Compulsory military training and classes in patriotism were a staple diet in Soviet schools, where children were taught to fear the West and prepare to fend off a Nato invasion. The practice was abolished in 1991 by Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, as he dismantled the old communist system.
Начальная военная подготовка тоиссь. Помню, как сам в школе Калашников разбирал. Лайфтайм экспириенс!