Hazing in the Soviet army. What expressions have firmly entered the army slang Who is the lace in the 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, team member Trans-Baikal Territory in weightlifting. 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 was then amputated with both legs and genitals, 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 an economic 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 spent 1.5 months sadistic experiences over the victim 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. To the duty station (Bikin, Khabarovsk region) did not arrive. 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.

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 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.

I found an interesting article about the hierarchy in the Soviet army. I suggest you look and remember what path the newly called "spirit" had to go through in order to become a "Demobilization".

And in this matter, the "senior hare" Roma Abramovich and the "scoop" Viktor Yushchenko will help us!)))

1. Soldier only called. Service life up to six months. Spirit, fighter, goose, hare, elephant, solobon, etc.

This is what a fighter should look like. As the leader of the group "Aria" Kipelov))

Haircut only at zero, or a little more. Of the awards, only the Komsomol badge "on a needle" is possible. The parade is either new or "exchanged" on a voluntary-compulsory basis with old-timers.
When taking an oath, concessions are possible. You can sit and smoke ... Something like Misha Kasyanov)

2. A soldier who served half a year. Also a fighter, a goose, an older hare, etc.

There are not many changes in the form of clothing, but they are. You can unfasten the hook on the collar, loosen the belt.
Something like Oleg Deripaska in the photo ... Apparently, a graduate of the sergeant's school.

Or like Roma Abramovich. Here he has a hook fastened, but the hat says eloquently that he served at least half a year or more. The higher it is and the more angular, the steeper. Usually, cuts were made in the cap from the inside, and cardboard boxes (covers from the charter) or pieces of plastic were inserted there. Ideally, the hat should be absolutely bucket-shaped)

Judging by the cockade, Roma served no more than a year ...

3. A soldier who has served for a year. Scoop, skull, candidate, pheasant, godok, etc.

Here comes a radical change. Almost everything is possible with this. True, it should be clarified here that all indulgences are possible only after the official transfer to scoops. It's a whole ritual. Each fighter has "his" grandfather. As a mentor in production. At night, a sacred ceremony takes place in the barracks, when a fighter is placed on stools and whipped with a belt on the ass. This is done either by "his" grandfather, or by several old-timers. They whip well, with force, six blows with a badge. At the same time, the one who is being transferred to scoops must shout "Don't fuck ** t!" It has great semantic significance. From that moment on, he becomes "not ** buchim." Those. he is not at all concerned about any problems of the domestic plan. Everything falls on the shoulders of those who served less, and still went through this solemn procedure. Naturally, this whole procedure is accompanied by booze. Responsible for the material support is the newly transferred soldier to the new status.

But back to form...

Now our soldier can walk with an unbuttoned button, wear a leather belt, which "his" grandfather is obliged to give him, and at the same time he can wear it very relaxed. He has the right to sew in a uniform, make undercuts on the cotton and parade, has the right to smooth out a horizontal arrow on the back, called the "greyhound strip", can cut the tops by a few centimeters, or make an accordion. Heel padding is allowed. Now you can wear a vshivnik - a non-statutory civilian sweater under forced cotton.
The badge on the belt should change shape and become more twisted, like the cockade. The collar can now be hemmed with a "rack".

In general, gods in the army are the most elegant and front-line part of the soldier's community.
Naturally, these liberties are worth a lot, and the right scoop would rather sit on his lip than fasten a hook or pick up a rag, a shovel ... Unless there are only grandfathers around, and there will be no one to entrust the work to. However, it is also not true. According to the law, no one has the right to force him to work.
I remember how I got sick and ended up in the medical unit. And in the medical unit there was such an order that convalescents should go to the storeroom with thermoses and bring food for all the sick. But, it must happen - among the patients there was not a single young one ... For three days no one went to the dining room for food))
Their fighters brought suitcases, and this made it possible not to stretch their legs. On the third day, a young warrior appeared with a temperature of 40 ... and was immediately sent to the dining room hung with cistern ...

Here is a typical scoop. Viktor Yushchenko)

4. A soldier who served for a year and a half. Grandfather.

Everything is allowed. The belt is worn "on the balls", the buttons can be unbuttoned at least everything, you can hem with black threads. Absolutely impossible to work. Chasing the young is also bad manners. This should be done by evil scoops. All thoughts are only about the demobilization, all interests are the preparation of the demobilization album and the demobilization form.

5. Demobilization. The same grandfather, but after the order.

Dressed ostentatiously sloppily. A wooden belt, which is taken from the god in exchange for his leather one. In this case, the plaque straightens completely. Like the cockade. This category of soldiers considers themselves as if they were civilians, and this is manifested, for example, in the fact that the demobilized does not eat their own butter for breakfast, but gives it to the young.
We are building to walk in a common column of demobilization already in scrap, and he does this only in case of emergency. He wears anything, almost like a "partisan (civilian, called up for retraining). At the same time, a demobilization uniform with galloons and velvet hangs in the cloakroom, a demobilization diplomat, an album, etc. are ready.

Hello freedom! With a different scale external manifestations hierarchy))

This word does not mean at all what our ears are accustomed to in civilian life. The expression "scoop" in the army means such a stage in the military service of a fighter when the second shift of grandfathers leaves from the moment of his call, and he remains "at the helm" along with the senior draft, which, when he was a "dukhanka", accounted for the bulk of the work, in including maintenance of grandfathers.

Psychologically, this results in the following picture: the first year the soldier lives in an atmosphere of constant psychological pressure from both officers and ensigns, and, which is immeasurably more important, from the senior conscription and sergeants. After all, for a soldier there are two lives: under the eye of command (day) and in the barracks under the eye of the collective (night); they are very different. Life in the barracks and among their own is usually associated with the greatest hassle, humiliation, deprivation. If punishment from officers is episodic and often does not come immediately, then punishment from colleagues comes immediately, always and inevitably gets even for the smallest misconduct (among your own you are always in sight); it is inevitable, and can be stretched out in time, and hit the psyche again and again. But the worst thing is that the punishment here, even for completely minor offenses, is quite tangible. However, actions are insignificant only from the point of view of a sane person or a civil person, far from army life. In the army, a person is deprived of the vast majority of benefits, therefore, the most insignificant benefits from the point of view of a snickering layman, as well as non-standard improvements in available public objects (a special large hemming, a patch on a uniform, a tattoo), due to the standardization of everything around, turn out to be desirable and incredibly important for him, become literally the meaning of life. For such trifles of life, a monstrous struggle in terms of cruelty and psychologism unfolds.

So a soldier in the army in the first year of service is in a state of constant psychological stress: he is deprived of even insignificant benefits available in the army (grandfathers take cookies for lunch, copters take a new uniform), he is not allowed to improve available things - any improvement is met with hostility (they say , according to the service life is not allowed); humiliated, forcing them to serve grandfathers and provide them with a luxurious life by army standards; they are severely punished even for the most insignificant offenses and mistakes (the punishment is disproportionately stronger than the offense), moreover, both with guilt and without guilt. What can I say, they simply humiliate and mock, beat to prevent protest. In general, a strong and constant psychological pressure is exerted on a person.

And now imagine the state of such a person when the senior conscription leaves, and he is spared from this constant psychological pressure. A person gets used to it too much, becomes very plastic - it is easy to put pressure on him, so he now comes under pressure from officers and ensigns, who use him as a buffer in putting the order into practice. The desire to get more is replaced by a desire to maintain what has been achieved, so the pressure does not completely disappear, but weakens and takes on a different form; the soldier is now not so humiliated and against the background of the young who have appeared, he feels like a king. But for now, he is in shock from the grace that has fallen on him and in a hurry begins to make up for what he has been deprived of for so long: scoop, scoop and scoop again - with all the fibers of the soul and all parts of the body. Hence the word: "scoop".

Scoops usually behave with young people worse than grandfathers, since they have just reached a new level social status and haven't gotten used to it yet. They are also less disciplined than grandfathers, since they are far from demobilization, and they are not concerned about the upcoming problem of dismissal and the expectation of civilian life, while grandfathers, on the contrary, not only settle down, but also strive to curry favor so that they are fired at least for a few days ahead of schedule (the unit commander has the right to add up to 5 days to the vacation).

A separate topic is the relationship between grandfathers and scoops. In general, grandfathers protect the young from the atrocities of scoops, sometimes even clashing with the latter. Therefore, the scoops, if they try to puzzle the young with something, do it very carefully so as not to get caught: a strong and respected grandfather will not even let the scoops down for such a violation of subordination.

The scoops do their best to get away from work and at the same time remain in their own right according to collective laws; usually they work only when the grandfathers themselves work.

2 Since the service in the army has become only one year, instead of two, perennial concepts, and the informal soldier hierarchy has changed somewhat. Therefore, now not all citizens will be able to answer about the current army realities .. Add us to your bookmarks so that you can return to us again. Today we will touch on a rather funny word from army life, this Scoop, which means you can read a little later.
However, before you continue, I would like to recommend you some sensible publications on the subject of the army. For example, what does blue splash mean; what does Shchmit mean, how to understand the word Smeared, what is Zalyot, etc.
So let's continue what does scoop mean decryption in the army?

Scoop(new for those who serve a year) - this is the name of those who served 150 days

Scoop(obsolete for those who served 2 years) - for the honorary title of a scoop, it was necessary to serve 12 months

Today, in most military units of the Russian Federation, they have an idea about non-statutory ranks, but transitions from one to another are no longer accompanied by special rituals, as it was before.
Usually, soldiers simply verbally congratulate them on "getting" another hazing promotion.
Today we will talk about those of them that have survived to this day.

Smells

In the early days in the army, newcomers are not even perfumes, but only smells. If you think that after you have watched a large amount of information in the form of serials and films of an army orientation, you automatically become spirits, then this is not correct.
Why are noobs called smells in the army? It is believed that these boys smell like mother's pancakes and pies, which they ate in civilian life.

However, the "smell" from the "demobilization" is practically no different, because the first one has one foot on a civilian, and the demobilization is almost there. Eventually " smell"The newcomer will be before the oath, which will be no later than 2 months.

Once you've settled into the military and finally sworn in, you become a spirit.

Spirits in the army

In the role of a spirit, a fighter stays from 60 to 100 days, during which he actively cleans up, and fulfills all the wishes of grandfathers and demobilizations.

Elephants in the army

Finally the day comes when you become a person, namely " elephant". This significant event takes place after 100 days. Of course, you ask why "elephant"? What kind of joke is this? In fact, there is little funny here, as it turned out, this is an abbreviation that stands for " Soldier Loving Fucking Loads". As the name implies, during this period the fighter is engaged in active physical labor. The guys plow with all their might, repair old iron, carry things in warehouses, and you never know how to find work for an obedient workforce.

The initiation into elephants is rather soft, and is taken from the past "life". It is carried out simply, the old-timer does not hit the ass very hard with a badge, and only three times, which symbolizes the past three months.

Scoops in the army

This is a non-statutory title, each soldier receives after 150 days of tireless care for his homeland. It is worth noting that this type of title is not present in all parts, and sometimes grandfathers immediately follow the elephants.

grandfathers in the army

A fighter becomes a grandfather when all the old-timers who came to the call before you are fired from the unit. Just then, you straighten your shoulders, and walk proudly looking down at everyone. This period will actually be for you the longest time until the order comes for your transfer to the reserve.

Of course you ask how dedicate to grandfather? Usually, the ritual itself is carried out only with the consent of the old-timer himself, and consists in applying several blows to the soft spot with a chair. Their number is strictly regulated, and depends, as you probably guessed, on how many months a person spent in the army.

After the order comes for your dismissal to the civilian, you turn into a great and terrible demobilization.

Demobilization in the army

According to the tradition adopted decades ago, every self-respecting demobilization gets himself a personal "spirit". Nowadays, many do not smoke, but there is one small plus for smokers demobilized, or rather a tradition that brightens up the wait.
Every day, a personal spirit brings a cigarette to the demobilization officer and reports in all the form approved back in time immemorial - "Let me report how long to serve as a demobilization officer." After that, the demobilization receives a cigarette, on which it is written how much he actually has left to serve. At this moment, his face begins to radiate with happiness, and he realizes that life is not so bad.

AT demobilization dedicate quite a fun process. It will require an ordinary thread, and several mattresses or pillows, after everything is prepared, the execution begins. The demobilization covers his soft spot with these personal protective equipment, and a specially trained person begins to whip the ass with a thread, through the mattress and pillows. At this time, the demobilization, or his attachment in the form of a personal spirit, begin to scream as if in pain.

Soldier ranks:

Smell- before the oath;

Spirit- if less than 100 days of service;

Elephant- from 100 days of service;

Scoop- from 150 days (sometimes this item is missing);

Grandfather- from 200 days;

Demobilization- from 265 days of service.

Today, old traditions are forever becoming a thing of the past, because serving one year is morally much easier than the previous two or three years. Navy. When the army of the Russian Federation finally becomes fully contractual, hazing and these