The Sannikov Land (Zemlya Sannikova)

The Sannikov Land (Zemlya Sannikova)

Original Theatrical Poster

Country	USSR
Directed by	Albert Mkrtchyan Leonid Popov
Release Date	1973
Language	Russian
Studio	Mosfim

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Ilyin	Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
Krestovskiy	Oleg Dal
Gubin	Yuri Nazarov
Ignatiy	Georgi Vitsin
The shaman	Igor Ledogorov
The chief	Pyotr Abasheyev
The young chief	Igor Starygin

The Sannikov Land (Zemlya Sannikova) is a Soviet 1973 adventure movie loosely based on the eponymous novel by Vladimir Obruchev. The movie is directed by Albert Mkrtchyan and Leonid Popov and starring Vladislav Dvorzhetsky, Oleg Dal and Georgi Vitsin. The story tells about a fiction expedition dedicated to the searches of "Sannikov Land", a legendary island in the Arctic Ocean.

The following weapons were used in the film The Sannikov Land (Zemlya Sannikova):

Nagant M1895 Revolver

Several charaters are seen with Nagant M1895 revolvers.

Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo). Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s.

Retired officer Krestovskiy (Oleg Dal) holds his revolver when speaking with Ilyin (Vladislav Dvorzhetsky), the leader of the expedition.

Gubin (Yuri Nazarov) with Nagant revolver.

Ilyin with Nagant revolver.

Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action

Ignatiy (Georgi Vitsin) carries a nickel plated Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action revolver with pearl grips (most likely not original S&W but a European, possibly Spanish clone). Larer Ilyin (Vladislav Dvorzhetsky) uses Ignatiy's revolver. This revolver may be the same weapon that appears in several other Mosfilm productions, like Shvedskaya spichka, Semeynoe schastye, and Zhestokiy romans.

Orbea Hermanos nickel plated revolver with pearl grips, a Spanish version of Smith Wesson Double Action - .44 Russian

Ignatiy holds his revolver.

Ilyin fires at the Onkilon tribesman.

Ilyin holds the revolver in the final scene.

Percussion cap musket M1845

During the expedition Ilyin (Vladislav Dvorzhetsky) and Krestovskiy (Oleg Dal) carry Infantry Muskets M1845. Gubin (Yuri Nazarov) is armed with a carbine version of this weapon (possibly M1849 Cavalry Carbine).