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

A mannequin in a military uniform near a washbasin.

A washbasin, a helmet nearby, a piece of soap in his hand.

A corridor and communications.

A mannequin in a military uniform with a shovel near a box, skis, a can, a fire extinguisher, a shell, and a lamp nearby.

A mannequin near a mailbox, a mail envelope.

A flight of stairs and communications.

A lift with wheels on rails.

A soldier mannequin with a shell.

A shell on a lift rail in a tunnel.

A photograph of a fort.

Racks and boxes with equipment, a mannequin nearby.

Metal equipment and parts on a rack.

A tunnel and a staircase on the wall.

A mannequin in a chair in a dentist's office.

Dentist's instruments on the table.

An office with surgical instruments on the table, a couch, a human skeleton, an eye test chart, a lamp.

Beds in the fort's infirmary, a mannequin in a chair, a radio and newspapers on the table.

Barracks with bunk beds.

Wardrobe with gas mask on the door.

Soldier dummy by the bed in the barracks.

Dummy at the table with radio and newspaper.

Newspaper from August 13, 1945. In the tunnel, the correspondent talks about the Red Mountain fort of the Swedish fortress of Boden and its construction (several takes).

Soldier dummy with a shell.

Shell on the rail of the elevator in the tunnel.

The correspondent climbs the stairs, talks about the shaft leading to the artillery guns (several takes).

Gunner's chair in the gun turret, mechanisms and gears.

Hook in the wall.

The correspondent in the uniform of a Swedish army soldier talks about the hospital, the number of soldiers and doctors in the fort, special military uniform, hammocks for which hooks are driven into the walls (several takes).

Door in the rock covered with snow.

A man removes snow with a shovel at the entrance to the fort.

Two men walking in the snow, a guard booth nearby.

A cannon on wheels covered in snow.

A panorama of the landscape from the mountain.

A hangar with Saab JAS 39 Gripen aircraft.

The nose and cockpit of the Saab JAS 39 Gripen.

The Swedish Air Force logo on board the aircraft, chassis parts.

Aircraft ammunition on trolleys.

A side view of the Saab JAS 39 Gripen.

A view of the aircraft cockpit cap, parts of the fuselage, wings and tail from different angles.

A Saab JAS 39 Gripen aircraft at the airfield, a technician refueling the aircraft.

The pilot and technicians near the aircraft.

The pilot, helmet in hand, walks along the airfield.

A technician with headphones reads documentation.

A radio on the technician's jacket.

The technicians connect the device to the aircraft, read information.

The technician lifts the cockpit cap, inspects it.

A side view of the Saab JAS 39 Gripen at the airfield.

The pilot signs the technician's documents, gets into the cockpit.

The pilot in the plane, the canopy is open.

The technician is wearing headphones.

The pilot lowers the canopy, the Saab JAS 39 Gripen maneuvers along the runway.

The Swedish Saab 105 trainer is taxiing.

The Saab JAS 39 Gripen accelerates and takes off.

The tail of the Saab JAS 39 Gripen, the rudder is moving, the flashing beacon.

The Saab 105 accelerates and takes off.

The pilot in the cockpit of the Saab JAS 39 Gripen salutes, the plane maneuvers, accelerates and takes off.

The Saab 105 is taxiing.

The Swedish pilot talks about his service in the Air Force, his flight hours, accidents, and patrolling the Russian border.

The head of the press service of the Swedish Air Force Regiment, Major Lars Carlson, talks about flights to the USA, South Africa, Europe, exercises in Uzbekistan and Scotland, the standard number of flight hours per year, the technical characteristics of the Saab JAS 39 Gripen, and the loss of two aircraft during testing.

The Saab JAS 39 Gripen leaves the hangar, maneuvers along the runway, accelerates and takes off.

Two double-deck passenger boats in Halong Bay.

View of buildings on the shore.

Panorama of rocks in the bay, ships.

Double-deck and single-deck passenger boats.

General view of the bay and rocks.

Fishing motor boat with an awning.

Panorama of rocks in the bay, ships.

Fishing schooners.

Fishermen throw net traps into the water from the schooner.

The schooner sails past a rock.

Panorama of forested mountains.

General view of Halong Bay, rocks and ships.

Several passenger boats.

Pagoda on top of a rock overgrown with forest.

A Vietnamese tour guide talks about Halong Bay, recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, about the war between the USA and Vietnam, battles in the bay, caves where anti-aircraft guns were located, shooting at American planes (without translation).

A young man enters the office for registration of documents for conscription into the Armed Forces, talks to a female employee of the military registration and enlistment office, presents documents.

The employee looks at the documents in the card index, takes out a folder.

The young man's face is in the reception window.

The conscript and the female employee of the military registration and enlistment office walk along the corridor, enter the ophthalmologist's office.

Eyesight test.

The conscripts are sitting on chairs in the corridor.

The young man walks along the corridor, enters the otolaryngologist's office.

The doctor examines the young man.

The otolaryngologist's medical instrument is on the table.

The young man sits down on the chair, tilts his head, the doctor spins the chair, stops the rotation, asks to look at his finger.

The doctor fills out documents.

Conscripts with their parents in the corridor.

Examination by a therapist, the doctor fills out documents.

Conscript Pavel Anatolyevich Tyapkin enters the office, reports on his arrival for the meeting of the draft board.

The chairman of the draft board says that the young man is recognized as fit for military service and is called up to the ranks of the armed forces of the Russian Federation.

Registration and issuance of a summons.

The chairman of the board explains when the conscript must arrive at the military commissariat, what to have with him, wishes him successful service (several takes).

The colonel enters the office of military commissar Klyavin V.B. Colonel Klyavin V.B. says that the military commissariat took first place in conscription of citizens for military service, shows the cup, reads the text of the engraving, congratulates his comrade (several takes).

Engraving on the cup.

Klyavin V.B. talks about the autumn conscription of 2008, about preparing citizens for military service, holding events in schools, wishes health, luck and success to the conscripts.

Sappers training on a railway embankment.

Sappers are walking along a snow-covered railway track, checking the snow with probes.

A sapper with a hand-held mine detector NR-900 EK "Korshun" is walking along the rails.

On the command "Stop!" the soldiers kneel down.

The soldier digs around the mine near the rail, removes the snow, and puts up a red flag.

Sappers with probes are walking along a snow-covered railway track.

On the command, the soldiers lie down on the snow, prepare their machine guns for combat, and move in dashes toward the forest. "Ural 4320" on a combined run is driving along the rails. "UAZ-3151" on a combined run is driving along the rails. "Ural 4320" truck with soldiers.

Soldiers with machine guns, "UAZ-3151" nearby.

Sappers with probes are walking along a railway embankment.

A sapper finds a mine and marks it with a red flag.

A sapper with a Korshun hand-held mine detector, soldiers with machine guns.

A sapper finds a mine and marks it with a red flag.

Soldiers with machine guns are walking along an embankment, looking around.

Soldiers on the embankment, a Ural 4320 and a UAZ-3151 on a combined run are driving along rails.

A sapper finds a mine and marks it with a red flag.

A shootout, a soldier launches a signal flare.

A soldier fires from the side of a truck.

Soldiers run, lie down, fire from machine guns.

Soldiers in camouflage suits (camouflage, shooting with a change of positions).

The squad leader launches a signal flare, the soldiers continue the shootout.

Black smoke from a smoke bomb.

The squad leader launches a signal flare.

An anchor hook on a soldier's belt.

Search element of mine detector above snow, mine detector display.

Sapper with mine detector walks through snow.

Soldiers disembark from truck bed.

Man in camouflage suit takes aim with machine gun wrapped in white cloth. "Soldier" in white camouflage suit plants mine under rail, camouflages mine with snow, walks away (several takes).

Sapper untangles rope with anchor hook at end, hooks mine, walks away to safe distance, lies down, pulls mine from place.

Officer lights fuse of explosive pack, walks away; explosion in snow (two takes).

Exercises, UAZ-3151 and Ural 4320 combined-run vehicles.

Chief of the Railway Troops Barrier Service Colonel Aleksandr Borisovich Petrov speaks about the actions of sapper units on the territory of the training center, about demining railway sections in conditions close to combat. A.B. Petrov talks about the types of mines that militants use to sabotage the railway in Chechnya, about the work of sappers and receiving state awards for demining. A.B. Petrov talks about the work of a special unit of the sapper cover group and the actions of the sappers themselves during the attack;

about the use of booby traps by militants, the blowing up of 7 trains and the death of 5 servicemen;

about the weapons of sapper units, about modern mine detectors capable of distinguishing between different types of mines, metal detectors and devices that find electronic devices.

A sapper with a hand-held mine detector NR-900 EK "Korshun". A.B. Petrov talks about the technical features and operating principle of the Korshun device.

Demonstration: the device finds a switched off mobile phone.

Cadet Stanislav Sergeevich Makarov talks about his independent decision to serve in the army, about playing the role of a terrorist during exercises, about serving in a training center, and receiving professional education in the army.

Deputy Platoon Commander Sergeant Aleksandr Andreevich Trushnikov says that he has been serving in the army since June 2006, talks about his independent decision to serve, about receiving the profession of a film and radio mechanic, about the tactics of engineering reconnaissance, the behavior of a commander and subordinates, and about his family.

Sergeant A. A. Trushnikov commands a platoon.

The platoon is moving along a snow-covered railroad track.

Gears and wheels of a combined-run mechanism.

Ural 4320 and UAZ-3151 are driving on combined-run along rails (several takes).

Deputy Commander of the Railway Troops Training Center for Educational Work Colonel Andrey Evgenievich Dyabin talks about the UAZ-3151 and Ural 4320 vehicles, their technical features and their use in the army.

Gears and wheels of the combined-run mechanism of the Ural 4320. UAZ-3151 on a combined run.

Sergeant Rim Fatkhutdinov, commander of the technical equipment department, talks about the Ural 4320 vehicle.

Training at the training ground.

Special forces soldiers fire machine guns.

Explosion of a training grenade.

Soldiers exchange fire, change positions, overcome obstacles ("breach in the wall", "ruins", "trapeze", "wall of the house").

Special reconnaissance platoon commander Lieutenant Pavel Vladislavovich Utyuzhnikov talks about his service in the Siberian District and his studies at the Saratov Military Institute of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. P.V. Utyuzhnikov talks about detachment training for special operations in Moscow and rescuing hostages.

Assault squad commander Junior Lieutenant Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Serov talks about his service in Reconnaissance Battalion No. 293, physical activity, the united team of the detachment, and mutual assistance during training.

Soldiers overcome the obstacle "ruins of a one-story house", go down the stairs, and shoot.

A top view of the "living quarters" simulator: soldiers burst into the room, shoot, neutralize the "criminal", search, and escort.

A salvo of two 2S4 Tyulpan mortars at a firing range.

The crew prepares the mortar for firing, the barrel rises.

High-power brigade commander Colonel Sergei Petrovich Glebov A salvo of two 2S4 Tyulpan mortars.

The crew prepares the mortar for firing. S.P. Glebov talks about the date of the unit's formation, participation in the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus region, staffing the brigade with contract soldiers, lists the qualities that a brigade fighter must have, talks about the high qualifications of officers and the results of artillery firing.

Captain Aleksey Ilyin, commander of the 4th self-propelled mortar battery, talks about his service in the troops since 2000, graduation from Tambov University, and the guaranteed future of an officer. A. Ilyin talks about an officer's work in the field, a good training base, self-training, and the results of artillery firing.

Ilyin A. takes a seat in a 2S4 mortar, connects his helmet to the radio, and gives commands.

Mortar commander Sergeant Aleksandr Viktorovich Bocharov talks about contract service, his independent decision to serve, his education as a lawyer, his repeated participation in firing exercises, his work as a mortar commander, and the necessary knowledge.

A column of infantry fighting vehicles and 2S4 "Tulip" self-propelled mortars moves along the road.

The head of the military shooting range, Senior Warrant Officer Aleksey Aleksandrovich Popov, talks about practicing shooting techniques from small arms and grenade launchers, about meeting safety standards, lists the types of weapons, talks about the schedule and time of complex field training, about special training towns at the shooting range and a training field with targets.

On command, soldiers take up positions, prepare weapons for combat, shoot from a prone position, and present their weapons for inspection upon completion of shooting.

Private Tokarev reports the end of shooting and unloads his machine gun.

A column of soldiers with machine guns.

A senior lieutenant in front of a platoon of soldiers talks about preparing and performing shooting at targets (several takes).

Shooting from a prone position from TOZ-8 rifles.

Field canteen, soldiers receive food from the distribution, take their places at the tables, and have lunch.

The city of Trekhgorny and its environs, panoramas.

The head of the regiment's food service, Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Alekseevich Bykov, talks about food for the guards, shows and lists the range of food on the shelves, and explains the procedure for obtaining food from the warehouse.

Food on the shelves.

Soldiers enter the warehouse, fill metal boxes with food according to the list, and leave.

A junior lieutenant briefs the detail before the start of a patrol.

Inspection of weapons (several takes).

Passing fire safety standards: a soldier runs up to a fire shield, takes a fire extinguisher, runs to the site of a fire, and points the extinguisher at a mock-up of a campfire.

Panorama of the training ground of the training unit.

Soldiers with service German shepherds.

Patrols with machine guns walk along barbed wire fences.

A sign reading "Training Station No. 2, Safety Measures and Procedure for Using Weapons." Chief of Staff of the 2nd Battalion, Major Rafik Taiarov, talks about the training camp for combat service, where soldiers learn safety measures, the procedure for using weapons, the procedure for practicing fire extinguishing standards and entering into telephone communication. R. Taiarov talks about the officers who train soldiers for combat service, the frequency and duration of training.

A shepherd dog with a dog handler, practicing searching for objects; the search is conducted in the forest, on an area divided into squares with yellow ribbons and marked with red flags.

On the playground for young animals, the dog handler plays with a puppy.

The puppy comes out of the hut-shaped kennel, runs, plays.

A soldier brings food, the puppy eats.

A ball and a skittle, the puppy walks around.

The dog barks in the enclosure, a sign says "Gabby 1996".

The soldiers run up to the enclosures, put the dogs on leashes, run out of the cages with them (several takes).

The soldiers take dog muzzles off the shelves (several takes).

Officer Grigory Alekseevich talks about the specifics of the dog handler unit, about whispered commands and conversations in a quiet voice, offers to watch the actions of dog handlers and dogs in combat conditions.

On command, a team of dog handlers runs into a door with a sign saying "No Trespassing" (several takes).

A chevron on the sleeve says "Russia Airborne Forces" and an armband with the letters "VP".

Barbed wire against the background of tree crowns.

The soldiers run into the territory, run to the enclosures, put the dogs on leashes, and run outside with them.

Officer Grigory Alekseevich talks about the task of detecting and detaining a simulated enemy in 40 minutes.

The fighters with dogs run out of the gates.

Dog training on the site: running up stairs, along a log, in a pipe, along a suspension bridge, jumping over a barrier.

The commander urges the fighters on.

The dogs overcome various obstacles.

The officer talks about the obstacle course for training dogs, swings a log on cables, and the dog jumps over the log.

The dog handler prepares dry food for distribution, places the food in bowls and pours water over it.

The soldiers take bowls of food, carry them to the enclosures, and feed the dogs.

The duty officer, Mikhail, talks about his shepherd and its training, feeding standards, rewarding animals, and talks about his service.

The dog handler puts bowls of food in the enclosures.

A correspondent on board talks about the actions of the border patrol ship crew during the detention of an offending vessel (several takes).

The ship's automatic artillery mount AK-630 raises its barrel, the turret rotates.

A seagull in the sky.

View of the AK-630 and sailors on the deck.

A sailor fires a flare gun.

Two volleys of AK-630. Sunset over the sea.

A sailor in the ship's engine room talks on the radio, looks at the instrument readings on the panel, switches toggle switches, moves levers on the control panel.

The sailor goes down the stairs to the engine room, opens the door with a porthole and closes it.

The sailor exits the door with a porthole, goes into the engine room, puts on a helmet, stands next to the engines, watches the instrument readings.

Panel with pointer instruments.

A running engine.

A sailor in a helmet near the engine (several takes).

In the cabin, the correspondent holds a live squid in his hand, shows the tentacles and beak to the camera, and puts the squid on a plate.

View of the waves outside the ship.

The coat of arms of Russia.

The barrel of a gun and the bow of the ship.

View of the torpedo mount on the deck of the ship.

Deck railings and waves outside the ship.

View of the AK-176 ship artillery mount.

A boat at sea.

View from the bridge of the AK-176 turret.

A fishing seiner at sea.

Launching an inflatable motorboat into the water.

Sailors climb into the boat, cast off, and race across the waves to the seiner.

A fishing seiner.

A sailor raises signal flags on the mast.

Officers on the captain's bridge.

Sailors in life jackets on the deck of a ship entering the bay.

View of warships at anchor.

A rocket launcher on the deck.

View of the AK-176 gun barrel, a ladder with the inscription "Nakhodka", warships at the pier.

Four sailors in life jackets next to a gun on board an anti-submarine ship.

A sailor throws a mooring rope onto the deck of a neighboring ship.

Sailors on the Sokol ship catch the rope, secure the end to the mooring bolsters.

The rope moves through the deck hawse.

Sailors on the decks of ships during side mooring.

A Vietnamese tour guide talks about Halong Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the US-Vietnam War, battles in the bay, caves where anti-aircraft guns were located that fired at American planes.

Natural landscapes in the bay area: various views of the bay and coastal cliffs, birds, sun, cave, pagoda on a cliff, fishing boats, passenger boats, grotto, piers with verandas.

Soldiers at the training ground near the entrance to the training pavilion prepare to storm the building.

A training grenade explodes in the entrance.

Soldiers burst into the room, shoot, neutralize the "criminal", search him, escort him (two takes).

A soldier with a machine gun runs into the room, takes a position by the window.

A soldier in a helmet looks at a photo target with bullet holes.

A correspondent demonstrates a compact PP-90 submachine gun for fighting inside the building, lists its characteristics (several takes).

A pyrotechnic charge explodes on the parade ground.

On command, soldiers perform combat exercises with machine guns, demonstrate hand-to-hand combat, and break boards with a punch.

On the parade ground, a UAZ-39625 van blocks a UAZ-66 car, the soldiers jump out of the van, surround the UAZ-66, pull the "criminals" out of the car, lay them on the ground, search them, escort them to the van, and drive away (several takes).

A junior lieutenant demonstrates special weapons of the special forces: a VSK-94 sniper rifle, a special "Val" machine gun, an underwater special APS machine gun, a compact 9A-91 machine gun, a PP-90 submachine gun, and a PP-93 submachine gun.