"Borodino-2017". The picture for the understanding

As promised, pictures from the reconstruction of the battle at Shevardino redoubts. Very nice, very specific. I apologize in advance for the lack of signatures to some pictures, well, not special, I can not say exactly who it is. So do not ask for it.

The video, we think, well illustrates everything that happened on the field.

Russian infantry


Polish cavalry attack


Infantry vehicle












Polish lancers on the side of Napoleon




Also Polish horse, but on the side of the Russian troops. In general, the war was so that half of the Poles fought for Napoleon, and half - for Alexander and Russia.






Napoleon Army General


French cuirassiers from the 5 regiment. Real french.


The infantry of the Napoleonic army.








Attack of the Russian cavalry










Indeed, the "army of two languages."






















Russian cavalier against the French














Artillerymen of the Old Guard of Napoleon.










German gunners




So very often looked like a field of reconstruction.












Fight on redoubts

Indeed, a beautiful setting and cool performance. Hope everyone enjoyed it.

Comments

[Moore]

It seems that there are also "English" lit up in red uniforms

[Mikado]

someone else but who? then any dwarf state in Europe had its own colors - already in the eyes ripples.

[Old warrior]

Swiss.

[Mikado]

thanks for the enlightenment! how they did not confuse each other ..

[Old warrior]

Yellow ones are Dutch.

[73bor]

This is the Swiss they are in raspberry!

[igordok]

Thank. I even envied a little. Very voluminous reconstruction. And a lot of cavalry.

[Hoc vince]

No wonder the whole of Russia remembers
About Borodin's day!

[Curious]

Nice, no words. But so far no one has even approached Bondarchuk’s reconstruction for War and Peace.

[Cxnumx]

But so far no one has even approached Bondarchuk’s reconstruction for War and Peace.

give such reenactors as much money, time and a good operator - they will do better)

[Curious]

For "the same amount of money" now will not work. I even find it difficult to imagine the amount.

[Mikado]

But so far no one has even approached Bondarchuk’s reconstruction for War and Peace.

Viktor Nikolayevich, Bondarchuk and who helped in the “War and Peace”, and in “Waterloo”? correctly! Soviet army! And extras, and weapons, and instructors, and all-all-all.
Oh, massive action! Sorry, not all photos are signed. I wonder how they recognized each other at that time with such a variety of forms. grenadiers in bear caps - generally respect!

as far as I understand, here is a "hodgepodge". The soldiers on the right have cavalry helmets. Hurried dragoons?

[Curious]

Yes, a separate 11th Cavalry Regiment, which lasted until 1992, was even formed. And then there was no money, the cavalry honorary escort remained from the regiment. A friend served in my regiment.
Probably the country was richer, could afford.

[Mikado]

Of course I could. Moreover, the service in this regiment was not safe - it seems that on the set of "White Desert Sun" a soldier from this cavalry regiment was killed. Now everything rests on enthusiasts, clubs and sponsors. I hope the state allocates money to support this movement.
Watching old films is everywhere a battle, everywhere there are a lot of people involved, both here and in the West. Now - shooting is carried out by attracting reenactors + computer graphics.

[Mikado]

Viktor Nikolaevich, pay attention to the weapon of the huntsman on the left (perhaps, of course, this is not a huntsman).
What about his butt? handle for easy reloading "remake"?

[Curious]

On the handle - I can’t say anything, there were none on the weapons of 1812.
About the rangers. I will say right away - uniformitarianism is not the question where I feel confident. However, I doubt very much that these are huntsmen, so far as hunters in white trousers and black jackets should not be. Must be in green.

[Mikado]

insofar as huntsmen in white trousers and black jackets should not be. Must be in green.

it confused me too. For the huntsman, I took them on the basis of the absence of bayonets and a small group that is clearly engaged in a shootout, and does not intend to go hand to hand.

[Curious]

Considering that the whole crew is being bought for their money, there could really not be enough for bayonets. Somewhere I met the figure of 1 Euro equipment of a Russian infantryman. We will not talk about cavalry.

[Mikado]

We will not talk about cavalry.

well yes. A lot of girls in the cavalry - this is natural, it is the girls who now love the equestrian clubs more.

[Old warrior]

Most likely it pierces the ignition hole with a disinfectant - an rye is acting.

[Cxnumx]

Quote: Mikado

I wonder how they recognized each other at that time with such a variety of forms.

easy)) you just don’t live this, and at first glance they will say who is where) and who has the most canonical costume and who chartarted)))

[Mikado]

who has the most canonical costume, and who chartarted

all the newfound all kinds of Cossacks to explain it. And then I last year in Pskov at the Religious procession (on the city day, St. Olga's Day) I saw one of the figures a sword belt, clearly reminiscent of a Wehrmacht grenadier belt - two belts in front, go into the ring on the back, one belt from it bottom-back. It seems that ours were not worn either during the Republic of Ingushetia or during the USSR. where in the Pskov region suddenly "there are Cossacks" is a separate issue altogether. But I understand patriotism and all that, and I don’t want to offend anyone, but it’s a little incomprehensible

[Ryazan87]

The current reconstruction is by far superior to Bondarchuk in the quality of uniform reliability. And with the three-rulers on Borodino, there is nobody at today's reconstruction (If you look more closely at the epic, you can see them among Russian soldiers).
With the enormous resources expended, I do not consider the battle scenes of "War and Peace" to be particularly successful. But this is a purely personal opinion.

[Mikado]

and with three rulers on Borodino

in some GDR western with the honored Indian Goiko Mitic, the “red uniforms” in the 18th century also shoot back from frenzied Indians from rifles. Well, they did it. Moreover, the army crowd, it seems, is easier to accustom to a rifle than to a muzzle-loading rifle, and even what incidents will happen on the set! There is another trick in many old films - guns do not roll back when fired.

[Curious]

The guns do not roll back when shooting in almost all films, since shooting is carried out in a single charge, without a shell. If the elevation angle allows, you can pour a bucket into the barrel - two waters, there will be a rollback. But in battle scenes, most often, direct fire.

[Mikado]

not good at ballistics. That is, a clogged wad is not enough to cause a full rollback. Thank!

[Curious]

It can be seen in the Academy Awards there are no such specialists as you, here they are the Oscars and gave the film.
There were about 1 reconstructors, and in the reconstruction of Bondarchuk there were only 200 infantry, under 15 cavalry.

[Ryazan87]

It seems that the Oscars were given not exclusively for battle scenes (although the scale played an important role, of course). In addition, I doubt very much that Bondarchuk had 1200 authentically dressed infantrymen and cavalrymen who at least did not shine with tarpaulin boots on a close-up. Yes, and reenactors do everything with their own money.

[Ace Tambourine]

Bullshit and nonsense ...
These are not Shevardinsky redoubts, but the site behind the village of Borodino, from Moscow ...
I live here, I know and see ...
If there’s anyone, I can upload photos of truly Shevardin redoubts, and the same site, and in general ... God forbid you to live near such places ...
In 2012, it was 200 years old ... What was happening .. The iPhone with GDP then arrived by helicopter in profits and losses, and we had a traffic jam for half the second night

[Old warrior]

Perhaps the author had in mind Bagration's flushes?

[Ace Tambourine]

You can break spears, but for 2 years I served the entire composition of the Borodino Museum, the alarm system, and, believe me, I know what I'm talking about ...

[Old warrior]

These "Poles" are called ulans.

[Dante007]

In the photo with the caption "Also Polish horse, but on the side of the Russian troops."
not Polish equestrians, but Cossacks. Ataman Cossack Regiment of Count M.I. Platov
http://www.diary.ru/~flugzojg/p173826675.htm?oam

[Paranoid50]

Quote: Dante007

Ataman Cossack Regiment of Count M.I. Platov

Painfully familiar illustrations. The artist is Oleg Parkhaev. Since childhood, I keep all four sets of postcards dedicated to the Russian army of 1812. On the back of each - a detailed description.

[Mikado]

I only had one - the one in the photo, irregular troops. True, now everything is on the Internet.

[Paranoid50]

Quote: Mikado

True, now everything is on the Internet.

Hello, Nikolai! There is "in real life", the same address (Cook's) .EMNIP, set -300 rubles. Communism!

[Mikado]

More than reasonable price for such a kit, Alexander!

[Nic]

How nice that no one was embarrassed by the abundance of young girls in the cavalry. And the same people who admire “our glorious girls in officer uniforms” spray foam at their mouths when they see transvestites in gay parades! You are good gentlemen or tudes or syuds - or women in military reconstruction and men in skirts in gay parades, or you understand neither one nor the other. And anyway, what does even the highest quality reconstruction cost if it does not show respect to the ancestors ?? I PREDICT - in the next reconstruction, our "patriots" will include Negroes in the orderly ranks of the Russian infantry, and this will be "cool" in their opinion! (I have nothing against girls and blacks, and even gay parades, but yes, against transvestites in military reconstruction and their fans!)

[Ace Tambourine]

That is, if near you in the tank p.door, but our p.door, then everything is normal, most importantly, what does not transvestite? Transophobia? ... In ... came up with a new word ...

[Old warrior]

What is your Canadian business? Look what you’ve thought of, all kinds of savages, we, the Most Ancient Civilization on Earth, thought of teaching ...

[Ace Tambourine]

In general, I had a lot of affairs with the participants in these reconstructions .. With Kutuzov we ate vodka at the shift supervisor of the Borodino Museum, Vasily Trofimych, and he himself takes part there every year.
Not only is all the ammunition worth unmeasured money, but also that problem is entering this society. These people honor themselves almost as Gods, and they gather almost the advice of the flock to discuss candidates ...
In a word-Mummers ...

[Ace Tambourine]

Not only that ... I mnu the notorious son-in-law is the same turned ...
Specially traveled to the Arabian desert and walked through the crusaders in chain mail and armor ..
I pay tribute to determination and endurance ...

[Paranoid50]

Quote: Ace of Diamonds

Not only is all the ammunition worth unmeasured money, but also that problem is entering this society. These people honor themselves almost as Gods, and they gather almost the advice of the flock to discuss candidates ...

Duc, community. Well, here, maybe it depends on the "charter". Similar clubs - not one or two. Somewhere simpler, somewhere tougher. At work, I had a chance to communicate with a representative of the “Preobrazhentsi” (he had run away for 15 years with a famously twisted mustache and a satchel behind his back) ) - not a drop of snobbery, rather - a big child. Yes, I myself have not far gone, except that my “reconstructions” take place mainly at home, on a scale of 1:72 (models, miniature). As for the "mummers", it is possible for someone, once entering the role, it is difficult to "bounce". Well, it happens, as they say - if only a good person was.

[Ace Tambourine]

if only a good man was. y

es hi
And it is right...

[Old warrior]

Silence silently ...

[DimanC]

How can I not recall Oleg Sokolov’s lecture ... Everyone was looking for his face in the photo, it was interesting for whom this time :-) Well, here in the photo report everyone, except for the Russians ...

[Old warrior]

Sokolov in Russian? It is unlikely...

[DimanC]

Actually, I'm talking about the same