How military-patriotic training camps for schoolchildren are held PHOTOS
For the first time in Belarus, military-patriotic training camps are being held for 10th-grade students — starting this year, they have become mandatory after being included in the curriculum. "Flagstock" reviewed reports on the start of the camps in the districts of the Homel region.
Photo: "Svetloe Zhytstsyo"
In some districts, for example, in Narovlya, the opening of the camps took place with the participation of the chairmen of the district executive committees. In other cases, the camps were opened not only by educators and officials but also by military personnel, delivering impassioned speeches.
In Lelchitsy, even a vocal trio was invited to the event. In their report, the district ideologists did not hide the purpose of the activities that schoolchildren were obliged to attend — possible participation in war:
“New times demand new heroes — people strong in spirit, devoted to their Motherland, ready to defend their home, their family, and their country. Our people have always been renowned for their courage, resilience, and devotion to their country. Our grandfathers and great-grandfathers defended their native land during the Great Patriotic War, showing heroism and self-sacrifice for the sake of peace and freedom. Today, this is the task of the younger generation.”
Photo: "Svetloe Zhytstsyo"
A representative of the local military enlistment office emphasized the ideological task: “During these camps, a true patriot of the Motherland will be formed.”
In the photos, one can see special forces soldiers who are on duty here as part of “border reinforcement” — they showed the schoolchildren their weaponry.
Almost every district distributed uniforms of various types to teenagers. While in Lelchitsy, schoolchildren were dressed in red and green t-shirts and baseball caps, in other districts, they were mostly given camouflage uniforms. In some districts, specifically in Zhitkovichi, no uniform was provided at all.
Photo: "Chacherski Vesnik"
Tents also vary almost everywhere: some are modern tourist tents, in other places — old Soviet ones, in some cases — even market stalls, and elsewhere — borrowed from the military.
Photo: "Novoye Polesye"
As Flagstock reported, tenders for the purchase of rifles, tents, and other items were held in many districts for the camps, but in the Homel region, such purchases were mainly announced only for catering services.
A multitude of goods for the camps are purchased from local budgets. The cost of one rifle, for example, is almost 2.4 thousand rubles.
Gas masks, mock-ups of assault rifles and grenades, rifle magazines, paper maps — all of these were also retrieved by military instructors from old Soviet stocks.
Photo: "Novoye Polesye"
Tent camps were set up on school stadiums; in some places, the camps were made mobile, and there are cases where schoolchildren sleep in sports halls instead of tents. For example — in Chachersk and Yelsk. Apparently, they couldn't get tents for the camps there, and the teenagers sleep in beds with different bedding sets: likely, everyone had to bring their own from home.
Photo: "Narodny Holas"
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