Smooth-barreled rifles failed The film begins...
Application frame, this is the Battle of Sinop, November 18, 1853. Where Nakhimov badly beat the Turks. And here we go. Russian, Turkish ships, each other are crushed with guns. In total darkness, there's such glare of volleys. The announcer says something like that everything was painted in crimson colors. I don't remember the quote, but that's the point. It is evident that the artist is well acquainted with some paintings by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky. For example, a painting that depicts Sinop. Unfortunately, this is not the picture, it is called “The Night After the Battle”. Where the Turkish ships are burning. It does not show the battle, it shows what happened to them. Well, there, in fact, the reference is clear, darkness, fire to the sky, everything is bad. And if you look at Aivazovsky’s painting “The Battle of Sinop”, it happens during the day. Everyone knows that it started at 12:30 and ended at 14:00. The frigate is a Turkish swing, and it is believed that somewhere here the resistance of the Turks ceased to have an organized character. Well, by 16:00 we're done, but it's still light. And this filing frame seemed to set the tone for the whole film.
With all the intensity of passions, the Crimean War can not even be considered some kind of world war or a rehearsal for a world war. Because it was attended by Russia, on the other hand Turkey, France, Britain, Sardinia. That's it. We were told later in the film that there was a giant geography of coverage and global goals for this war. They fought in the White Sea and in the Pacific Ocean and threatened the Gulf of Finland.
Then we will be told in the film what forces were involved in all this. And immediately it will be clear that this is a raid operation, which does not pull on global goals. Because if we talk about a world war, there should be a global conflict with the majority of countries that, one way or another, participate in it.
Nicholas I went to England to negotiate with Prime Minister Robert Peel and see Queen Victoria. Naturally, they agreed on the division of the property of the “sick man of Europe”, that is, Turkey. Well, of course, it means that they agreed with the British, but they did not sign any papers. “In fact, the war was predetermined even when the English Prime Minister swore allegiance to Nicholas.”
I don’t know if Robert Peel was here. Because he has nothing to do with the Crimean War. Because he retired in 1846, and in 1850 he treacherously went horse riding to Hyde Park, where he fell off his horse and died. That is, he did not live to see the Crimean War for three years. Why did you put it there?
The filmmakers probably don’t know.
For 15 minutes we are told about the defense of the Solovetsky Monastery, without saying a word what the British were doing all the rest of the time. It would be interesting to understand the problem. There is an opinion that they came there specially Solovetsky monastery to take. Well, no. Tell me what they really did there. The papers are all there. How much damage they caused, sunk ships, slaughtered cows, how many people killed.
We are told for 15 minutes how the monks walked the procession during the shelling. And that’s what saved me.
In the third series begins the story about the Crimea and the defense of Sevastopol. There they say: "However, the enemy ships bypassed Sevastopol, they did not risk attacking the city from the sea." Well, we landed at Evpatoria. I always thought it was wrong to show our opponents as idiots. Because the fighting against finished idiots greatly reduces your own level.
In addition, the Allies were almost completely armed with rapid-fire rifles, fittings. Russian soldiers mostly had smoothbore rifles, with less accuracy and range of fire. "Smooth-barreled rifle, Carl!" It's either smoothbore, and then it's a gun. Or a rifle. But a “smooth-bore rifle” is like a “square circle.” And about the rate of fire of that time, are you crazy? He was charging from the barrel. I had to drive a bullet through the cuts, into this very barrel. About 15 percent of the fitter rate of fire is lower than that of the “smooth-bore rifle”.
Sailing ships are firing on a ballistic trajectory. Generals are shown as fools. As their superiors expected, I mean Nicholas I, at least something to win with them, they are sick. Menshikov knows nothing, Kiryakov panics. One Nakhimov did well. Because he is now an Orthodox saint?
The general conclusion of the film is: We certainly lost. But they didn't really lose much. Because they occupied only half of Sevastopol.
This is a propaganda film about the power of Russian weapons. Why lie? I don't understand. Russian weapons are so powerful, why lie, why distort? Immediately, an excerpt from a famous feature film comes to mind:
"Boris, don't hire idiots to do this."
Why do you take them, who are these people, who recommended them to you? Who wrote it, who checked it? Crazy house. The money, by the way, was spent. Officials, come on? This state gives to propaganda films about the glory and greatness of Russian weapons.
What are they promoting? We do not need such propaganda for sure. (c)
Shame on you citizens.
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