Hazing

hazing(analogue in the Navy - anniversary) - an unofficial hierarchical system of relations between military personnel of the lower army level (soldiers, corporals, sergeants) that has developed in the Armed Forces (of any state), based on their ranking, “sorting” on the basis of the magnitude of the actual service life of each individual and associated with this discrimination, one of the varieties of hazing. It usually manifests itself in the form of exploitation, psychological and physical abuse.

To a greater or lesser extent, it is characteristic of all soldier groups, including cases in the elite troops.
Regarding the causes of such a phenomenon as hazing, there is no single, generally accepted opinion. As the leading factors, both socio-economic and biological, historical, cultural factors are put forward. (For more details, see the Causes of occurrence and stable existence of the phenomenon section). The division of servicemen along national, racial, ethnic and religious lines is not a manifestation of hazing, but of the so-called community. The leading, determining factor of hazing is the difference in terms of service.

Legal qualification

Manifestations of hazing are described by the term "hazing". Hazing includes the whole range of relations between military personnel that are not described in the combined arms regulations (including the relationship of chief-subordinate, subordinate-chief). "Hazing" in the narrow sense covers only those violations of the charters that are related to the relationship between military personnel of senior and junior conscription.

Besides, modern science criminal and administrative law distinguishes between crimes committed in the framework of the so-called "hazing" and "barracks hooliganism". A distinctive feature is the subjective side of the offense. In the first case, the intent of the offender is aimed at asserting his status as an old-timer, coercion young soldier to the performance of chores, the performance of certain rituals associated with the “traditions of hazing”, etc. In the second case, the offender’s illegal actions are motivated by personal hostile relations, interethnic, interethnic, religious hostility, property relations, hostile relations that suddenly arose, etc. (commentary of the criminal code to the articles providing for liability for crimes against the person, honor and dignity; Gazette of the Supreme Court of the USSR, the Supreme Court Russian Federation(arbitrage practice)).

Thus, violations within the framework of “hazing” of the statutory rules of relations between military personnel who are not in a relationship of subordination can be qualified as encroachments by military personnel of an older draft on the rights, honor, dignity and personal integrity of military personnel of a younger draft.

One of the key negative factors in the existence of “hazing” as a phenomenon is that this army subculture seriously undermines the authority of the army among young people of military age and is one of the main reasons for evading military service.

A similar phenomenon, although not as pronounced as in the army, is also observed in some schools, boarding schools and other educational and social institutions. The victims are usually those who are physically weaker, insecure or simply younger in age. For system higher education hazing (not typical) is only partially characteristic, mainly in military universities and other paramilitary ones, where the fourth year is dismissive of the first; it is noticed in the same capacity in a number of completely civilian universities, in those cases where the hostel and university courses are on the same fenced area, see Eton College below.

A responsibility

Violations of statutory relationships according to the degree of public danger are divided into:

The latter category includes violations that objectively fall under the disposition of the current articles of the Criminal Code (beating, torture, actions grossly insulting human dignity, robbery, etc.). Responsibility comes in a general criminal order. The actions of a serviceman who has committed hazing, which do not fall under the concept of a crime, should be regarded as a disciplinary offense (violation of the procedure for joining a shift in an outfit, coercion to perform household work (if not related to physical violence), coercion to perform hazing rituals ( also without physical violence), etc.). AT this case responsibility comes in accordance with the requirements of the Disciplinary Charter of the Armed Forces.

Story

The socialization of boys is always carried out not only vertically, but also horizontally, through belonging to a group of peers. In these groups, informal rules and customs are often formed, following which is so important for young people that they are primarily guided by them, and not by written laws and charters.

Markov A.L. Cadets and Junkers:

The techniques of this infant "tsuk" were striking in their diversity and originality and were obviously developed by entire generations of predecessors. Severe "majors" of the first class forced newcomers as punishment and just like that "eat flies", they made "virgule" and "lubrication" on short-cropped heads, and simply stifled them on every occasion and even without it.

"Zuk" was a frank mockery of the elders over the younger ones: from the younger they demanded a salute that was not due to the junkers of the senior classes; forced to do squats, howl at the moon; they were given derogatory nicknames; they were repeatedly woken up at night, etc. Officers-educators of military educational institutions not only knew about bullying, many of them were sure that "a pull-up gives the younger class discipline and drill, and the older one - the practice of using power."

It should be noted that participation in such customs was relatively voluntary: when yesterday's cadet, gymnasium student or student got into the walls of the school, the elders first of all asked him how he wanted to live - “is it according to the glorious school tradition or according to the legal charter?”. Those who expressed a desire to live “according to the charter” got rid of the “tsuk”, but they did not consider him “one of their own”, they called him “red” and treated him with contempt. The lower-level commanders - platoon cadets and sergeants, and most importantly, after graduating from college, not a single guards regiment accepted him into their officer environment. Therefore, the vast majority of junkers preferred to live according to "tradition", the costs of which were written off as a comradely ration.

The first case of hazing in the Red Army was recorded in 1919. Three old-timers of the 1st regiment of the 30th division beat to death their colleague, a Red Army soldier Kupriyanov, a native of the Balakovo district of the Saratov region, born in 1901, due to the fact that the young soldier refused to do their work for the "grandfathers". According to the laws of wartime, those responsible for the death of a soldier were shot. After that, officially recorded cases of hazing in the army of Soviet Russia and the USSR disappeared for almost half a century.

According to one version, hazing was indeed not a characteristic of the Soviet Army until the reduction of the conscription service in 1967 with three years up to two in the ground forces and from four to three in the navy. The reduction coincided with a wave of shortages of conscripts caused by the demographic consequences of the Great Patriotic War, due to which the five million Soviet army had to be underpowered by as much as a third. By the decision of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU, people with a criminal record began to be drafted into the army, which had previously been completely excluded. Ideologically, this was presented as a correction of stumbled fellow citizens, but in reality it led to the fact that criminal procedures were transferred to the army, thieves' jargon penetrated the soldier's speech, former criminals introduced ritual humiliation and bullying. The reduction in the term of service concerned only the newly called up, while those who had already served completed their term in full. For a certain time, in the same military unit, there were simultaneously those who had completed their third year of service, and those who had entered the service, who were supposed to serve one year less. The latter circumstance angered those who had already served two years, and they often took out their anger on recruits.

According to another version, since the late 1960s, some unit commanders began to widely use soldier labor for personal material gain. The hazing activities of military units required the organization of a system of hazing, in which the old-timers acted as overseers of the soldiers who performed the work of the first year of service. Such relations required the unquestioning obedience of young soldiers to any instructions of the old-timer; to break and turn into slaves, the conscripts were crushed and subjected to violence. Thus, according to this version, hazing arose as a method of managing hazing economic activity military units. Over time, in a number of military units, officers began to use hazing as a method of management, since they themselves are engaged in training young people, as well as educational work didn't want to.

Also, by the end of the 60s, the number of front-line commanders no longer remained in the Armed Forces, which was the majority in the Armed Forces at the end of the Great Patriotic War and which of personal experience knew that a healthy morale in the unit entrusted to them was the key to their own life.

However, there is reason to doubt all the versions given. According to the candidate of sociological sciences A. Yu. Solnyshkov, already in 1964 the first and most productive works of Soviet scientists dealing with hazing issues appeared, which in itself shows that the phenomenon existed until the mid-1960s and its roots are much deeper. In addition, according to him, over the forty years of studying the phenomenon of hazing, domestic scientists have not been able to make significant progress compared to the productive work of A. D. Glotochkin and his students, carried out in the early 60s.

The bulk of the publicized cases of hazing in the Russian army is associated with the use of the labor of young soldiers for personal gain by the command staff of military units. Hazing arose in the 60s of the XX century in the Soviet army as a method of managing the hazing activities of military units and continues to develop at the present time, acquiring various forms, widely known for the serfdom of the 18th-19th centuries, but looking wild in the 21st century.

The Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Vladimir Ustinov, speaking at the Board of the Prosecutor General's Office, noted: “One gets the impression that the “sale” of soldiers is an ancient sacred tradition, which can only be eradicated together with the entire Russian officer corps.” .

Samara region In August 2002, Senior Lieutenant R. Komarnitsky demanded that Privates Tsvetkov and Legonkov depart from the location of the unit home to Samara and earn money by activities not related to army service. They had to pay the officer 4,000 rubles a month. The soldiers refused, but the demands were repeated, accompanied by pressure and beatings from the old-timers.

October 2003, Samara, Guards motorized rifle regiment constant readiness. The servicemen who worked at Karton-Pak LLC explained that they did not engage in combat training during the “earnings”. As a result, for the entire period of service, they never acquired the necessary combat skills. Private E. Goltsov, for example, said that he fired from his personal weapon only once.

Volgograd region. On October 10, 2003, near military unit No. 12670 of the ZhDV, human rights activists from the Mother's Right organization made a video recording. Dozens of soldiers were filmed being taken to work: 32 people for weeding, 10 people. to "Rotor" (Volgograd football club). 3 or 4 foreign cars with entrepreneurs drove up, minibuses that took the soldiers away. There is information that about 200 soldiers were taken out of the unit one day. Checks followed. The first deputy commander of the Federal Railway Service, General Gurov, came from Moscow. Passed the prosecutor's check. The commander of the military unit and his deputy were brought to disciplinary responsibility. However, by October 2004, illegal work continued. True, the violators became somewhat more cautious, organized "left" work - knocking together crates - on the territory of the unit.

Stavropol region. Since February 2004, three servicemen have been working at a furniture company in the village of Nadezhda (a suburb of Stavropol). None of them received monetary and other allowances, which went into someone's bottomless pocket. The damage to the state only from such "write-offs", according to the conclusions of the investigation, amounted to 120 thousand rubles.

A case that took place on New Year's Eve 2006 in the supply battalion of the Chelyabinsk Tank School, where Private Andrei Sychev and seven other soldiers were bullied, received a huge response. Sychev, who turned to military doctors, did not receive the necessary medical care on time. Only towards the end of the holidays due to a sharp deterioration in health young man was transferred to the city hospital, where doctors diagnosed him with numerous fractures and gangrene of the lower extremities and bruises of the genital organs. Legs and genitals were amputated. .

A young soldier died under undisclosed circumstances in Yelan military unit No. 55062 Sverdlovsk region. 20-year-old Ruslan Aiderkhanov was sent to his relatives in a zinc coffin with a notification that the young man committed suicide three months after the call. According to the command of the unit, on August 31, 2011, the young man left the territory of the unit, and on September 3 he was found hanging from a tree in the forest. The dead soldier was sent to his native village of Araslanovo in a zinc coffin, which was strictly forbidden to be opened. Despite the ban, relatives insisted on observing Muslim traditions. They opened the coffin to wash the body and wrap it in a white shroud and were horrified. Judging by the way Ruslan looked, before his death, Ruslan was severely beaten and tortured. “They wanted to deceive us. They said that Ruslan committed suicide, so he should be buried as soon as possible. The military did not know that we are Muslims, and according to our customs, we must wash the body before burial. And so the terrible truth was revealed, ”says Ruslan’s aunt Gamilya Gilmanova. Despite the numerous signs of beatings on the body of a young man, the initial examination assured that the cause of death was asphyxia and no signs of violent death were found on the body. At the same time, the conclusion about the cause of death was not issued to the relatives, referring to its unavailability. Later, when the case was made public, the experts concluded that all the wounds that were found on the body of a young man were received by him during his lifetime. A criminal case has been initiated into the incident, and the investigation is underway.

The essence of hazing as a phenomenon

Hazing consists in the presence of unofficial hierarchical relations parallel to the main formal ones, not excluding the case when officers not only know about hazing, but also use it to maintain "order".

It should be noted that in official statements, some high-ranking military men talk about the diseases of society that have been transferred to army soil. For example, such a statement was made in a television interview by Admiral Vyacheslav Alekseevich Popov, the former commander of the Northern Fleet, now a member of the Federation Council, a member of the Defense and Security Committee.

Objective research says hazing is a product of hazing in the armed forces. By "objective research" is meant a single article, which in no way can be assigned the status of scientific. The above conclusion of the “research” is refuted by the fact that hazing is also present in those parts where “hazing” is not practiced

At the same time, hazing is an auxiliary tool in the hands of commanding staff, which can shift most of its duties of maintaining order to the leaders of the informal hierarchy, in return offering them some benefits (extraordinary dismissals, a condescending attitude towards misconduct, reduced physical activity, and others).

Often, informal relationships are accompanied by humiliation of human dignity and physical violence (assault). The direct victims of the phenomenon are members of the team who, for one reason or another, have a low status in the unofficial hierarchy (the status can be determined by experience, physical, psychophysiological characteristics, nationality, etc.). The basis of the status is physical strength and the ability to insist on one's own, conflict resistance.

Manifestations of hazing can be very different. In mild forms, it is not associated with a threat to life and health or a serious humiliation of dignity: recruits perform household chores for old-timers and, from time to time, their household assignments. In its extreme expression hazing comes to group sadism. Hazing in the Russian army consists in forcing recruits to fully serve the "grandfathers" (for example, washing their clothes), taking away money, things and food. The "old-timers" subject the "young" to systematic bullying and even torture, severely beaten, often inflicting severe bodily harm. AT recent times extortion of money for crediting them to a cell phone account is very common. Recruits are forced to call home and ask their parents to top up their "grandfather's" account or buy him a top-up card, which will then go to the same account. Military service in the RF Armed Forces often does not differ much from the "zone". Hazing is the main reason for the regular escapes of conscripts from units and suicides among them. In addition, a significant part of violent crimes in the army is associated with hazing: in some cases, these are the crimes of “grandfathers” identified and brought to trial, in others - the response of recruits (“the Sakalauskas case”). There are cases when recruits who entered the guard with military weapons shot their colleagues, who had mocked them before, in particular the case that formed the basis of the film "Guard". AT last years the level of hazing has significantly decreased due to enhanced training, explaining to soldiers their rights and active actions by the military prosecutor's office.

Hazing among officers

Hierarchical ties not provided for by the Charter exist not only among conscripts (soldiers, sergeants, sailors and foremen). To a certain extent, this phenomenon also takes place among junior and senior officers.

Manifestations of such hazing among officers are significantly different from hazing (anniversary), and, as a rule, are not directly related to physical violence (although they do not exclude it).

Usually, the meaning of hazing among officers lies in the tacit provision of “old-timers” with more comfortable conditions for serving, which is reflected, for example, in the distribution of regular military assignments (outfits), better service in the officers’ mess (wardroom), etc.

Some naval traditions deserve special mention, which were followed on a number of warships of the Soviet Navy, and which also run counter to the requirements and norms of the Charter:

Hierarchical steps

The meaning of the terms may vary from the traditions of the branch of service or military unit, as well as the terms of service.

The text of the Order of the Minister of Defense of the USSR in the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda. In the tradition of hazing and rituals, such regular dismissal and conscription orders played a particularly important role. The countdown of all hierarchical levels and many rituals were associated precisely with the dates of their publication.

Basic definitions in army slang for military personnel by service life:

• "Smells", "drischi", "spirits incorporeal", "quarantines", "bulls"(bull) - military personnel who are quarantined before the oath.
• "Perfume", "elephants"(Navy) "newbies" ("salabons"), "greens" ("green"), "beavers", "geese"(ZhDV), "Vaska"(construction battalion), "fathers", "kids", "hedgehogs", "sparrows", (BB), "checks"(VV), "Chekists"(VV), "goldfinches", "CHIZHI"(backronym for "wish granter") - military personnel who served up to six months.
• "Elephants", "ravens"(VDV and VV), "pomosa", "laces", "geese", "ravens"(VV), "carp"(Navy) "young", "salabons", "walruses", "goldfinches", "mammoths" military personnel who have served six months.
• "Skulls", "scoops", "years old"(Navy) "borzoi carp"(Navy) "pheasants", "boilers", "shaving brushes"- Members of the armed forces who served one year.
• "Grandfathers", "grandfathers", "old men"- military personnel who have served for a year and a half. The name of the phenomenon comes from the stable term "grandfather".
• "Dembel", "tenants", "citizens"(VV) (already considered to be almost civilian): conscripts after the issuance of an order to transfer to the reserve.

In the Navy (at least until 1990) there were exactly 7 hierarchical levels:

• up to six months - spirit”(according to the “seniors”, the creature is incorporeal, sexless, understands nothing, knows nothing, knows nothing, is suitable only for dirty work, often helpless);
• half a year - crucian carp"(a fighter who has been shaved in the conditions of real service knows the customs, traditions and his duties, but because of the sluggishness of the" spirits "he is often beaten);
• 1 year - " greyhound carp"(he knows the service well; is responsible for the execution of work by" crucians "and" spirits "; subjected to physical impact in exceptional cases);
• 1 year 6 months - " one and a half" (the first step of the "untouchables"; subjected only moral pressure on the part of the old-timers for an oversight for the subordinates; "one and a half" is considered the most evil and merciless creature; at this stage, people with low moral principles are very clearly manifested);
• 2 years - " undergrowth"(the most liberal stage; those who are tired of the moral stress of "half and a half", especially not "bothering" with official problems, just rest);
• 2 years 6 months - " godok", or, as an option, which was in circulation at the Pacific Fleet: "sarakot"(apparently, therefore, in the fleet, “hazing” is called “godkovshchina”; the really leading upper caste of old-timers; they personally resort to physical violence in exceptional cases, mainly acting through the “one and a half”; in turn, the informal influence on the team by the officer corps is carried out exclusively through "godkov");
• 3 years - " trade union», « civil"(This" rank "was assigned after the publication of the order of the Minister of Defense on transfer to the reserve; "year-old" immediately after the order of the Minister of Defense was informally recognized as transferred to the reserve and removed from allowance, but since "by the will of fate" he was forced to be in part, he was allegedly kept at the expense naval trade union; lives in a unit or on a ship as a civilian wearing a military uniform).

Traditions of moving to the next level of the hierarchy

Transfer from a lower hierarchical level to a higher one is carried out during the ritual of "interrupting", "transferring". A soldier who did not enjoy the respect of his colleagues or violated the principles of hazing, as well as renounced the "life of hazing" within three "golden days" after arriving at the military unit (the so-called "statutory", "tightened"), may remain "unkilled" - in this case, he is not entitled to privileges more than high levels informal hierarchy, but is equated with "perfume" or "smells". This happens infrequently, as an exception.

The transition to the next level is accompanied by the infliction of physical pain in a special ritual way: a soldier who has served for a year (previously, when the term of service was 2 years) is struck with a belt (badge), stool or metal ladle (scoop) on the buttocks. The number of strokes is usually equal to the number of months served. The transfer from “grandfathers” to “demobilization” is symbolic, without the use of physical influence: the future demobilization is “beaten” on the backside with a thread through a layer of mattresses and pillows, and a specially selected “spirit” “screams in pain” for him. For the badges deserved by the time of the "transfer" (the rank of corporal or sergeant), in some parts additional blows are relied upon.

There were also a considerable number of customs and traditions in the fleet, but it is worth highlighting only two main ones, which were often found in various fleets.

• When transferring from “crucian” to “one and a half”, the so-called. "washing the scales". Depending on the weather conditions and the scenes of action “wash off the scales” from the “crucian”, throwing it overboard, dipping it into an ice hole, dousing it with a fire hose, etc., trying to carry out the rite of translation unexpectedly for the “initiate”.
• “gap gap” - at the moment the first printed version of the order of the Minister of Defense “On transfer to the reserve ...” (for example, in a newspaper) appears on the “gap”, everything that is on it at the moment is torn into small pieces military uniform including socks and underwear. The ritual is also performed unexpectedly for the "year". After the “break”, the “godok” becomes the “Trade Union”, that is, the civil one. Any serviceman up to the “spirit” has the right to take part in the “gap”.

As a rule, the “transfer” takes place on the first night after the Minister of Defense’s order “On transfer to the reserve ...” is issued (usually on September 27 and March 27), but it can also be delayed for several days, since the command of any unit is well aware of the procedures "translation" and often in the first days and nights after the release of the "Order ..." especially severely monitors compliance with the Charter.

Propagation of the phenomenon depending on the service conditions

It is usually believed that the most malicious forms of hazing are characteristic of "second-rate" units and branches of the armed forces, especially for the construction battalion, but the facts of hazing are often revealed in units and formations that are considered "elite". Hazing is much less common in troops or units whose soldiers have constant access to combat personal weapons (for example, internal troops). In addition, hazing is not very common in aviation units. Hazing was not widely used in small, remote parts (for example, parts of air defense radar reconnaissance). It should be noted that the least manifestations of hazing are observed in those units where unit commanders do not use the labor of soldiers for personal gain. This phenomenon is in no way directly related to either the type of troops or the type of military units.

Reasons for the emergence and sustainable existence of the phenomenon

Exist various points view of the causes of hazing.

Socio-economic

Some researchers believe that the economic basis of hazing is the possibility of obtaining material benefits through the use of the labor of "young" soldiers in jobs not provided for by the charter and not related to the economic activity of the unit.

Influence of criminal culture

According to some experts, the strengthening of hazing is directly related to the practice of conscripting prisoners from prisons into the USSR army. In this case, there was no hazing in the pre-war Red Army (and before that in the army of pre-revolutionary Russia), and it dates back to 1942-43. It was then that prisoners began to be drafted into the active army, who brought part of their "zone" subculture into the Soviet Army. There is also an opinion that the "start" of hazing was given in the 1960s, at the time of the reduction of the service life in the Soviet Army (from three to two years in the ground forces and from four to three in the Navy), when old-timers, forced to finish their three or four years, began to take out evil on the recruits who came, who were to serve a year less. Hazing as a phenomenon finally acquired its present form in the late 80s - early 90s and during the devastation of the first years of independence of the post-Soviet states, when the disorder and neglect of the army reached its apogee.

Legal

In military collectives, which are formed at the expense of conscripts, the commanders of military units have many formal, but ineffective levers of influence on the privates and sergeants serving on conscription. These include in particular:

• rebuke,
• severe reprimand (with regard to the conscript, reprimands are completely useless, since they have no consequences),
• extraordinary outfit (in most military units there is a chronic shortage of manpower, which is why military personnel enter the outfits every day for many months, sometimes they are even put in outfits that ensigns should wear. Under such conditions, no extraordinary outfit can to be out of the question, since there is no “queue” itself - the command just plugs holes in the unit’s daily outfit as it can),
• deprivation of the badge of an excellent student, (conscripts are awarded such badges in exceptional cases),
• deprivation of another dismissal, (due to a shortage of workers in the military unit, conscripts receive dismissal in exceptional cases, 1-2 times for the entire service, in addition, dismissals are simply excluded in remote garrisons and abroad),
• demotion (conscripts rarely occupy valuable positions),
• downgrading to military rank one step (about 80% of conscripts are in the lowest military rank),
• arrest with detention in a guardhouse (this type of punishment is not applicable to units located in remote areas, since the guardhouse is usually located in the building of the military commandant's office, which is only in major cities, and 3 days to drive there and 3 days to drive back the offender so that he stays there for 5 days - not a punishment, but an encouragement, since most of the time he will be on the road, that is, outside the part that bothers him).

Determining Factors

The opinion is expressed that the appearance of hazing in one form or another is natural in the presence of a number of provoking factors, among which the following can be noted:

• The closeness of the community, the inability to easily leave it, all the more - the forced stay in the community (in the army - conscription service).
• Insufficiently comfortable living conditions (crowding, lack of hot water and other amenities of a civilized hostel).
• The absence of internal mechanisms designed to protect some members of the community from aggression from others (in the army, officers are officially responsible for order, in fact, they perform this function as much as they want).
• A societally cultivated notion that it is immoral to counter violence by appealing to law enforcement agencies or persons performing their functions. Simply put, the notion that "knocking" is mean. In the army - a complaint to an officer about an old-timer who beat a recruit automatically makes this recruit an "outcast" among his conscription, and, above all, in his own eyes. However, some believe that it is better to be an "outcast" than to be subjected to physical and psychological violence; for them, the moral contempt of colleagues in this case does not matter. Everyone chooses how to act depending on the specific circumstances.
• The need to perform work that is not related to the immediate goals and objectives of the community, but takes time and is not popular (in the army - household work). There is an opposite point of view, according to which bullying develops in conditions of excess free time among military personnel, and that it is better for a recruit to do household work than to sit in the barracks and be the object of hierarchical experiments of "grandfathers".
• Management's lack of interest in maintaining order. In the army, officers often succumb to the temptation to move away from the current work, shifting it to the "grandfathers".
• Evaluation of the activities of the leadership in the absence of officially registered incidents (in the army - they prefer to hide even obvious crimes motivated by hazing, since strict measures are expected for identified cases - the risk of not being promoted to the next rank or being demoted, or even dismissed from the ranks of the Armed Forces Sil). Nevertheless, since hazing often results in suicides, the facts of hazing “emerge”, and a trial is conducted with the participation of the army prosecutor's office. The actions of the military prosecutor's office are far from always effective.

Some rituals associated with hazing traditions

• "Prayer" or a lullaby for "grandfather" - is performed by a "spirit", "salabon" who, standing on a bedside table or a pyramid of stools ("jars"), at night, after the "lights out", when the officers leave the location of the company, reads a certain rhyming text about an upcoming layoff. Depending on the part, its content varies, so the "lullaby" has a large number of options. The Moscow News newspaper cites this:

I ate oil - the day passed, the foreman went home.
The demobilization became a day shorter, good night to all the "grandfathers".
Sleep peephole, sleep another, sleep "grandfather" dear.
Let them dream of their home, a woman with a lush pussy,
Sea of ​​vodka, beer basin, Yazov's father order(another option: "... and Ustinov's order.").

• "Demobilization Train" is a theatrical performance in which, after lights out, young fighters take part as extras and "grandfathers" who play train passengers. In the process of staging, the bed is actively swaying, the sounds of the station and the movement of the train are imitated. There may also be a "guide" in a white coat bringing tea and food to the "passengers"; "Trainmaster" punishing the sluggish "conductor", etc. characters. Young fighters can also be forced to run in one direction past swinging beds with green twigs in their hands (to simulate flickering trees in the car window).
• “Examination for the right to drive a vehicle” is a ritual common in automobile units and subunits, during which a young soldier is obliged to run up to a certain floor at the time set by the “grandfathers”, holding a car tire in his hands, which symbolizes the steering wheel. It is used as a punishment for violations related to driving a car, or keeping a fixed car in a dirty, technically faulty condition.
• "Night Driving" - Depending on the type of troops (driving an armored personnel carrier, tank, tractor, etc.), a ritual during which a young soldier with eyes closed crawled on all fours under the beds in the sleeping part of the barracks. At the command "Turn Right" or "Turn Left" - the young soldier opened the corresponding eye and made a turn. At the command "Reverse" - opened both eyes and backed away.
• “Moose punching” - in this case, the old-timer forces the soldier of the new conscription to cross his arms at some distance from the forehead, after which a fist strike follows the crosshair with a force depending on the degree bad mood old-timer (or on the magnitude of the guilt of a young soldier).
• "Crocodile" ("Drying the crocodile") - a ritual common in Airborne Troops and in the reconnaissance units of the Ground Forces, during which all the young replenishment of the company, after the lights out, had to spend 5 to 20 minutes resting their feet and hands on the back of the bed - thus maintaining their torso in a horizontal position on weight. This ritual was appointed by the old-timers in the form of a collective punishment of all the young replenishment through the fault of one of them, who did not fulfill the order of the old-timer on time and in the proper way. The performance of this ritual has always been considered physically very difficult and was appointed by the old-timers for especially serious offenses in their opinion. In some military units, the old-timers did not consider this ritual as a punishment at all, but meant by it an additional useful physical training exercise for young recruits, which strengthens the overall muscles. In such cases, the "crocodile" was an almost mundane unwritten element of the daily routine.
• “Kalabaha” or “Kalabashka” is a ritual of physical punishment during which a young soldier, who did not comply with the order of the old-timer in time or not completely, was obliged to take a physical blow from the old-timer in a certain symbolic way. At the command of the old-timer “Start the Calabashka” - the young soldier assumed the following body position - the legs are widely spaced, the torso is bent parallel to the ground and the arms are straightened to the sides, while the head is spinning from side to side with the tongue hanging out. The old-timer hits the neck with the edge of his hand. The ritual involved an imitation death penalty with cutting off the head. After the strike, the young soldier, under the oral account of the old-timer "One-Two-Three", was obliged to take the combat stance "Attention" and make a "report". The form of the "report" differed depending on the place of service, the type of troops and the length of service of the old-timer. For example, in OKSVA - the form of the "report" of the young soldier was as follows - “Thanks to the kind “grandfather” for teaching the lousy “siskin” serving in the DRA” or “Thanks to the greyhound“ scoop ”for teaching the freaky“ young ”serving in the DRA”. In case of untimely "report" at the expense of "Three" - the punishment was repeated. This ritual was especially common in the Airborne Forces and OKSVA.
• "Demobilization questions" - a ritual during which a young soldier grandfather unexpectedly asked curious questions that at first glance had nothing to do with logic. For example - “What is the size of grandfather’s feet?”, “What is the number of the demobilization train?”, “How much oil?”, “How much will it be twice two?”. The ritual boiled down to the fact that every day the young soldier had to remember the number of days left before the order to dismiss.
• “Detention of a criminal on the top floor of a building” - in the police units of the explosives, a form of punishment for violation by young servicemen of the order of patrol duty. The young fighter is obliged to climb the stairs to the top floor of a multi-storey building before his grandfather, who at that time is taking the elevator.
• "Fire" in the room. The ritual arose in the units where the division of firefighters of the Civil Defense / Ministry of Emergency Situations is provided. Subsequently, it spread to other parts. Often performed by order of the foremen of the companies, and in the absence of these, by sergeants. On command, the personnel for a certain period of time must take out of the barracks to the street all the property of the company - beds, bedside tables, etc. The barracks must remain completely empty. If the company is not invested in the standard, the property is brought back, and everything starts anew. The cause of the fire can be an uncleaned room, the presence of hiding places in the barracks.
• Cigarette under the pillow. When the "stodnevka" begins, every morning the demobilization must find a cigarette under his pillow on which is written "so many days before the order." The cigarette was put at night either by the spirit “attached” to the demobilization, or by one of the spirits of the department. It was considered a special skill to put down a cigarette without waking up the demobilization, but even if you wake it up, it was not considered a misdemeanor. For this courtesy, the demobilization officer gives the spirit in the dining room his portion of butter. The absence of a cigarette was considered a serious offense and the perpetrator could be severely punished.
• "Feed the hungry." Only an old-timer has the right to take food outside the soldier's canteen and outside the prescribed time for eating. The process of taking food in such cases was called the word “to parachute”, “to make a fool of yourself”, “to imprison”, “to make fun of”, etc. must eat a loaf of black bread for a certain time (a mug of water “for drinking” may be given out), b) the same, but the guilty person eats bread by doing push-ups from the floor: according to the “one” count, the guilty person, bending his arms, bites off the bread lying on the floor, on the count of "two" - straightens his arms and chews, and so on. c) the offender must eat the waste from the tank, d) a loaf of black bread is smeared with shoe polish and “fed” to the offender.
• Team One! An analogue of the statutory order "Private, to me." Only in the case of hazing traditions, the demobilization loudly gives the command “one!” and any of the "spirits" who heard or could hear this command must immediately appear at attention in front of the demobilization and introduce themselves. (Again, the representation may be, depending on tradition, or statutory: "Private so-and-so arrived at your order", or non-statutory, for example, “plywood manufactured in 1975 is ready for inspection!”) The meaning of the ritual is speed, if the spirit did not appear quickly enough (no more than 1-3 seconds), or did not make all the necessary efforts, the demobilization responds with the command “put aside, not sharply”, the spirit returns to the original one, and this will be repeated again. It is considered a serious offense if there are several “spirits” in the barracks, and none of them dared to come running, or too few came running.
• "100 Days" - Solemn for "grandfathers" ritual day. It consisted in the celebration of one hundred days before the release of the Order of the Minister of Defense of the USSR on the next call-up dismissal of citizens. This day was easily calculated according to the calendar, thanks to the long-term constancy of issuing such orders. "Grandfather", respecting the rules of "hazing", was obliged to shave his head baldly that day. Also, with the beginning of the hundred days, the “grandfathers” refused oil until the order was issued, and on the first day the hundred days began, the oil was thrown at the ceiling.
• "Reading the Order" ("The Solemn Reading of the Order") - The ritual of reading the order of the Minister of Defense on transfer to the reserve. Usually the youngest soldier is involved in reading the order. Produced in the barracks after lights out. A young soldier squatting down (“eagle posture”) on several stools stacked on top of each other, so that his head was under the ceiling, loudly and clearly read the text of the order from the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper (see illustration above). After the end of the reading, one of the old-timers pulled out the lowest stool with shouts of “Our Stodnevka is over!!!” (there were other options for shouting). After that, the "grandfather" was obliged to take alcohol, which, on such an occasion, young soldiers "gave birth" to him.

The most common hazing laws

Contrary to popular belief, hazing is not always associated with physical violence. In units and subunits with persistent hazing traditions, there is no need to physically force young soldiers to comply with the rules and traditions of this phenomenon. The very atmosphere of the cult of old-timers and respect for the senior call creates the conditions for the unquestioning submission of the younger ones to the older ones. In such units, even the very idea of ​​objecting to an old-timer is considered blasphemous and is nipped in the bud by the “council of grandfathers” (grandfathers council), which has the unconditional support of sergeants and is tacitly supported by some of the officers. In most "non-statutory units" assault was not associated with hazing traditions. This phenomenon in most cases spread within the framework of barracks hooliganism, or, in prison jargon, "lawlessness".

Depending on the type of troops, the combat capability of the unit, its location, recruitment conditions, hazing laws differ very much. In fact, the laws of hazing are exaggerated interpretations of the provisions of the Charter, or official dogmas, for example: "Orders are not discussed, but carried out." Despite this, there are a number of provisions (some of which are carried out even by officers) that are characteristic of most units:

The most common myths about hazing

Recently, a number of statements have appeared in literature, cinema, and everyday life that consider elements of hazing. Despite the fact that such facts actually take place, they have nothing to do with hazing traditions directly. Such statements include the following:

1. Hazing is based solely on the physical superiority of grandfathers and assault. If there are persistent hazing traditions in the unit, then maintaining them practically does not require assault, since the grandfathers' authority is supported by sergeants and officers. Obviously, no hazing in the life of a military unit does not arise if it is not required by the unit commander. The commander of the unit has enough leverage to put an end to hazing on the territory of the unit and to get the officers and sergeants to perform their service strictly according to the regulations. .
2. A young fighter of sufficient physical strength can withstand his grandfather. Even if a young fighter is physically stronger than his grandfather, but persistent hazing traditions are maintained in the unit, in case of his disobedience, he falls into the category of “black people” with all the ensuing consequences: he will be “killed” by the charter, they can be put in a guardhouse or arrange a “dark one”. In extreme cases, he can even be raped, in which not one grandfather is involved, but a group of several grandfathers. The “educational process” includes sergeants and officers who, in accordance with the charter, create unbearable conditions for him (the principle applies: “if you want to live according to the charter, try it, how unpleasant it is” - the day is scheduled by seconds, personal time is limited, the administration of natural needs according to the schedule , withdrawal-approach to the chief, strict observance of the norms of the drill charter).
3. A young soldier with a strong will and hardened character will withstand the pressure of old-timers, but not a single private can resist the will of the unit commander. In the case of a special strength of moral and volitional characteristics of a recruit, the entire range of measures available to the command staff is applied. The requirements of the strictest implementation of the charter on the part of the officers and sergeants, pressure from the old-timers and responsibility to the team on the principle of "One for all X and all X for one." In fact, it looks like this: while a fighter with character firmly refuses, for example, to do push-ups, his entire call is pushed out to exhaustion. With an emphasis on the “fact” that they all suffer especially because of the obstinacy of this fighter. Each time, increasing pressure on the young draft, the idea is inspired that their increased suffering stems from the stubbornness of a colleague. Thus, they deprive the stubborn soldier of the support and tacit approval of the soldiers of their own conscription. On the contrary, very soon the aggression and hatred of the soldiers of the junior draft, subject to the manipulation of consciousness by the old-timers, is transformed and begins to pour out on the resister. "Rebel" is isolated in the "vacuum space". One example of the use of such a method of influencing a soldier in cinema is vividly and clearly shown in the first half of Stanley Kubrick's film "Full Metal Jacket".
4. Grandfathers take away from the young new elements of the uniform, replacing them with their old ones (belts, boots, hats, etc.). In most parts, the appearance of the grandfather speaks for itself: the sun-bleached uniform, worn-out shoes testify to the long service life of their owner. In the event that the form became unusable due to damage (in the classroom, household work, etc.) and the grandfather received a new form, the latter was artificially aged (in particular, boiled in a chlorine solution to give it a faded color). The new form is a sign of salobon. However, it should be noted that this thesis does not apply to the dress uniform in which the demobilization team returns from service. Her grandfather prepares in advance and, if necessary, will take everything that he needs from the spirit.
5. Grandfathers take butter and eggs from young people at dinner. Eating a lot is the destiny of the young, since grandfather will soon be home and he will eat homemade food there. In addition, before dinner, grandfathers have the opportunity to have a bite to eat in the tea room, after which (it is believed) he does not want to eat common food in the soldiers' canteen. In the ideal manifestation of this principle, the grandfather does not eat at all in the dining room, since he has enough visits to the teahouse, and supplies of home-made food from perfume parcels. In most units, after the release of the order to the reserve, the grandfathers refuse to eat butter in the dining room, giving it to the young, since the latter still have to serve for a long time and they need to gain strength. This act is presented as an exceptional act of generosity.
6. Hazing as an integral part is characteristic not only for the Russian army. Indeed, hazing flourishes in the Ukrainian army and in the armed forces of some other former Soviet republics. In the People's Army of China, there are no manifestations of hazing at all, since the officers are personally responsible (up to the highest measure) for any cases of hazing in the units entrusted to them, and the commanders of military units are personally responsible for hiding such cases. For countries that are members of NATO, hazing is not typical, because on the one hand it has no economic grounds (related to the illegal economic activities of military units), on the other hand, the rank and file has much more rights and free access to communications (mobile phones and the Internet). ) in comparison with the rights of the rank and file of the Russian army, and accredited journalists and representatives public organizations have access to any military unit. In the 1970s, the United States dealt a blow to its own bullying by switching to a contract system. The Israeli army brutally nipped in the bud Soviet-style hazing back in the 1980s. Then immigrants from the Soviet space tried to transfer elements of the barracks "etiquette" of the Soviet to the Israeli army. For which they were immediately tried under the Criminal Code and received real terms. The same is true in armed forces Germany, which is supported by the strictest implementation of the charter. However, in fact, this is how things are in the pages of newspapers. In reality, hazing is very common. The difference is that the oil is not taken from the soldiers, but the offenders are forced to do push-ups, clean their shoes to a shine, wash the floor with a toothbrush (see the film “Forest Gump”), arrange a “dark” one (see the film “Full Metal Jacket ”), etc. (see the film “A Few Good Guys”). In the US military, rape is also common. According to Newsweek, from 2003 to 2008, the number of rapes was 20,000 males.
7. There is no hazing in military units in hot spots. There was an opinion that hazing was impossible in military units participating in hostilities due to the easier access of young soldiers to military weapons and, as a result, greater opportunities for reprisals against old-timers with impunity. The most presumed option, according to the same public opinion, was that such a massacre was considered possible in battle. The experience of the war in Afghanistan showed the profound fallacy of such an opinion. Regardless of what a specific military unit in Afghanistan was doing - constant combat raids, motor transport supply of troops, medical and logistic support, combat protection in the order of outposts - hazing flourished in all of them. Despite the frequent facts of hazing, with grave consequences, officers considered it irrational to fight hazing and practically did not interfere in the relationship of conscripts. In most cases, the officers openly supported the old-timers. For example, platoon and company commanders personally explained to sergeants who arrived with young recruits from training units for the positions of commanders of squads and crews of combat vehicles that in the first six months of his service in Afghanistan he would be listed as a commander only in the company / battery staffing book - and the actual commander will be an old-timer with the rank of private, indicated by the officers, who is listed under his command. The seemingly strange approach of the officers was explained simply - the complete lack of combat experience and adaptation to local conditions of the newly arrived sergeant. Oddly enough, the young soldiers themselves related to the fact of hazing in OKSVA positively and with understanding and considered it difficult but, necessary form mentoring by old-timers in the harsh conditions of war. Hazing during the war in Afghanistan is shown in the movie "Afghan kink" .

Positive facts of the fight against hazing

Despite the fact that hazing has many objective prerequisites, there are cases (Volga-Urals Military District) when a junior conscription created an organization, a kind of "trade union", and with the support of the command of the unit, got rid of the manifestations of hazing in general.

In popular culture

In literature

• The story of Yuri Polyakov "One Hundred Days Before the Order" (1987) received a great public outcry in the USSR during the period of glasnost. The work is dedicated to the routines of the army, which until that time were under an unspoken taboo. AT further story was filmed under the same name (the film adaptation differs from the text in greater rigidity and naturalism).
• The story of Sergei Kaledin "Stroybat" (1989)
• “730 days in boots or the army as it is” by the author Primost Valery most reliably describes modern army mores.
• The story of Oleg Divov "The Weapon of Retribution" (2007). Autobiographical work dedicated to the presentation of the experience of service in the Soviet Army in the pre-perestroika period.
• The story of Alexander Terekhov "Memoirs of military service" (1991)
• The story of Oleg Popov "The Steppe Book" (1998) This is perhaps the first true piece of art on the "army" theme, dedicated to people trying not only to survive, but also to live in complete isolation from the "normal" world.
• Zakir Dakenov's story "Vyshka" (1987, first published in 1990) Along with Yu. Polyakov's story, one of the first works in the USSR about hazing in the SA.
• The story of Mikhail Elizarov "Red Film" (2005) Very, very closely, if not truthfully, the story of a few days of a recruit's stay in the glorious Army ranks is told (the action takes place in an army hospital)

In cinema

• I wish you good health or crazy demobilization ()
• DMB-91 () The only reliable documentary about service in SA.
• A Few Good Guys () A film about hazing in the US MP.

Foreign analogues

• hazing
• Fagging
• Ragging
• EK-Bewegung (German)
• Fala (wojsko) (Polish)

The army in Russia has long turned into a school of pederasty and sadism. Hazing has killed more than two soldiers since the early nineties Chechen wars, but the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation continues not to see her, but in Russian elite the opinion is cultivated that the mockery of grandfathers over a soldier makes a man out of him.

All this is aggravated by national hatred within the army, Caucasian and other communities. Partly because of such an army during Putin's rule, more than 1 million people (mostly Russians) left Russia forever. And they took their children with them.

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 in a coffin. There were signs of beatings everywhere on the body, an eye was knocked out, limbs were broken. According to the military version, 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. Ali Rasulov went further. Before the army, he studied at a medical school, so he decided to practice on Dmitry as a doctor: he cut out cartilage tissue from his nose, damaged during the beatings, with nail scissors, 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. Taking into account the fact that he conducted sadistic experiments on the victim for 1.5 months and tortured her to death, the sentence of the Russian court to Rasulov 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, 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 that he is covered in wounds, bruises, bruises, and my head is all broken ... " Ali Rasulov, cutting cartilage from Dima Bochkarev's nose, did not know "what came over me."

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 Kazkakova, a soldier’s mother: “In the prosecutor’s office, I met with Sergei Ryabov (this is one of the contract soldiers - ed.), and he said that they forced me to beat recruit soldiers. 2011, I could not do 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.

They are.

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 from Tuva.

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. Russian system like this, what can you do. Of course, the wadded army is only a special case of the general lawlessness in Mordor.

What are causes of hazing and what does it mean anyway? Experts still cannot understand where it came from. It appeared suddenly and became a kind of subculture. hazing is hazing military personnel who arose in the Soviet Army in the early seventies of the last century. She has several varieties, one of them is to force servicemen of a shorter service life to work instead of herself, or to physically influence him. This clearly highlights the superiority of one group of employees over another in terms of service life. Also, for the transition from one group of employees to another, there are many rituals of a physical nature, mainly this is beating with solid objects (stools, belt buckles) on the body of junior military personnel by seniors. Many moral humiliations have to endure conscripts from this harmful phenomenon.


Why hazing fails to force out of the army? Conscripts think like this: “Why was I humiliated, but I will remain silent?” ” or in army jargon, “spirit” is older than its older comrade in age. Hazing appeared due to the fact that the new generation has lost such qualities as friendship and respect. After the collapse of the USSR, a mess began in the army, which was one of the reasons for the appearance of this cult. Then, in order for the soldier to carry out the orders of the commanders, which, as you know, are not discussed, the officers had to use force, as the military refused to follow the orders, which later turned into hazing. Also, after the collapse of the Soviet Army, military registration and enlistment offices began to recruit everyone into the army, while in the Union every recruit was checked. In the 90s, some criminals got into the army, who began to put their "thieves" orders in the army. It has become one of the main causes of hazing.

The reason was criminals

In the army, a lot of criminal cases began to be initiated against military personnel, as there were many cases of suicide, soldiers becoming disabled. Many soldiers could not stand the constant bullying from their senior comrades, as a result of which they decided to commit suicide. So, an example is the case of Private Andrei Sychev, who served in the supply battalion of the Chelyabinsk Tank School. On New Year's Eve 2006, on the orders of Sergeant Sivyakov, who was intoxicated with alcohol, he sat in a “deep half-squat” position, after which he developed gangrene, thrombophlebitis and sepsis. As a result, ordinary Sychev had his limbs and genitals amputated.

Active fight against bullying

Now the army has begun an active fight against hazing, which allows minimizing soldier humiliation. Management decided to eradicate this problem in several ways. One of them is physical activity, so that the soldier cannot think of anything else but rest, and he does not have the strength to mock the young. Appoint responsible soldiers from among the senior service over the young fighters. At the moment, in our armed forces, it was decided to reduce the term of military service and transfer the army to a contract. In addition, by decree of the government, soldiers will no longer go to the outfits (cleaning, cooking), hired private organizations will do this for them, and the soldier will devote himself to service, to the study of military disciplines.

"Hazing" is hazing in the army between servicemen, which are prohibited and unacceptable.

What motivates older soldiers and sergeants to mock young soldiers? “The system the officers created. They shift their work from personnel on the sergeants and military personnel who have already “understood the service”, these are soldiers who have served for long periods, who are called “grandfathers” or “demobilizations”.

As a rule, officers are well aware of the "hazing" in the unit, but do nothing. They are satisfied with iron discipline and strict obedience, and it does not matter at all in what ways this is achieved.

Officers graduated from higher military schools and went through their “hazing school” there, and now they believe that it is useful for lower-ranking military personnel to do this as well. Therefore, dear conscripts, even if you find yourself in a training unit where there are no old-time soldiers, but there are old-time sergeants, this is one and the same.

Photos of "hazing", which is, but is prohibited in any army!

Have patience and courage, endure the hardships of military service and always remember the main thing - "Your demobilization is inevitable"!

Look at these documentary photos, but don't take everything to heart, in the army it all happens in different ways, so don't judge strictly for such a tough selection of photos.

In the photo, the "spirits" are young soldiers. They also have other names - for example, "mammoths" and so on ... Why mammoths? - Because they run a lot and stomp loudly when they are engaged in drill training.

The veterans go home. Evening bullying of young soldiers mainly occurs when the lights out, there are no officers, and it became boring.

Grandfather in bed is also going home train "Murmansk - Makhachkala". The spirits lift and pull the bed, it seems that this is a carriage on rails. Tu-tu - a lingering beep of one of the spirits is heard.

The top photo shows a flight over enemy territory and targeted bombing.

Sometimes, before going to bed, one of the young soldiers stood on a stool and shouted the following verses to the grandfathers:

"Chick - chirp, pizdrik - ku - ku! Soon demobilization old man! Let him dream of a house by the river, a naked woman on the stove, a sea of ​​vodka, a basin of beer and your order for demobilization!

And then he said that before the order was left, for example - 100 days.

Punished. Whoever falls down first will go to scrub the point. The next 3 - in the order of the company.

The duty officer in the company has young orderlies. One is on the bedside table, the rest are also in business - they entertain the “young grandfather”.

Examine their night vision goggles. You can’t get lost, the abyss, too.

Punished ... or grandfathers are making fun of the coming dream.

Lost my dignity. He will clean shoes and wash uniforms for old-timers until they are demobilized, mainly at night.

There are beatings. Of course, you can lay a grandfather, he can even be imprisoned, but then the service will become morally unbearable. Outfits - for the kitchen in the dishwasher, for a point, nightly mopping the floors with a “mouse” (this is such a flywheel floor polisher) and so on ...

Evening weekdays in the army. Analysis of flights for the day. educational measures.

Anti-gas joke.

Slippers with earflaps on the head.

The spirit looks out for grandfather's demobilization.

In the photo below, the old men are transferring the young soldier to the "scoops". A leather belt soaked in cold water is beaten 6 to 12 times for half a year of service or a year in the army. The soldier is no longer a “spirit”, but a “scoop” or a “pheasant”. The names of different parts are different.

This is the length of service of a soldier - from the spirit - to the demobilization.

Spirit in the middle. Accidentally caught grandfathers, so I took a picture.

Punished. Endurance exercise.

In the next photo - stupidity, which will go to the citizen of his girlfriend Alena.

The soldier shoots badly. Learning to aim.

Photo above - the soldier forgot his bayonet. Punished - will wear a wooden one.

Looks like underneath. The gun, though wooden, is heavy.

The next one - smoked where it was impossible. Now running...

The fighter from above spoke on the phone on guard. Punished.

New Year's "Dedovshchina"

It is noticeably different from everyday hazing. Especially sophisticated competitions for young soldiers are being prepared. And all in order to brighten the gray army days of old-time soldiers and sergeants in the army. For the "spirits" - it is not as funny and interesting as it may seem in the photographs, because this is a humiliation of a person.

Photos of hazing banned in the army in the USSR

What now, what then - army morals have not changed. In the photo below, 2 grandfathers are sitting on spirits "on horseback". They are having fun, probably going home soon.

Above is the transfer to the next stage of army life. Such a tradition. Served half a year - get it! Served a year - get it! One and a half - get it. Closer to two years, they put a pillow on the back and beat with a thread - it doesn’t hurt anymore, it’s joyful, but the one who is beaten with a thread should yell like a cut man and pretend that it hurts.

Do not worry! Always remember that demobilization is inevitable!

Today we will talk about a difficult topic. It is long overdue to write an article about what to do if the army beats, mocks, extorts money. As always, before writing the article, I studied what had already been written on this subject before me, so as not to repeat myself. And I found out that all advisers and commentators on the Internet are divided into two opposite camps:

1. Was the boy hurt? Urgently call and write to the unit, the prosecutor's office, the State Duma, Putin, Shoigu, Trump!
2. If they beat you, then you deserve it! It's just that they don't beat you in the army. And in general, this is the school of life! What kind of conscripts went, just something - they complain to their mother! Stop chewing snot, everyone has gone through this, clench your teeth and be a man.

I'm telling you right now, the truth is somewhere in the middle. I'll give you my take on the situation. If you disagree, write in the comments, it will be interesting to hear your point of view.

So, what should the parents of a soldier do if they bully, extort money, beat them in the army?

1. calm down
2. Collect maximum information
3. Act

calm down

Easy to say but hard to do. When a child calls and talks about humiliation and beatings, no mother will remain indifferent. Every minute the thought will haunt: “What if he is being tortured right now?” But panic prevents you from focusing and planning your actions. And now you need to get together and act. The soldier is counting on you. You can really help him. So try to come to your senses.

Collect maximum information

Now let's talk about the topic "in the army they don't beat just like that." I agree with this 98.5%. Indeed, the conscription service is not the place where you can come, opening the door with your feet, and live your ordinary life, not adjusting to local orders. You need to know how to behave in the army at first.

I myself have watched more than once how the guys ran into trouble for an overly long tongue or unwillingness to strain once again. For example, in civilian life they dressed haphazardly, communicated in their own way, but here you always - even if you are unrealistically tired - must have a decent appearance and answer according to the charter. We, of course, had no non-Ustavshchina, and I wrote about it. But still. In other parts, they may be prescribed for this.

In my opinion, this is not a reason to sound the alarm. Perhaps he will need more time to get used to, get used to the new way of life, understand how to properly position himself in the army. Keep in touch and watch. If the episodes of assault stop, then everything is fine.

Now - about the most difficult. What to do if chaos occurs? Are they systematically beaten and humiliated, not allowed to serve normally, is there a threat to health and even life?

Gathering as much information as possible:

• Who and when beat, scoffed? What exactly did he say and do? Names, titles.
• Was it only your son who suffered, or are there others who have also been unlucky?
• Was it a one-time episode, or did the bullying become systematic?
• Is there a national community? Is he a threat?
• Are there any complaints about the order in the unit? We search on the Internet, on thematic forums.
• Are there any witnesses who are ready to confirm the fact of beatings and threats? (This is the hardest part, as snitching is discouraged and potential witnesses may fear retaliation.)

Act

If the situation threatens health and even life, then we must begin to act.

• Contact the political officer of the unit, better personally.
• Contact the commander of the unit, it is also better on the spot.
• Call the hotline for assistance to conscripts and soldiers (contacts at the end of the article).
• Contact the regional branch of the Committee of Soldiers' Mothers.
• If these actions did not help, you need to go to the military prosecutor's office, first to the local, then to the Main.

In any military unit there is a stand with telephone numbers for hotlines and the military prosecutor's office, and in large units there are even representatives of the prosecutor's office on duty, so that a conscript can ask for help himself. But this is not always possible, therefore, most likely, parents will have to act.

What not to do

Definitely, a soldier should not run away from the unit if there is no direct threat to his life. There is a punishment for such an offense. What to do if the son has already escaped from the unit? The first step is to take him to the hospital and fix the beatings, if any.

But it will be difficult to prove that he received them in the service. The command of the unit will insist that he escaped healthy, and the bruises have already earned on the run. The second thing to do is to come to the military registration and enlistment office and make a written request to be sent to another military unit to serve.

Is complaining like a man?

I know exactly what not like a man:

• Attack one by one.
• Humiliate and torture those who are weaker than you.
• Use your superior position to intimidate those who depend on you.

Each new episode of violence inflames even more the one who is the source of this violence. If your kid got off with bruises, then the next guy could end up in a cast, if not worse. If your son and you see chaos, then it is your responsibility to do everything you can within the law and common sense to stop this.

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