Serve my Homeland №1 09.03.2009 (2009)

A story about female soldiers.

Photos of nurses during the First World War.

Photos of fighters of the women's shock battalions in 1917. Newsreel: female pilots discuss a combat mission before a flight during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Pilots of women's aviation regiments take off on combat missions.

Female cadets of a military school march across the parade ground in ceremonial formation.

A female cadet taking the oath.

Female soldiers of one of the units during a briefing.

Signalers at work.

Guests in the studio - head of the department of the telegraph center of the Strategic Missile Forces Olga Berezovskaya and head of the branch of the Central Museum of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Natalya Ivanova talk about the reasons why they went to military service, about the peculiarities of serving next to men, about combining service and family life, about the difficulties of service, about their attitude to military service, about the exploits of Elena Donskaya during the Great Patriotic War and her service in the Special Purpose Division, about the sporting achievements of Elena Donskaya (synchronously).

Video chronicle: the mother of officer Andrei Romanov, killed in Chechnya, Liliya Romanova shows photographs of her son, talks about him (synchronously).

A photograph of Andrei Romanov during his studies at a military school.

Romanova's face.

Military actions in Chechnya and Grozny in December 1994. Militants on the street of the city.

An armored car with the flag of the Republic of Ichkeria drives along the street.

The movement of a military convoy.

A special forces unit surrounds a house.

A view of a part of a city square, militants firing machine guns.

Romanova talks about meetings with militant leaders in Gudermes while searching for her son, who was captured (synchronously).

Romanova in front of the TV. Mothers who lost their sons during the fighting in Chechnya hold their photographs.

Russian troops conduct military operations in Chechnya in December 1994. Recipient of the Order of Courage Olga Trofimova talks about her service in Chechnya (synchronously).

Trofimova looks at an album of photographs.

Trofimova’s face.

Female servicemen of the Internal Troops during tactical training at a training ground.

Medical orderlies bandage a wounded soldier in a field hospital tent.

Medical orderly Svetlana Chebotareva talks about the difficulties of everyday and combat service (synchronously).

Photographs of Chebotareva during her service in Chechnya in the Bogorodsk operational brigade.

Chebotareva at home with her daughter, Chebotareva’s face.

Liliya Romanova goes through her son's photographs.

The book "Women's Lot" dedicated to female servicemen and soldiers' mothers.

Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Nikolai Rogozhkin speaks about the important role of female servicemen in solving the problems facing the troops (synchronously).

A story about snipers.

Video chronicle: participants in the sniper pair competition in the Moscow region take a position on the firing line on command.

Firing by the participants in the competition.

The organizer of the competition, Alexander Zuvgarov, talks about the composition of the participants in the competition, about the tasks of the sniper pair, about the purpose of the competition (synchronously).

Sniper pairs at the firing line prepare to open fire.

Actions of sniper pairs to determine the parameters of the target and fire at targets.

Preparing weapons and equipment for firing.

One of the participants in the competition talks about one of the sniper rifles, the sight, units and mechanisms of the rifle (synchronously and off-screen), types of rifles and sights.

Cartridges for a sniper rifle.

Snipers at the firing line.

Observing the results of shooting, firing.

Zuvgarov talks about changing the methods and techniques of shooting, the need to study the methods and tactics of a potential enemy (synchronously).

Fragments of the movie "War and Peace".

Training of special forces snipers.

Sniper pairs in positions during combat operations in a populated area.

Fragments of a German training film about sniper tactics, filmed during World War II. Competition participants in formation.

A priest sprinkles the formation with holy water.

Zuvgarov talks about the concept of honor and duty for a sniper (synchronously).

A story about the 55th division of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Video chronicle: the ceremony of presenting the new battle flag of the 55th division of the Internal Troops.

The personnel in formation shout "Hurray" as the color guard crew passes in front of the division formation.

Division Commander Andrey Ponerets speaks about the battle flag as a symbol of valor and honor, about preserving military traditions, and about adjustments in the training and preparation of personnel (synchronously).

Soldiers in formation.

Unfurling the new banner.

The color guard crew passes with the new banner in front of the division formation.

The personnel of one of the units during an exercise to push back an unruly crowd.

Exercises on an obstacle course.

Practicing actions with rubber truncheons on one of the sections of the course and detaining an offender.

Rising of the personnel of one of the companies on a training alert.

Soldiers put on protective gear.

Advancing to the motor pool and boarding trucks.

The division's servicemen patrol the metro station.

The patrol's actions after discovering an unattended package at one of the metro stations.

A dummy explosive device in a package.

People walk past an abandoned package.

Squad commander Mironov talks about the arrest of a train station robber (synchronously).

Arrest of a robber (staging).

Training recruits to make beds.

Hemming collars.

Training recruits to disassemble and assemble small arms.

The procedure for assembling a machine gun.

A firearms training session at a shooting range, soldiers at the firing line.

Examples of personal protective equipment used to eliminate street riots.

Training service dogs.

Participants in the military all-around championship in formation with their pets.

Cynologist Anna Kuznetsova with her pet Matvey.

Female servicemen during tactical training.