Russian → English transcript

To serve for the good of the Motherland. I swear!

Six-year-old border guards solemnly take the oath, moving from childhood into cadethood.

For the first time in kindergarten, 92 children are being prepared for military careers.

Marching drills, bearing; in the mornings we form up for the flag-raising.

Why did you decide to become a cadet?

To defend the Fatherland.

The main emphasis is on patriotic education.

Every day the children sing anthems and learn military songs,

they look up to older cadets and seem to grow up before our eyes, parents note.

She has developed a distinctive posture and bearing; we really like it.

The child has developed a certain seriousness despite her young age.

At home she has taken on certain responsibilities,

that is, she does some household chores.

Real life according to the rules will begin in a year.

Young patriots are already expected in the cadet class at School No. 30.

For 15 years it has been preparing future border guards.

On the count of one, two—report.

Besides the main subjects, there's an additional schedule.

Marching drills, hand-to-hand combat; some classes take place at the shooting range.

Besides drill, the cadets have firearms training every week.

At their desks the cadets assemble and disassemble the rifle.

Here they also practice shooting Makarov pistols and air rifles.

The rest of the time is gas mask training.

They all shoot accurately, which shows this had to be learned.

If it weren't for our curator Yuriy Alexandrovich, this might not have been possible.

The cadets are taught by Lieutenant Colonel Yuriy Kucherenko.

An Afghan war veteran.

He has devoted his whole life to military service.

I try to teach very gently.

I'm showing what people nowadays call life hacks.

Because I myself graduated from the Suvorov Military School after eighth grade.

I can relate to all of that.

I remember how my officer-mentor worked with us, how he guided us.

Graduates remember Yuri Kucherenko's guidance for the rest of their lives.

The main skills are kazeta, nestrielba, and marching.

The kids learn to work hard and to win.

Anastasia Kovalenko, Yuri Tvorogov. Vesti Kursk.