Farewell to conscripts entering service in the Soviet Army (1965-1972)

Young Pioneers present flowers to conscripts standing in formation before being sent to their military unit.

Conscripts chat with a conscript soldier; faces of a soldier and conscripts.

Conscripts from one of the Central Asian republics say goodbye to their families, leaning out of train windows.

The face of an old man.

Relatives of conscripts wave goodbye to the departing train.

Relatives of conscripts on the platform watch the cars of the departing train.

Faces of young girls; a conscript is carried in their arms to the train car.

A conscript, backpack in hand, stands next to his mother.

Conscripts say goodbye to their families.

Conscripts in formation during a ceremonial rally.

Presentation of a military ID card to one of the conscripts.

Conscripts say goodbye to their girlfriends and parents outside a train car, 1965-1969. A conscript holds his girlfriend close.

The parents of conscripts Korobkova and Chumarova see their sons off and present them with flowers.

The conscripts' parents wave goodbye.

Residents of the village of Strizhanovka send off their fellow villager, Anatoly Kovalchuk, to the army.