"SERVING THE FATHERLAND" SOURCE MATERIALS (2000-2009)

Evening roll call in the barracks, cadets of the training group on formation.

Junior sergeant reports to senior sergeant.

Senior sergeant reports to senior lieutenant.

Roll call.

On the command "Lights out!" the soldiers disperse throughout the barracks, undress, put their uniforms on stools, and go to bed.

The sergeant turns off the light.

The soldiers are in their beds, uniforms on stools.

On the command "Group, rise!" the sergeant turns on the light.

The soldiers get dressed and line up.

The sergeants count the cadets.

The cadets disperse throughout the barracks.

The command "Group, lights out!"

Boris Ivanovich Katorgin and Sergey Borisovich Levochkin speak at a ceremonial meeting dedicated to February 23 and the 100th anniversary of Academician P.D. Grushin. S.B. Levochkin speaks about the products of the Fakel Design Bureau, the S-75 Desna and S-125 Pechora anti-aircraft missiles in the enterprise museum. S.B. Levochkin speaks about the S-300 missiles.

S-300 missiles in containers on stands. S.B. Levochkin speaks about the S-400 complex.

Medal with a bas-relief of Academician P.D. Grushin. S.B. Levochkin speaks about the Cold War and the creation of anti-aircraft missiles in the Design Bureau under the leadership of P.D. Grushin. S.B. Levochkin speaks about the S-300 complex and the technical characteristics of the missiles at the stand with the Favorit 48N6E2 missile.

Levochkin S.B. talks about the missiles of the Russian anti-aircraft systems "Osa", "Tor", the missiles of the US anti-aircraft system "Patriot", compares the guidance systems of NATO and Russian missiles.

Priest Petr Lysenko in the refectory communicates with schoolchildren, talks about his business trip to Chechnya, shows photographs.

General view of the table in the refectory, children and the priest.

The girl talks about the church and the miraculous icon of the Savior Not Made by Hands, about karate training.

Petr Lysenko's photographs from business trips to hot spots.

Priest Petr Lysenko in the church shows the icon of the Image of the Savior Not Made by Hands, talks about the service in the church.

Icon of the Image of the Savior Not Made by Hands.

Artillery scouts at a field command post look through night vision devices, make calculations, give orders to fire batteries; soldiers wear camouflage paint on their faces.

A column of paratroopers marches with a song.

Mi-8 and Mi-26 helicopters on the airfield.

The Ural ATZ-10-4320M airfield power source is moving across the field.

A refueller and a Mi-8 helicopter.

An aircraft technician inserts power cables into the helicopter.

Cables and the sign "battery".

Pilots and technicians in the cockpit and cabin of the helicopter.

A top view of the refueller and the Mi-8 helicopter.

A technician in the helicopter cockpit holds a device in his hands.

A technician on the outside of the helicopter opens the hatches.

A correspondent gets out of the Mi-26 helicopter, talks about its technical specifications (several takes).

The runway and a row of Mi-26 helicopters parked.

A refueller with the sign "flammable".

Military personnel near the An-26 aircraft.

An APA-5D on the chassis of a Ural-4320 vehicle is connected by power cables to the side of the An-26 aircraft.

A dog near the aircraft.

The Mi-8 helicopter moves along the runway and takes off.

Il-18 in the sky.

The propellers of the An-26 are working.

The tail of the plane and a flashing beacon.

The An-26 is taxiing.

A dog is running across the airfield.

The Mi-8 helicopter in the sky.

A barrier.

The An-26 is taking off.

Camouflaged hangars and radio antennas.

The Chief of Aviation of the North Caucasus Regional Command of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Colonel Mikhail Alekseevich Makarov, speaks about the importance of the air regiment on a national scale, the tasks of the regiment, the units of helicopters and airplanes, the age of aviation equipment, and the flight crew.

The air traffic controller at the control panel negotiates with the aircraft, clears for takeoff.

In the helicopter cockpit, the deputy commander of the regiment for educational work, Lieutenant Colonel Franz Romualdovich Apanasevich, speaks about the helicopter squadron, finishing the flight school, assignment to the internal troops, work in hot spots, round-the-clock combat duty, the readiness of the crews for emergency situations, and the peculiarities of piloting Mi-26 helicopters.

Instrument panel of the Mi-26 helicopter.

Panel with toggle switches.

Mi-8 with working propellers.

Mi-24 helicopter on the parking lot.

The pilot retracts the ramp and closes the door of the Mi-8. Pilots in the cockpit of the Mi-8.

The commander of the aviation squadron, Colonel Igor Valentinovich Mikheyev, talks about the professionalism of the pilots, the performance of flights in mountainous terrain, and the flight training of lieutenants.

MiG-29 aircraft on the parking lot. I. Mikheyev conducts the briefing, holds the models of the aircraft in his hands, shows the diagram of the paired flight and the aerobatic maneuvers that the pilot must perform.

Gyumri, Territory of the 102nd Russian military base.

Ruins of the fortress church named after the Holy Martyr Queen Alexandra, bas-reliefs, stucco on the walls, courtyard, fragment of mosaic on the floor.

Tombstone of the first commandant of the large fortress, Major General of Artillery Gubsky Fyodor Aleksandrovich.

Buildings on the territory of the military base.

Main building of the military unit.

Military personnel on the territory of the base.

Assistant to the military commandant, Senior Warrant Officer Vardanyan Sos Gerasimovich, speaks about the restoration of the monument to Gubsky F.A. on the territory of the fortress, shows a photograph from the tsarist times.

Drawing of the church and the military base.

Vardanyan S.G. shows the drawings according to which the monument was restored.

Cannonballs against the background of the monument.

Panoramas of the fortress wall.

Coat of arms of Russia and the inscription "Erivan Gate of 1839" above the gate.

Panoramas of the fortress walls and a view of the gate.

A stand on the street "102nd Russian military base", the Russian flag on the flagpole.

The statue of Mother Armenia.

Fortress walls.

The correspondent walks in the snow, talks about the fortress (several takes).

Panorama of a snowy valley.

The statue of Mother Armenia.

Vaulted corridors of the fortress.

In the foyer of the lyceum, Afonin Igor Anatolyevich talks about Hero of Russia Viznyuk Oleg Stanislavovich, who died in Chechnya, recalls the hero's childhood and school years.

Afonin I.A. talks about the heroes of the Soviet Union and Russia who graduated from school #27, patriotic education at the lyceum, naming the children's art center after Viznyuk O.S., the lyceum's symbols, coat of arms, anthem and flag.

Afonin I.A. talks about the busts of the heroes in the foyer of the lyceum, shows the lyceum flag, talks about the symbols.

Busts of the heroes in the foyer: Oleg Ermakov, Igor Kustov, Vladimir Ryabok, Valentina Safronova, Oleg Viznyuk.

General view of the lyceum foyer, flags, busts.

Photos of Oleg Viznyuk on the stand of the school museum, pages of books with photos of the hero, a uniform jacket.

The teacher tells the children about the life, studies and feat of Oleg Viznyuk.

Faces of schoolchildren.

The chevron "Russia, Armed Forces".

The shoulder strap of a lieutenant.

Schoolboy Nikita Situnov talks about the memory lesson and the feat of Oleg Viznyuk.

Museum display cases with books and newspaper articles.

The lieutenant's jacket.

The monument to the Heroes of the Soviet Union - pupils of Secondary School No. 27 (Vladimir Ryabok, Valentina Safronova, Igor Kustov).

The building of the Children's Art Center named after O.S. Viznyuk.

Major General Aleksey Nikolayevich Ryabinov talks about the profession of a military pilot, aviation school cadets, attitudes toward religion and faith at the university, Archpriest Vladimir Mishchenko, and his personal attitude toward religion.

Father Vladimir walks along the airfield, greets a friend, and climbs into the cockpit of a Yak-52 airplane.

A technician helps the priest fasten his seat belts.

Father Vladimir closes the canopy of the airplane’s cockpit.

The pilot gets into the airplane’s cockpit and fastens his seat belt.

The Yak-52’s cockpit, instrument panel.

The pilot starts the engine, the Yak-52’s propeller rotates.

The technician removes the shoe from the landing gear wheel, and the airplane taxis onto the runway.

The Yak-52 is on the runway, accelerating, and taking off.

The Yak-52 circles above the airfield, performs aerobatics, and lands.

The airplane rolls along the runway.

A parachutist performs aerobatics in the sky and lands.

A parachutist assembles a parachute canopy.

Father Vladimir performs a tandem jump, lands, talks about parachute training flights and the feeling of flight.

Pilot Nikolai and Father Vladimir talk about Su-22 planes, indicate their place on the airfield.

Nikolai talks about Father Vladimir.

Father Vladimir talks about how he decided to become a monk.

An-24 plane moves along the runway.

Two Yak-52 planes accelerate on the runway, take off, make a turn, fly over the airfield.

Cadets during a practical lesson on preparing military equipment for airdrop.

Soldiers attach parachute ropes and slings to a GAZ-66 and BMD-1. Kirill Aleksandrovich Shcherbakov, a cadet of the Airborne Forces Faculty, talks about choosing a military specialty, years of study at the school, the teaching staff, living conditions, nutrition, sports, and plans for the future.

Soldiers attach a packed parachute to the bumper and cabin of a GAZ-66 with ropes, and check the ropes on a BMD-1. Cadets in the classroom during a lesson on artillery skills.

The teacher gives an assignment, the cadets look through optical devices, negotiate on the phones, and report target coordinates on the projection screen.

The cadets leave the classroom and go into the corridor.

The soldiers walk along the school grounds and enter the building.

Cadets in the gym during hand-to-hand combat and boxing lessons.

The teacher of the Department of Physical Training and Sports, the coach of the national team, Major Viktor Evgenievich Bogdanov, talks about the sports training of artillerymen, cadets candidates and masters of sports, work with the younger generation.

Fifth-year cadet Sergeant Vyacheslav Pilepenko talks about hand-to-hand combat classes and his achievements in sports.

First-year cadet Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Chursinov talks about living conditions in the barracks, shows a class for self-study.

Aquarium and chairs.

Locker room, hangers with jackets, stand "Combat leaflets".

Bedside table and bunk beds in the barracks.