for 1932, are used by German agents Maj. Hans Müller (former Russian Army officer Mikhail Markov) (Boris Klyuev), and Fischer's driver Fühmann (Valeri Doronin).

Walther P38 - 9x19mm
Müller draws his Walther.
A closeup of the pistol.
Müller holds the pistol.
Fühmann fires the P38.

Rifles

Mosin Nagant M1891

Security guard on power plant Lukich (Aleksandr Lebedev) carries a Mosin Nagant M1891 rifle.

Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry Rifle in original configuration - 7.62x54mm R
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Lukich carries an M91 rifle on sling.

Mosin Nagant M1891/30

Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles are used by Red Army soldiers and railway guards.

Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R
A Red Army soldier carries an M91/30 rifle.
A railway guard is shot by "Valet".
Rogov (Oleg Afanasyev) carries an M91/30 rifle.

Shotguns

Double Barreled Shotgun

In one scene Hans Müller (Boris Klyuev) gifts a Double Barreled Shotgun under fictional brand "August Lebel" to Franz Fischer (Gediminas Girdvainis), a representative of a German company in Moscow.

Hans Müller gifts a shotgun to Franz Fischer.
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Fischer examines the shotgun.

Single Barreled Shotgun

A Single Barreled Shotgun (possibly some IZh model) is seen in apartments of Soviet trade representation official Igor Nikolaevich Borisov (Rodion Nahapetov).

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A shotgun on the wall in Borisov's apartments.

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