A young soldier who just got into the army. What was considered humiliating by the "grandfathers" in the Soviet army

We all know how hard it is in the Russian army because of the hazing that exists there. Someone was simply beaten half to death, and someone was even driven to suicide. Grandfathers mock recruits and the saddest thing is that all this happens with the permission of the officers. Also, the situation with hazing is aggravated from year to year due to national hatred within the army. Read on for the creepy stories of soldiers who were victims of hazing. Not for the faint of heart.

Anton Porechkin. Athlete, member of the Zabaikalsky Krai weightlifting team. He served on Iturup Island (Kurils), military unit 71436. On October 30, 2012, at the 4th month of service, he was beaten to death by drunken grandfathers. 8 blows with a sapper shovel, little was left of the head.

Ruslan Aiderkhanov. From Tatarstan. Drafted into the army in 2011, he served in military unit 55062 in the Sverdlovsk region. Three months later, he was returned to his parents like this:

Traces of beatings, an eye was knocked out, limbs were broken. According to the military, Ruslan caused all this to himself when he tried to hang himself on a tree not far from the unit.

Dmitry Bochkarev. From Saratov. On August 13, 2012, he died in the army after many days of sadistic bullying by his colleague Ali Rasulov. The latter beat him, forced him to sit for a long time on half-bent legs with his arms outstretched forward, striking him if he changed his position. Also, by the way, Sergeant Siviakov mocked Private Andrei Sychev in Chelyabinsk in 2006. Sychev then had both legs and genitals amputated, but he remained alive. But Dmitry was brought home in a coffin.

Before the army, Ali Rasulov studied at a medical school, so he decided to practice on Dmitry as a doctor: he cut out cartilage tissue from his nose with nail scissors, damaged during beatings, sewed up tears in his left ear with a utility needle and thread. “I don’t know what came over me. I can say that Dmitry annoyed me by not wanting to obey me,” Rasulov said at the trial.

Dmitry annoyed him by not wanting to obey...

Taking into account the fact that Rasulov conducted sadistic experiments on the victim for 1.5 months and tortured her to death, the sentence of the Russian court to the sadist should be considered ridiculous: 10 years in prison and 150 thousand rubles to the parents of the murdered. type compensation.

Alexander Cherepanov. From the village of Vaskino, Tuzhinsky district, Kirov region. Served in military unit 86277 in Mari El. In 2011, he was brutally beaten for refusing to deposit 1,000 rubles. on the phone of one of the grandfathers. Then he hanged himself in the back room (according to another version, he was hanged dead in order to simulate suicide). In 2013, Jr. would have been sentenced to 7 years in this case. Sergeant Peter Zavyalov. But not for murder, but under the articles "Extortion" and "Exceeding official powers."

Nikolai Cherepanov, the father of a soldier: “We sent such a son to the army, but they returned him to us ...”
Nina Konovalova, grandmother: "I began to put a cross on him, I see - he is covered in wounds, bruises, bruises, and his head is all broken ...". Ali Rasulov, cutting cartilage from Dima Bochkarev's nose, did not know "what came over me." And what happened to Peter Zavyalov, who for 1000 rubles. scored another Russian guy in the army - Sasha Cherepanov?

Roman Kazakov. From the Kaluga region In 2009 a recruit of the 138th motorized rifle brigade (Leningrad region) Roma Kazakov was brutally beaten by contractors. But apparently they overdid it. The victim lost consciousness. Then they decided to stage an accident. The soldier, they say, was asked to repair the car, and he died in the garage from exhaust gases. They put Roman in a car, closed it in the garage, turned on the ignition, covered the car with an awning to guarantee it... It turned out to be a gas wagon.

But Roman is not dead. Poisoned, fell into a coma, but survived. And after a while he spoke. For 7 months, the mother did not leave her son, who became disabled ...

Larisa Kazakova, mother of a soldier: "In the prosecutor's office, I met with Sergei Ryabov (this is one of the contract soldiers - ed.), and he said - I was forced to beat recruit soldiers. Battalion commander Bronnikov beat off my hands with a ruler, I have a criminal record, my conviction was not canceled until 2011, I could not act otherwise, and had to follow the order of the battalion commander ".

The case was closed, information about hematomas disappeared from the soldier’s medical documents, the car (evidence) suddenly burned down a month later. The contractors were fired, the battalion commander remained to serve further.

Roman Suslov. From Omsk. Drafted into the army on May 19, 2010. The photo below was taken at the train station before boarding the train. He had a son of one and a half years. I did not get to the place of service (Bikin, Khabarovsk Territory). On May 20, he told his family in SMS about bullying on the train by an officer and an ensign who accompanied the conscripts. On the morning of May 21 (on the second day in the army) he sent an SMS: "They will kill me or leave me disabled." May 22 - hanged himself (according to the military). There were marks of beatings on the body. Relatives demanded a re-examination of the causes of death. The military prosecutor's office refused.

Vladimir Slobodyannikov. From Magnitogorsk. Called up in 2012. Served in military unit 28331 in Verkhnyaya Pyshma (the same place in the Urals). At the very beginning of the service, he stood up for another young soldier who was being bullied. What caused the fierce hatred of grandfathers and officers. On July 18, 2012, after 2 months in the army, he called his sister and said: "Valya, I can't take it anymore. They will kill me at night. That's what the captain said." That same evening he hanged himself in the barracks.

Pechenga, Murmansk region 2013

200th motorized rifle brigade. Two Caucasians mock a Russian guy.

Unlike Caucasians, Russians, as always, are atomized. Not in solidarity. Rather, they themselves will mock the younger conscription than help someone in the lawlessness of national minorities. The officers also behave as they once did in the tsarist army. "Dogs and lower ranks are forbidden entry" signs hung in the parks of Kronstadt and St. Petersburg, i.e. the officers did not seem to consider themselves and the lower classes as one nation. Then, of course, the sailors, without regrets, drowned their nobles in the Gulf of Finland and cut them to pieces in 1917, but what has changed?

Vyacheslav Sapozhnikov. From Novosibirsk. In January 2013, he jumped out of the window of the 5th floor, unable to bear the harassment of the Tuvan community in military unit 21005 (Kemerovo region). Tuvans are a small people of the Mongoloid race in the south of Siberia. The current Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Shoigu S.K. - also a Tuvan.

Ilnar Zakirov. From the Perm region. On January 18, 2013, he hanged himself in military unit 51460 (Khabarovsk Territory), unable to withstand many days of bullying and beatings.

For bringing to suicide, sergeants Ivan Drobyshev and Ivan Kraskov were arrested. In particular, as the military investigators reported: "...Junior sergeant Drobyshev in the period from December 2012 to January 18, 2013 systematically humiliated the human dignity of the deceased, repeatedly used physical violence against him and made illegal demands for the transfer of funds."

Systematically humiliated the human dignity of the deceased. The system is like that, so what can you do. The army is just a special case of the general lack of rights in the country.

Army bullying is based on a rigid hazing hierarchy of soldiers, built on the duration of the actual service life from the moment of conscription. All non-statutory ranks and ranks given below refer to the period of two years of military service.

The lowest rung of the army hierarchy is military personnel before the oath. "Smell" or "Spirit incorporeal" in army jargon. The hazing rights are the same as those of the "spirits", that is, none. According to the charter, such a serviceman must prepare to take the oath, and for hazing duties, they must endure various "jokes" of old-timers, which are usually not excessive during this period.

The second stage - military personnel after the oath and up to six months of service: "Spirit"; - the most common name. In some branches of the military they are called differently: “Sparrows”, “Cheks”, “Chekists” - internal troops; "Karas" - fleet.

In some parts, after the statutory oath, a non-statutory oath may also be taken. In this case, the "Spirit" with a mop instead of a machine gun should solemnly read out something like this:

I, salaga, shaved goose,

I solemnly swear:

Sala, do not eat oil yourself,

Give everything to the old...

The main non-statutory duties of the “Spirits” are to “rustle”, that is, to perform all the “dirty” work in part, as well as to be disenfranchised objects for the psychological unloading of old-timers, which at best manifests itself in a simple “quality” (significant physical exertion) and in unquestioning execution of absurd orders. And also "spirits" should be objects of the traditional "humor" of "Grandfathers".

For example, one of the standard army entertainment is "Musical Elk". The “spirit” puts his hands to his forehead in the form of elk horns (with the palm of one hand to the wrist of the other) and sings: “Suddenly, like in a fairy tale, the door creaked ...”, receives a blow on the “horns” and continues “... everything became clear to me Now".

The Russian soldier is famous for his ingenuity, and there are a great many such rituals. "Catching butterflies", "Drying a crocodile" and so on - in different parts, soldiers have fun in different ways.

The third stage - military personnel from six months to a year of service. "Elephant" is an abbreviation for: a soldier who loves fucking loads. This is the common name. In some branches of the military they are called differently: "Raven" - internal troops; "Greyhound crucian" - fleet.

In "Elephants" they usually transfer from "Spirits" with six blows on the backside with a badge of a soldier's belt (since the soldier has already served six months). Blows are carried out by "Grandfather".

Hazing duties: "Elephant" either works in the same way as "Spirit", or "draws a hundred days" to some "Grandfather", who appointed him his personal "Elephant". Such an “Elephant” must constantly perform elementary daily tasks for his “Grandfather” (make the bed, etc.), get him cigarettes or something else. Well, standard rituals, of course, such as: "Let me report how long to serve grandfather" in various forms and with severe punishment for a mistake.

"Elephants" and "Spirits" do not have the right to sew military uniforms to fit and carry their hands in their pockets.

The fourth stage - military personnel from one to one and a half years of service. "Scoop". The name most likely comes from the scoop (ladle), with which the soldier is transferred to the "Choppers" from the "Elephants". To accept the status of "Scraper", a soldier must withstand twelve blows with a ladle on the buttocks. The name "Skull" is also common. In the Navy, the analog is "Godok".

Extraordinary duties: "Sherpak" must ensure that "Spirits" and "Elephants" who do not have "Grandfather" do not shirk from work.

"Cherpak" is already a privileged status.

The fifth stage - military personnel from one and a half years of service to the beginning of the hundred days. "Grandfather". This is the most privileged status. Has almost unlimited power over "Smell", "Spirit" and "Elephant".

The transfer to "Grandfathers" is symbolic, and is carried out exclusively at the request of the newly-made "Grandfather". The translation scheme is standard - 18 symbolic hits with a chair on a soft spot.

The basic rules of hazing regarding the "Grandfathers" themselves:

• 1. Grandfather is always right.
• 2. If Grandfather is wrong, then see point one.
• 3. Grandfather should not touch objects that are used for cleaning the premises (rags, buckets, mops ...).

"Grandfather" usually walks around the unit in a faded military uniform sewn to the figure. (The new form is a sign of "Spirit").

"Grandfather" usually has a personal "Spirit" or "Elephant" who does his daily work for him and counts the days until the order.

The sixth stage - military personnel from the beginning of the hundred days to the dismissal.

"Demobilization" - has all the rights of "Grandfather". The only differences are in the rituals: the days are counted not until the order, but until the end of the service, etc.

The procedure for transferring “Grandfather” to “Dembel” is carried out as follows: the future “Dembel” is beaten in a soft spot with a thread through a layer of mattresses and pillows, and he screams as if in pain, or “Spirit” should scream instead of him.

That's the whole hierarchy as a whole, tested for decades. As the saying goes: "Every man must go through this." Of course, starting a service is hard, but everyone has good prospects ... After the transition of the Russian army to a one-year service life, all these titles and ranks will most likely sink into oblivion and remain only in folklore.

For example, this military saying:

“If you are swollen without sleep, then, of course, you are a Spirit; if you sleep somehow, then you are already a scoop; if you overslept lunch, then of course you are Grandfather.

Or, for example, this army song, which very well describes hazing hazing ranks:

Gop-stop, greenery - download

On the other hand, even after the reform, the soldiers are likely to quickly adapt to the changed situation and come up with something new instead of outdated rules. It is unlikely that something fundamentally different is possible in Russia. As the French say, ce la vie...

The Russian army is our defense, a huge military school, its own world, which has its own traditions and laws. Each military community has its own army traditions, customs. Traditions are general habits, norms of behavior that are passed down from generation to generation. Service in the army for each soldier is a separate segment of life, unlike anything else, and which he will remember all his life.

The army is filled with its own humor, its own culture, service in it is remembered with pride and a smile. Now let's try to roughly reproduce the traditions of the names of soldiers by periods of service in the ranks of the Russian army.

From the moment when an 18-year-old boy is drafted into the ranks of our army, he is called a "smell". Important task "smell"- to prepare for the oath in full swing.

Everything starts with the spirit

After taking the oath, it is customary to call him "spirit" and such a stigma hangs over him for up to six months. They call him a "spirit" because he becomes like a spirit who must carry out all the orders of the foreman, often doing dirty work. The only way to unload morale during this time is physical exercise.

After six months "spirits" in the army become "elephants". Among themselves, the army men say that only a real “spirit” can have the right to be called an “elephant”. That is, you need to go through a rather specific procedure of “initiation into elephants”: six blows with a badge. Just when a soldier has served six months, new "spirits" come.

The path to "grandfather" is very difficult

“Grandfathers” have something to do, as newcomers have come and they urgently need to show them what is what, and “elephants” can continue their service more calmly. Since now they serve only a year, it would be possible to finish our story right now with the title of “demobilization”. But history, for that it is history, in order to acquaint readers with it, and we will tell a little more about army hierarchy.

A soldier who has served for a year and a half has the right to be called "scoop". "Elephants" must look after them. But in order to become a "scoop" you need to go through the rite of beating with scoops. For the sake of this, the elders will spare no time and get them. Only about twelve strokes are made. The main task is to watch the "elephants" and "spirits" in the army so that they do not shirk from work.

And no matter how scary it sounds, the service "scoops" after the expiration of time turn into "grandfathers". And here it does not do without assault! Already, eighteen strokes of a chair are worth going through to the soldiers in order to proudly wear the rank "grandfather" in the army. This title is proudly worn "warriors", which are included in the service interval from one and a half years to the start of the "hundred days".

And finally "demobilization". From the beginning of the "hundred days", in other words - the finish line. On the first evening of the “hundred days”, the “grandfathers” gather and, according to army traditions, due to the culinary abilities of the "spirits" pamper themselves with various treats. The same is carried out on the fiftieth day before departure. This is an exemplary army hierarchy. All of them can be different, someone has the number of names a little less, a little more. I would also like to note, speaking of traditions, that a representative of each category must be filed. The number and position of stitches depends on the status and rank of the soldier.