Eternal Call (Vechnyy zov) - Season 1

Eternal Call (Vechnyy zov) is a Soviet 1976-1983 TV series directed by Vladimir Krasnopolskiy and Valeriy Uskov and based on the eponymous novel by Anatoly Ivanov. The epic family saga depicts the life and fate of Savelievs family from a Siberian village through the events of half a century, from 1906 to 1961. First six episodes were released in 1976, and six more in 1979; these 12 episodes form Season 1 that is set in 1906-1941. Season 2 was released in 1983. It consists of seven episodes (13-19), set in 1942-1961.
The DVD release of the series is truncated in comparison with the original TV release. This page is based on full TV version.
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= Revolvers =
== Nagant M1895 ==
Nagant M1895 revolvers are widely used throughout the series, seen in hands of Polikarp Matveevich Kruzhilin (Pyotr Velyaminov), Pankrat Grigorievich Nazarov (Ivan Lapikov), Yakov Nikolaevich Aleinikov (Vladlen Biryukov), Anna Mikhailovna Savelieva (Ada Rogovtseva), Mikhail Lukich Kaftanov (Yefim Kopelyan), Arnold Milhailovich Lakhnovsky (Oleg Basilashvili), Pyotr Petrovich Polipov (Yuri Smirnov), Kaftanov's trusted man Demyan Inyutin (Nikolay Mikheev), White Army officers, including Col. Vladimir Zubov (Vladimir Kozel), Russian Imperial police officers and prison guards, including Dorofeev (Konstantin Zabelin) and Kosorotov (Mikhail Dadyko), Red partisans, NKVD personnel (including Viktor Markin), and criminals. 
= Pistols =
== Mauser C96 ==
In Eps. 4 and 5 Yakov Aleinikov (Vladlen Biryukov) carries a Mauser C96 pistol in several scenes. His pistol several times switches from a classic C96 to C96 M1930 (see below) and back. Judging by the grips, there are two different Mauser pistols. In one scene in Ep.5 Ivan Saveliev's (Nikolay Ivanov) C96 M1930 also swithes to a classic C96.
== Mauser C96 M1930 ==
Mauser C96 M1930 pistols also appear in the series. There are two different props of this anachronistic version of C96, one of early variation, with milled rails on each side of the barrel extension, and another one of late variation, with smooth rails (like the sample gun). The late version of C96 M1930 is used by Yakov Aleinikov (Vladlen Biryukov) during the attack of Kaftanov's gang in Ep.4, and by Ivan Saveliev (Nikolay Ivanov) and Demyan Inyutin (Nikolay Mikheev) in the scene in taiga hamlet in Ep.5. The early version is also seen in Ep.5, used by Yakov Aleinikov and Ivan Saveliev (instead of previously seen late model).
== Luger P08 ==
In Ep.12, set in 1941, Pyotr Zubov (Yuri Gusev) surrenders a Luger P08 when he is arrested.
= Submachine Guns =
== MP40 ==
German soldiers hold MP40 SMGs in Anton Saveliev's flashback scene in Ep.10. Anton Saveliev (Valeri Khlevinsky) himself is briefly seen with MP40 in one scene.
= Rifles =
== Mosin Nagant M1891/30 ==
Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles, standing for original M91s, are widely used by White Army soldiers in Eps. 4 and 5. Some Red partisans and brigands also are seen with M91/30 rifles.
== Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine ==
Anachronistic Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines are mostly used by Red partisans in Ep.5. M38s are also seen in some other scenes.
== Mosin Nagant "Obrez" ==
Several of Kaftanov's brigands carry Mosin Nagant "obrez" sawed-off rifles in Eps.4 and 5. In the scene in taiga hamlet in Ep.5 Fyodor Saveliev (Vadim Spiridonov) uses an "obrez".
== Karabiner 98k ==
German soldiers hold Karabiner 98k rifles in Anton Saveliev's flashback scene in Ep.10.
= Shotguns =
== Mosin Nagant/Frolov Shotgun ==
What appears to be "Frolovka" shotgun is hold by Pankrat Nazarov (Ivan Lapikov) in one scene in Ep.5.
In Ep.4 a brigand carries an "obrez" of "Frolovka" shotgun.
== Single Barreled Shotgun ==
Fyodor Saveliev (Vadim Spiridonov) holds a Single Barreled Shotgun in Ep. 2, set in 1914. This is most likely an Izh shotgun, like IZh-K or IZh-17.
= Machine Guns =
== Maxim M1910 ==
Red Guards, partisans and White troops use Maxim M1910 machine guns in Eps. 4 and 5.
= Trivia =
== Revolver Holsters ==
= Footage =
== Mosin Nagant M1891/30 ==
== Tokarev SVT-40 ==
== MG15 Machine Gun ==
== Berezin UBT ==
== Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 ==
thumb|none|400px|Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 - 23x152 mmB
== Tanks ==
== Airplanes ==
== Artillery ==
Various Soviet artillery pieces are seen in wartime documentary footage in Ep.9.
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