Who you are?
The military-historical club Pionier Bataillon 1, Wehrmacht sappers, are located in Moscow. Formed as VIC in 2004, the first participation in events took place in 2005. At the moment, the club consists of more than 25 people.
How to join the club? What is needed for this?
The main desire, then you need to have free time and a certain amount of free finance. On our part, there are a number of simple requirements - the age limit (the lower limit is 20 years), adequacy, the absence of radical political convictions, participation in club life.
For an introduction, you can write a letter ( [email protected]) With summary of his desire to join the ranks of our VIC, to tell a little about himself. The offer is relevant for residents of Moscow and the region. To search for like-minded people in your region, create a topic in the communication section of our forum.
Where to begin? Where can you find all this? How much will it cost?
There is no single answer, everyone is different, but most prefer to start with the purchase of a set of uniforms. I think that the order of acquiring things is not important, the main thing is to assemble a complete set. Money will have to be invested from 1000-1500 ye in the minimum set, but taking into account the fact that the process of acquiring things lasts an average of six months, it does not hit your pocket so much. Where, from whom and how much to buy all the things, we will tell you, if you have a desire, really get together in 2-3 months.
Activity. How often, where?
Let's start with a small classification of events - shows, tactics, private trips. They are held mainly in Moscow and the region, less often in Russia. There are events in Belarus and Ukraine, as well as in foreign countries. Large events take place 5-7 times a year, the same number of local trips are held.
Minimum set for reconstruction
1. Tunic and trousers M36 or M40
2. Helmet M35 or M40
3. Cap M38
4. Boots (with spikes and horseshoes)
5. Undershirt or authentic tank top
6. Belt with buckle
7. Harness Y-shaped
8. Pouches (pair) for clips for the Mauser 98 carbine - for the shooter, (for the machine gunner - a pistol holster and a box with spare parts, for a sapper - sapper bags and a satchel, for an orderly - sanitary pouches, for a doctor / paramedic - a sanitary bag)
9. Bread bag
10. Bowler
11. Flask (for a nurse - a medical flask)
12. A shovel with a case, one of these items is allowed instead:
A. Hacksaw in a case
b. Flags in a case + a bag with accessories for a miner.
With. Ax in a case
d. Sapper scissors in a case
e. Large sapper shovel in a case
13. Model of a bayonet in a sheath on a suspension
14. Gas mask (a tank from it is allowed)
15. Anti-salt cape in a case (a case from it is allowed)
16. Raincoat tent
Documentation:
Soldier's book
Identification token
They exist on the territory of Russia since the birth of the reenactment movement. Such associations have their own premises for training, storage of various equipment and clothing, a workshop, and so on. Clubs may have their own hierarchy, which to some extent repeats the hierarchical structure of the reconstructed period. In addition, members of the same club may have certain distinctive signs that allow them to be identified during major events (for example, shields of the same color or with a certain pattern, stripes, etc.).
It should be noted that in the first years of its existence, the participants historical clubs dressed in costumes that only superficially resembled historical ones, and were armed with either modern rifles or their dummies. Today, reenactor clubs are an entire industry, starting with historians who search for archival materials, as well as authentic items in various museum collections, tailors who sew uniforms and equipment by hand, and ending with the creation of replicas of edged weapons and firearms.
Among military history club The clubs recreating the events of the Patriotic War of 1812, the Second World War, the Russian and European Middle Ages have gained the greatest popularity.
On average, the number of the club is 10-30 people. But on the territory of Russia there are also large clubs with big amount people who, as a rule, have their branches in other cities.
Youth who are actively involved in various military history clubs, attracts not only the opportunity to put on armor and pick up a real sword, but also to use them in practice.
historical club takes part in large-scale reconstruction activities of certain historical events. In addition to participating in festivals, clubs can also organize their own private events (eg hikes, feasts and balls). Film directors very often invite people from Kirov to participate in the filming of historical films. Organizers of exhibitions, historical presentations also cannot do without reenactors.
In addition to the battles themselves, historical reenactment clubs they also recreate the everyday life (i.e. “living history”) of soldiers in field camps, exactly copying tents, utensils, as well as the cooking process itself. In addition, on many holidays, participants who brought with them property that did not correspond to the reconstructed era may not be allowed at all either in the camp or on the “field”.
Published: 11.01.2018 Category: Author's essayFor now Russian government never decided what to dedicate the coming year of the Yellow (Earth) Dog. And why not coincide with such a wonderful thing as "revived history". After all, the next 12 months will shock the Fatherland not only with a phenomenon called "World Cup 2018", but also with another one - under the name "historical reenactment 2018". Role-playing events for many Russians have long become synonymous with a successful vacation. Of course, this refers not only to war, but also to peaceful pursuits. Rather, a whole historical complex. Yes, history can come alive. Everything is within our power. In the article you will learn more about the CIS festivals.
What is military-historical reconstruction
Since 1979, the described hobby has been an activity of a narrow circle of people who are passionate about the romance of medieval battles, the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars.
A full-scale historical reconstruction became part of Russia only in the 1990s. It concerns the restoration (reconstruction) of a historical complex associated with a specific time, a specific place and a specific event. In the 90s, it all started not with historical battles, but with ... fantasy ones. The fact is that the main contingent in organizing such an action as a festival of historical reconstruction was the Tolkienists, who are fanatic about the world created by the English writer D. Tolkien. Some of them still live exclusively in Middle-earth, often speaking to each other in the language of hobbits or elves. Although most of their ideological followers switched to Westeros, created by the minds of the Game of Thrones writers. "Role players" already had the experience of "reviving" events, although not historical ones. They created costumes, weapons, fortresses and palisades, wrote staged scripts.
It remains to be added that abroad the "resurrection of history" (as well as all the amusements associated with it) entered the everyday life of significant masses of the population much earlier. The fact is that this process was strongly associated with social movement living history (" living history”), born in the middle of the last century. At the moment, the current has "reborn" into some kind school lessons, medieval festivals (in the Middle Ages, many Western cities were separate states - now the population takes their coats of arms to the streets), as well as the work of skansens - open-air museums. Their workers completely restore the historical complex of a certain era and the traditions of a certain ethnic group associated with it (costume, tools, architecture, life, weapons and rituals). In fact, the ancient life appears before the viewer (the student of the history lesson) in all its details.
So, we also have such a thing as a club of historical reconstruction (KIR). A Team work of these associations of enthusiasts (from different parts of the state), respectively, "gave birth" to a global interactive performance, which is usually called the festival of historical reconstruction (FIR). Now this is something more than what the Tolkienists of the 90s called "making a toy." The festival, as a rule, attracts several organizations of "historical role players" at once. Moreover, they try to recreate a certain event in the location where it took place.
The largest festivals of historical reconstruction in 2018
In the expanses of the CIS (in hundreds of its cities and rural settlements), spectacles are regularly held within the framework of various FIRs. However, not every one of them gathers thousands of participants and spectators, as well as dozens of journalists. The nomination "the largest festival of historical reconstruction" included "" - a global action that takes place annually in different parts of Greater Moscow. It originated back in 2011 - in the Kolomenskoye park, with the aim of presenting the events in Rus' in the 9th-11th centuries to the general public. However, in the following years, it turned to the later pages of the biography of our Fatherland, and not only ours. This year the event will come under the name “Times and Epochs. Meeting". Moscow is going to surprise Russians and World Cup guests from other countries with a kind of time machine. From June 12 to June 23, people from different countries and centuries will gather at different venues, surprising onlookers with their attire, crafts, dishes, dances and songs! With "Times" competes (in terms of fame and involvement of people) only "Day of Borodin" (we will talk about it below).
The so-called medieval festivals are especially popular. Part of the events (including the episode of the regatta of historical ships) will be held within the framework of the already mentioned spectacle “Times and Epochs. Meeting". We will talk about the rest below.
Ancient Rus' and the Viking Age
Medieval festivals in the Russian Federation have a chronological frame of restored events starting from the 9th century. The fact is that this century became a fateful one in the history of the East Slavic peoples. There was an attempt to unite them into a single state. At the same time, this century was the heyday of Viking campaigns.
In various regions of Russia, the 9th century has become the main theme of the activities of historical clubs. This year, such associations have a new reason to meet - "Rusborg 2018" (it will bring together admirers of the first Russians in May, the place is still unknown). "Rusborg" "gets" from the darkness of centuries the military campaigns that took place on the territory of the present North-Western federal district Russian Federation- in the 9th-11th centuries.
“Rook Field” and “Abalak Field” are FIRs that have their own “zest”. Their participants are forced to move on large wooden boats - rooks, knorrs or drakkars. In the new year, the Volga near Yaroslavl will be chosen as the place of action at Ladeynoye Pole. Rafting is planned (in some places with parking) to Kazan itself. Siberian "Abalak" invites everyone to Tobolsk for the second time on July 7-8. The next plot of these "Fields" is sea battles with the participation of Russians, Vikings, Finnish and Baltic archers, as well as military competitions.
The last event worth mentioning in this regard is the “Epic Coast”. At this "gathering" a specific event is not taken into account. This is a series of buhurts (field team fights) illustrating the difficult relations of Kievan Rus with Scandinavia and other neighbors. The brand of the festival (besides sword tournaments and archery competitions common for such events) is the competition of sulichniks (the sulica is a swing weapon that resembles a mace, differs from it in the design of the nozzle). The new epic coast on July 27-29 will be the bank of the Volga near the village of Toporok ( rural settlement Fedorovka, Kimrsky district of the Tver region).
Medieval Festivals 2018
We are always predisposed to something most impressive - to frightening iron armor, to great swords or axes clanging against them, to a lady's handkerchief sentimentally tied on a knight's spear ... In a few months, all this will be repeated again in different Russian cities! Medieval festivals 2018 are:
- "Field of Kulikovo" (will be held on September 13-16 near the Tula village of Tatinka);
- "The Knight's Tournament of St. George" (thunder from April 30 to May 2 in Moscow);
- "Heritage of centuries" (end of June, Belarus);
- "Knight's Fest of Mstislavl" (July, Belarus);
- “Battle of Four Epochs” (July, Sula Park, Belarus);
- "Genoese helmet" (Sudak, August).
Let's start with "Field Kulikov". This is a fairly popular historical reconstruction. 2018 on Red Hill again promises us grand skirmishes and archery competitions. The bank of the Don at Tatinka is the place where the troops of D. Donskoy crossed before the battle.
Sword fights, whistling arrows - this is what medieval festivals intrigue tourists. 2018 will be the year of several “interactive performances related to Western Europe. And most of them will be dedicated not to court balls, but to jousting tournaments that people of our planet love, as well as field battles in full gear. Among the participants themselves, the last idiom is more used in the form of the French original - the “new birth” of a large-scale battle is called the word “buhurt”. Buhurts will be held both at the Kulikovo Field and at the Knights Tournament of St. George (in the Kolomenskoye park). Come early.
Medieval festivals "Heritage of the Ages", "Knight's Fest of Mstislavl" and "Battle of Four Epochs" are a vivid embodiment of the collective projects of the historical clubs of Russia and Belarus. As always, the events will be held on the territory of the last of these states. In the last days of June, the Mir castle complex (Grodno region) will become a meeting place for medieval musicians, equestrian daring men and all kinds of knights (“Heritage of the Ages”). Fans of medieval culture will gather in Mstislavl (Grodno region) and in the Sula park in July. Three actions in all their glory will show the knights-gentry, the "winged" hussars of the Commonwealth, zhalmers, musketeers from the countries Western Europe, archers and Cossacks. Ancient castles will serve as a backdrop for the festival.
Another show with knocking the enemy out of the saddle with a huge spear, sword fighting and archery competition is preparing the summer Crimea for us. Traditionally, in August, in the Genoese fortress (the one located in one of the coastal quarters of Sudak), the townspeople and guests of the city gather the "Genoese Helmet" - a festival that is one of the five best knightly spectacles in Europe! Medieval reenactors from all countries come here.
Napoleonic Wars
Unlike the concept of "medieval festivals", the concept of other role-playing spectacles does not involve tournaments. There are more assaults involved here. defensive structures, attacks, restoration of some circumstances of a positional war.
Historical reconstruction later time traditionally (for obvious reasons) has a more expanded composition of participants. A striking example of this is the "Borodin Day" - the reconstruction of the decisive stages of the Patriotic War on the territory of the current Kaluga, Moscow and Smolensk regions in 1812. In September, compatriots from all over the Russian Federation flock to the Borodino Field Reserve.
However, in the coming year, the battle of Krasnin will also be in the center of attention of reenactors. At today's village of Krasny, the Russians fought the French for 4 days and defeated the enemy. Everything will happen again - at the Losmina River (on the Smolensk-Krasny road). By the way, in addition to the Russians, clubs from Belarus will take part in the battle.
In Belarus itself, the war of 1812 is traditionally honored with a large-scale action "Berezina". Under the city of Borisov, near the Strakhov Forest (where the pommel of the banner of one of the Russian regiments and a soldier’s fold were found), costumed memorial ceremonies will be held, as well as a reconstruction of one of the episodes of the persecution of the retreating Napoleonic units. The event will take place at the end of November - to the very date.
WWII reconstructions
A major festival of historical reconstruction, connected, among other things, with the Great Patriotic War, as always, will be held in Sevastopol. This time - September 15-16. The action, within the framework of which several episodes of the city's defense will be restored, is called the "Crimean military-historical festival". Its opening will take place on the Historical Boulevard, which is laid on the territory of the defensive structures of the 1st Defense. By the way, the festival will also resurrect the events of previous eras associated with this place.
On February 2, the whole country will once again celebrate the Stalingrad Victory. On this day, in addition to the ceremony of laying wreaths and flowers at the Eternal Flame, the hero-city of Volgograd will also host a military-historical reconstruction. One of the battles Battle of Stalingrad(the breakthrough of the Soviet 64th Army has already been reconstructed in the Kirovsky district of the city - October 21).
On December 9, on the embankment of the Bystraya Sosna River (the city of Yelets), the troops of the Southwestern Front will again “come to life” in order to carry out the offensive in the first half of December 1941. The inhabitants of this city were completely liberated from the Nazi invaders.
A vibrant historical reenactment is planned for the south Voronezh region. On January 14, under the town of Rossosh, details of the liberation of this locality from the Nazis. Fights will flare up in the floodplain of Black Kalitva. They will be attended by residents of the Voronezh, Belgorod, Rostov, Volgograd and Moscow regions, as well as historical reenactors from Italy (in the “role” of compatriots buried here who fought on the side of the Third Reich). Spectators will communicate with participants in the reconstruction, local historians, historians, and see old equipment. The main feature is the large-scale use of pyrotechnics.
Clubs of historical reconstruction of Russia
Usually, the leaders of creative associations that “revive history” are people who are somehow connected with history (employed in excavations in the summer, and at other times - professional activity in universities). But there are many exceptions. After all, knowledge of the past (not only Russian) is now in vogue. Members of the KIR gather in the premises allocated to them for the manufacture (or collection) of household items or costumes authentic to "their" era. They attend lessons in historical fencing or shooting (if the organization reconstructs the complex of the New or Newest Times). Reconstruction participants even have the opportunity to earn money. They are able to decorate the celebration associated with “their” theme with a “combat” or “ceremonial”. Reenactors are often filmed in documentaries (and today more often in fiction) films dedicated to "the affairs of bygone years." KIRs bring together people of all ages and professions.
Now you know what else you can devote to the year 2018. The historical reconstruction is waiting for you both as a spectator and (optionally) as a participant. Leading CIRs, as a rule, have their own online resource, where the amount of the contribution, patterns of historical costumes and the place of collection are indicated. There you can also get a lot of other useful information for a novice reenactor. We will be very flattered if, after reading this review, at least one of the readers personally enrolls in the club of historical reconstruction. Look around and you will understand: it is not too late to do this at any age.
1Military historical reenactment has become extremely popular in Russia and abroad in the last two decades. At the same time, it is known that initially it had deeper roots. First reconstructions important events and great battles were fought back in Ancient Greece and Rome. Now this tradition has been revived.
Event History
Military-historical reconstruction was also carried out in Ancient Egypt. The organizers staged costumed performances. The public could see with their own eyes how the key battles. Sometimes special arenas were even built for such events.
This type of performance experienced the next wave of popularity in the 17th century. This time, England became the country where military-historical reconstructions began to be massively carried out. Here, in the years 1620-1630, units of the London militia performed in front of the public with demonstrative drill exercises.
In second place in popularity were the battles of the Patriotic War of 1812.
Battle for Berlin
One of the most popular military-historical festivals of recent years is the "Battle for Berlin". The reconstruction is dedicated to the assault on the German capital by Soviet troops in 1945.
The event takes place in Moscow at the end of April. In the culture and recreation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "Patriot" reenactors recreate the main moments of one of the most important battles of the Great Patriotic War.
In the very center of the battles are the guests of the "Battle for Berlin" festival. Reconstruction allows you to plunge headlong into this operation of the Soviet troops. The streets of real Berlin are recreated in the park, along which tank units and motor troops pass. A real artillery cannonade sounds, and uncompromising air battles unfold in the sky. You can feel on your own "skin" what the storming of Berlin was like. Not only history buffs take part in the reconstruction, but also professional stuntmen and pyrotechnicians, who carefully prepare a performance in memory of the heroes of that war.
It is worth noting that the storming of Berlin played an important role in the history of the war. Reconstruction allows you to imagine how it really was.
"Fire Arc"
The Moscow region is generally famous for the fact that it regularly holds festivals of military-historical reenactment. "Arc of Fire" takes place in the town of Stupino in late April - early May.
This is a very spectacular military-historical festival, in which not only a large number of reenactors take part, but also a variety of equipment. These are German Messerschmitt aircraft, the legendary Soviet T-34 tank, and the famous Katyusha gun, which terrified the German troops.
About four thousand guests take part in the military-historical festival every year. The organizers take care of the organized delivery of guests to the holiday and the equipment of parking spaces for those who decide to come by private car.
About 400 people take part in the reconstruction of the battle itself, as well as at least ten units military equipment during the Great Patriotic War, produced in the 40s of the last century. A large number of Tourists are also attracted by the places where the festival takes place. These are fields and meadows near
A large-scale performance is being prepared for the guests of the action, and after the reconstruction of the battle is over, they can chat with its participants and take unforgettable pictures.
The last time about 550 people took part in the reconstruction of the "Prague operation". 57 clubs from 19 Russian regions sent their representatives. There were about 100 Germans among them. It should be noted that this is one of the largest military-historical festivals in the Moscow region.
Spectators become witnesses of the last operation of the Soviet troops in the Great Patriotic War. held from 6 to 11 May 1945.
