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

A platoon of cadets in a technical hangar listens to the instructions of a lieutenant colonel.

A cadet explains to a newbie the task of checking equipment for landing.

A soldier begins to perform the standard for checking a truck on a platform, inspects the fasteners and cables, reports the absence of a part, and continues the inspection.

General view of the hangar with equipment and cadets inspecting the vehicles.

A cadet explains to a newbie how to properly secure a load with cables to the platform, demonstrates how the lock works.

Vehicles ready for landing.

Cadets inspect packed parachutes in the back of a truck.

Two cadets check parachute backpacks.

A sign saying "Training Station No. 2".

A soldier unwinds a string from a reel and cuts it.

A cadet checks the straps of a parachute backpack.

Senior lecturer of the airborne training department, Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Vladimirovich Khaidanovich, talks about preparing GAZ-66 vehicles on the P-7 parachute platform for airdrop, the procedure for conducting a control check of equipment, fastening the extractor parachute system to the aircraft bulkhead, deadlines for meeting standards, the number of fastening points, and compliance with safety precautions.

A vehicle ready for airdrop, boxes, packed parachutes, fastening cables.

A cadet reads out to the crew the standards for the control check of equipment for airdrop, orders them to begin the work.

Cadets unwind cables and fasten them.

Panorama of the paratrooper training ground.

The parade ground and buildings of the Ryazan Airborne School.

Flags of Russia and the Airborne Forces.

Simulators at the training ground.

Cadets work on computers.

The Airborne Forces emblem on the building.

Flags of Russia and the Airborne Forces on flagpoles.

The parade ground and buildings of the Ryazan Airborne School.

Portrait of General Vasily Filippovich Margelov.

Banner on the building "RVVDKU - forge of Airborne Forces officers".

Parade ground and building.

Stand with the Orders of the Red Banner.

A platoon of paratroopers marches on the parade ground.

A cadet in the barracks talks about the living conditions of the soldiers, shows beds, furniture (several takes).

Details of the furnishings, general view of the barracks.

Companies of paratroopers march on the parade ground.

Panorama of the barracks, a hall with strength training equipment, a barbell and weights.

Cadets from Africa march.

Soldiers in the yard.

Cadets in the canteen.

Honor guard at the monument to the fallen paratroopers, laying flowers.

Memorial plaque with portraits of the fallen paratroopers.

Cadet Yuliana Skripkova from Mineralnye Vody talks about her decision to enroll in the Ryazan Airborne Forces School, talks about finishing cadet school, the first weeks of study, and the Airborne Forces uniform.

Female cadets pass the assembly and disassembly test for the Kalashnikov assault rifle at the shooting range.

Senior Lecturer of the Armament and Shooting Department, Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Serafimovich Panevin, talks about the Ryazan School's fire training complex, practicing the assembly and disassembly test for assault rifles, throwing grenades, preparing cadets for practical shooting exercises, and training girls according to the general program.

Cadets with assault rifles are lying on the firing line.

On command, the girls run up to the firing line, lie down, insert magazines into the assault rifles, and report their readiness.

On command, the cadets throw grenades and squat (several takes).

The instructor points out the girls' mistakes in throwing grenades.

A girl pulls the pin from a grenade, throws it, kneels down, and covers herself with a machine gun.

A pop where the grenade lands.

Schastlivenko Anzhela from Ulyanovsk talks about her decision to enroll in the Ryazan Airborne Forces School, her childhood dream of serving in the army, her first days of study, the Airborne Forces uniform, assembling a Kalashnikov assault rifle, passing entrance exams, her first parachute jump, army boots, and a forced march.

Girls with machine guns are resting on the grass.

Cadets are assembling fuses for an F-1 hand grenade.

A girl is disassembling a Kalashnikov assault rifle.

Cadet Olga Drachik from the Ryazan region talks about her decision to enroll in the Ryazan Airborne Forces School, her childhood dream of serving in the army, passing entrance exams, the young soldier course, the Kalashnikov machine gun, relationships in the army team, meeting standards in classes, her first parachute jump, and overcoming army workload.

The training ground of the Airborne Forces.

Cadets practice parachute jumps on the simulator, keep track of time, pull the ring, inspect the slings, follow the instructor's commands, practice opening the reserve parachute (several takes).

Faces of the cadets.

General view of the simulator with the sign "Station No. 1", cadets on the slings.

Filming from the cockpit of an aircraft following a Yak-130 combat training aircraft.

Tu-154 aircraft at the airfield.

Taxiway of the airfield.

Yak-130 aircraft taxiing.

Filming from the cockpit of an aircraft following a Yak-130 combat training aircraft.

The Yak-130 takes off.

The Yak-130 flies in the clouds.

View from the cockpit of city buildings and the runway.

The Yak-130 flies, turns.

The Yak-130 is above the clouds.

The Yak-130 flies over city blocks, releases its landing gear, approaches for landing, lands, releases its brake parachute, and taxis.

Tu-154 aircraft on the airfield.

View from the cockpit of the Yak-130 and a refuelling vehicle.

The airfield taxiway.

The Yak-130 taxis.

The Yak-130 accelerates along the runway, takes off, and rises into the sky.

The Yak-130 flies over snow-capped mountains, turns, and flies over fields and residential buildings.

The parade ground of the Military Institute of Physical Culture.

Graduating lieutenants march with a song.

Relatives and friends greet the military with applause and shouts.

Children collect coins lying on the asphalt.

A young man congratulates the graduates, pours champagne on them.

Relatives hug the guys, kiss them, and take pictures.

Cadets congratulate young lieutenants.

The young people clink glasses and drink champagne.

Relatives take pictures with the officers.

Colonel Alexander Alexandrovich talks about the Military Institute of Physical Culture, founded in 1909 by Nicholas II. A girl in a lieutenant's cap and jacket.

A baby in a lieutenant's cap, next to a graduate.

A colonel in a dress uniform with medals congratulates a graduating lieutenant.

Colonel Aleksey Anatolyevich Obvintsev talks about the number of graduations he attended, about excellent graduates, the institute's anniversary, about candidate master of sports in hand-to-hand combat Anatoly Gerasimenko, master of sports of international class Lieutenant Umnikov, and financial support for the institute from the Ministry of Defense.

A mother hugs her lieutenant son.

Lieutenant Timofey Ivanovich Matvinkin talks about his sporting achievements, graduating from the cadet corps in Omsk, entering the Institute of Physical Education, receiving the title of master of sports in military pentathlon, expresses gratitude to his parents, and says that he will teach at the Voronezh Institute of the Federal Protective Service.

Lieutenant Roman Kazakov talks about studying at the cadet corps in Omsk, entering the Institute of Physical Education, the joys and worries of his friends and parents, preparing to enter the institute five years ago, successes in track and field, military all-around, and thanks his teachers.

Father of Kazakov R. talks about his son and his passion for sports.

Cadets from Africa congratulate graduates.

A lieutenant dances lezginka, the guys applaud.

A man and a child march in caps.

Lieutenant Malsagov Mikhail from Ingushetia talks about passing exams upon entering the institute, friends from school, parents, tells about assignment to Chita, his wife's positive attitude to the service.

A teacher in a sports massage room shows cadets examples of back muscle massage.

A cadet is lying on a couch.

Hands are massaging a man's back.

A lieutenant colonel conducts a practical lesson with cadets on providing first aid with a mannequin.

A cadet clears the dummy's upper respiratory tract with a napkin, performs artificial ventilation using the mouth-to-mouth method, checks the pulse, and does closed heart massage.

The cadets work with the mannequin independently.

A cadet measures his comrade's lung capacity using a device and points to the arrow on the scoreboard.

A cadet on an exercise bike.

During a practical lesson, students measure cardiovascular data and learn to use a tonometer.

A cadet measures his comrade's blood pressure.

A teacher in the room massages a correspondent's back using a silicone can.

The correspondent is lying on a couch and talking about sports massage.

Hands are massaging a man's back.

Cadets in an English lesson.

The cadets' caps are on the table.

Video projector beam.

Lecture on biology, a cadet answers questions about the human digestive system, shows the location of the stomach.

In the gym, the colonel talks about the department's teachers (Olympic champion Anatoly Roshchin, world champion Zhdanovich, honored coaches of Russia Sergey Ivanovich Kusakin, Vladimir Ivanovich Gorobets).

Technicians walk across the territory.

Aero L-39 Albatros aircraft on the parking lot.

A technician inspects the Aero L-39 cockpit, looks at the instrument readings.

Rear view of the L-39. A technician closes the casing on board the aircraft, inspects the fuselage.

Aero L-39 Albatros aircraft on the parking lot.

A technician inspects the Aero L-39 cockpit.

Aircraft L-410. Panorama of the aircraft parking lot.

Aircraft wheel, tail number 39. Technicians near the aircraft.

Instruments in the Aero L-39 cockpit.

Aircraft side with the logo of the Rus aerobatic team.

Technicians near the An-2 aircraft on the parking lot.

Anatoly Marunko talks about the Vyazemsky Aviation Training Center, pilot training, and the Rus aerobatic team.

Marunko A.M. in the aircraft cockpit talks about preparations for the flight.

Aero L-39 Albatros on the parking lot.

Radio engineer Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Rogovenkov talks about aircraft downtime and work at the aviation training center.

Chairman of the trade union of the Vyazemsky aviation training center Valery Kovantsev talks about aircraft downtime and pilot training.

Technicians on the airfield.

A technician walks up to an L-39 aircraft, climbs a ladder, and inspects the cockpit.

Men cover an L-39 aircraft at the parking lot.

Covered aircraft on the airfield.

The training center personnel look at the sky.

An administrative building on the airfield territory.

A hangar and covered helicopters.

Covered aircraft at the parking lot.

Instructor pilot Yuri Sergeevich Lukenchuk talks about the temporary suspension of flights and hope for the future.