The issue is dedicated to the everyday life of the Taman Division and athletes of the Central Sports Parachute Club of the Airborne Forces.




Faces of young soldiers who arrived at the Taman Division to serve.
Soldiers being discharged from the reserve stand on the parade ground in full dress uniform.
Young soldiers in formation on the parade ground.
Soldiers and sergeants of the Taman Division during a political lesson.
An officer conducts a lesson on tactics on a terrain model.
A lesson on studying radio communications.
A lesson in a classroom on the material part of armored vehicles.
A panorama of a classroom, an officer conducts a lesson on the material part of a tank.
Servicing military equipment during a park and maintenance day.
Infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) in a box during servicing.
A sentry in camouflage in the forest during field exercises.
Soldiers wash themselves with snow during morning exercises.
A column of armored vehicles moves along a forest road.
A tank column moves to a training ground during exercises.
An airplane flies by.
Shells explode on a training ground during a training battle.
A tanker in a tank turret.
Tanks attack a simulated enemy, combat work of one of the tank crews.
Tanks and infantry fighting vehicles during exercises at the training ground.
Towing a ski unit behind an infantry fighting vehicle.
Motorized riflemen on skis deploy in an attack chain.
Tanks attack a simulated enemy, the commander of one of the tanks conducts observations through a triplex.
Soldiers overcoming burning obstacles on the assault strip.
Soldiers ford a river in winter conditions.
Birch trunks.
Soldiers warm themselves by the fire during rest during exercises, soldiers' faces.
Soldiers arrive on short-term leave in their native village, a mother meets one of the soldiers.
Father hugs his soldier son.
Father and son talk while sitting at the festive table.
A war veteran talks to soldiers who have arrived on leave.
Soldiers and guests at the festive table.
Soldiers in the Lenin Room listen to a political officer tell the story of the Taman Division.
Soldiers' faces.
Soldiers on the Division's Walk of Fame listening to a veteran's story, a veteran's face.
Bust of Iosif Laar on the Walk of Fame.
Memorial cot of Iosif Laar in the company's quarters, forever included in the lists of personnel.
Tanks during exercises at the training ground.
Tankers climb out of a combat vehicle after a field mission.
Tankers light a cigarette, standing next to a tank.
Servicemen being discharged into the reserve hand over combat equipment to young soldiers, give advice on its operation.
Soldiers' faces during the acceptance and transfer of equipment.
Tankers in formation.
Handing over the keys to a combat vehicle to a new commander.
Faces of servicemen being discharged into the reserve during a conversation with officers in the Lenin Room.
The division commander on the parade ground presents memorable gifts to servicemen being discharged into the reserve, thanks them for their service.
Faces of soldiers standing in formation, being discharged into the reserve (panorama).
Division units march in parade formation before those retiring to the reserve, soldiers' faces.
View of part of the parade ground during the ceremonial event.
A brass band marches along the parade ground.
The division commander delivers parting words in an informal setting.
1976
USSR
Winter, Spring, Autumn




Athletes of the Central Sports Parachute Club of the Airborne Forces run out for morning exercises.
Jogging in the forest.
Training on special exercise machines in the sports town.
Swimming across the river.
Athletes in the bus.
The bus is traveling along the road.
Panorama of the landing site.
Parachutists boarding the An-2 plane.
The plane taking off.
Parachutists inside the plane.
Parachutists leaving the plane.
Parachutists during the descent.
View of the site with a landing circle (from above).
Parachutists landing in the center of the circle during the landing accuracy exercise.
Packing parachutes after jumps.
Descent and landing on gliding parachutes.
Captain Volkov's san Andrey helps his father fasten his parachute.
Farewell of father and son.
The plane taking off.
Parachutists jumping out of the plane.
Andrey watching the parachutists.
Captain Volkov lands in the center of the circle, his son begins to help fold the parachute.
Andrei Volkov in a helmet and with a parachute on.
Practicing parachutist movements on the ground.
Warrant Officer Zinaida Kuritsyna performing acrobatic exercises in the air, the face of a trainer watching from the ground.
Recording another record from the ground.
Aerial acrobatics performed by Warrant Officer V. Penkov.
Group acrobatics in the air.
The Kamratovs perform a prolonged jump with acrobatics and a kiss during the jump.
Kamratova landing in the center of the circle.
Fireworks in the sky, arranged in honor of the Kamratovs by teammates.
Presentation of flowers by teammates after landing.
Parachutists hold hands during the jump.
Landing of one of the parachutists.
Parachutist cameraman, master of sports Yu.
Sobolev with a camera on his helmet after landing, Sobolev takes off his helmet and glasses.
Two parachutists hold hands during a jump, others join them, forming a figure in the air.
Parachutists form various figures in the air, stand in a circle.
Parachutist athletes at the entrance to the club in dress uniform and with awards.
Parachutists' faces and their awards.
1976
Ryazan region
Summer