How long do they become grandfathers in the army. Hazing in the Soviet army

Who are the "Spirits" in the army? Why when you ask dad about something (about the army), he says "military secret" and got the best answer

Answer from Alex Alex[guru]
"Spirits" in the army are recruits who serve for the first time and trample on boots, which are mocked by all sergeants, etc.

Answer from Yotary Pakha[guru]
"Spirits" in the army recruits.

Answer from yaolin[guru]
spirits - soldiers in the first six months of service, a little pleasant status

Answer from Yoman Yarovoy[guru]
It doesn't threaten you! So don't fret

Answer from [email protected] [guru]
recruits sworn in

Answer from Sergey Ryltsev[guru]
a spirit is a novice who has just taken an oath before you have served six months

Answer from ALYONA[guru]
Looks like your dad was bad in the army, so he doesn’t want to remember bad things. What do you need? Go to serve, you will experience everything for yourself.

Answer from Kot Vredniy[guru]
"Smells", "drish", "spirits incorporeal", "quarantines" - military personnel who are quarantined before the oath.
“Spirits”, “elephants” (Navy), “salagas”, “greens / greens”, “beavers”, “salabons”, “geese” (ZhDV), “Vaska”, “fathers”, “kids”, “hedgehogs ”,“ sparrows ”(BB),“ checks ”(BB),“ security officers ”(BB),“ goldfinches ”,“ CHIZHI ”(backronym for“ wish-fulfilling person ”) - military personnel who served up to six months.
"Elephants" (VDV and VV), "pomosa", "laces", "geese", "ravens" (VV), "crucians" (Navy), "young", "salabons", "walruses", "goldfinches" , "mammoths" - military personnel who served six months.
"Skulls", "scoops", "years" (Navy), "greyhounds" (Navy), "pheasants", "boilers", "shaving brushes" - military personnel who served one year.
"Grandfathers", "demobilization" - military personnel who served for a year and a half. The name of the phenomenon comes from the stable term "grandfather".
"Dembel", "tenants", "citizens" (VV) (considered almost civilian): conscripts, after the release of the 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, understanding nothing, not knowing anything, knowing nothing, suitable only for dirty work, often helpless);
* half a year - “crucian” (a fighter who has been trimmed 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 crucian" (he knows the service well; is responsible for the performance of work by "crucians" and "spirits"; subjected to physical impact in exceptional cases);
* 1 year 6 months - “one and a half” (the first stage of the “untouchables”; it is only subjected to moral pressure from the old-timers for oversight of their subordinates; the “one and a half” is considered the most evil and merciless creature; people with low moral standards are very clearly manifested at this stage);
* 2 years - “old age” (the most liberal stage; tired of the moral stress of “one and a half years”, not particularly “bothering” with official problems, they just rest);
* 2 years 6 months - “year”, or, as an option, which was in circulation at the Pacific Fleet: “sarakot” (apparently, therefore, in the fleet “hazing” is called “anniversary”; really leading upper caste of old-timers; they personally resort to physical violence in exceptional cases, mainly acting through the “one and a half men”; in turn, the informal influence on the team by the officers is carried out exclusively through the “godkov”);
* 3 years - “trade union”, “civilian” (this “title” 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 "forced to be in the unit, allegedly kept at the expense of the naval trade union; lives in the unit or on the ship as a civilian wearing a military uniform).

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

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

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

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

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

Before the army, Ali Rasulov studied at a medical school, so he decided to practice on Dmitry as a doctor: he cut out cartilage tissue from his nose with nail scissors, damaged during beatings, sewed up tears in his left ear with 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 conducted sadistic experiments on the victim for 1.5 months and tortured her to death, the sentence of the Russian court to the sadist should be considered ridiculous: 10 years in prison and 150 thousand rubles to the parents of the murdered. type compensation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pechenga, Murmansk region 2013

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hazing has always been in the army. But in the late 1960s. it has blossomed into a terry flower, and it has not been completely eradicated until now. Its heyday is associated with the introduction of the law on universal military duty, when physically hardy peasants and yesterday's students, illiterate residents of Central Asia and reindeer herders from the expanses of Chukotka fell into one part.

Hazing is not just a set of sadistic and sometimes strange methods of influencing a recruit, it is also a strict hierarchy, which few dared to neglect.

From "dryshcha" to "vaska"

Just cut off from his family, a shaved and insecure recruit in the army was considered a worthless creature and had no rights. Before the oath, he was called "pimple", "quarantine" or "disembodied spirit." This lasted from two weeks to one and a half months, after which he took the oath and became a "spirit", a newcomer, a "green" or a "hedgehog". In the internal troops, these were called "SOSs" or "checks", and in the construction battalion - "Vaskas". "Vaska the Spirit" had no rights, he only had duties. He had to fulfill the wishes of the old-timers, for example, he took out vodka, cigarettes, portrayed a "train", told fairy tales or shined his boots. If the “green” agreed with the rules, he received approval, if he went against, he was beaten, and if it didn’t help, they began to poison him.

Spirits are different

In the collection of analytical articles "Hazing in the Army" published in 1991 (published by the "Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences"), it is noted that there are four types of "spirits". A soldier could become a "performer" (these were well-socialized young people who accept the rules of the game) or a "flyer" (those are soft-bodied recruits who are easy to break, and rebels who initially resisted, but were still broken after all). These two types of "spirits" were the most numerous.

In addition to them, there were "borzois" - those who, despite the beatings, refuse to obey the criminal system. If a soldier could not be forced to obey, he was usually left alone. There were also "snitches" - those who at least once complained to an officer about bullying fell into this category. Anyone could beat a snitch, regardless of the length of service. All the dirtiest work was blamed on them, and in those parts where criminal orders were imposed, they could be raped, and for the whole two years of service the person remained “lowered”.

"Elephant" or "lace"?

But six months passed and the serviceman became an “elephant”, “pomoza”, “lace”, “walrus”, “senior beaver”, in the internal troops they were called “geese”, and in the Airborne Forces - “ravens”. The transition to a new step was necessarily marked by the ritual of "interrupting". The soldier was beaten with a belt buckle, a stool, often on the head, however, in this case it was possible to soften the blow by covering with hands; There were other no less sadistic tricks. If a soldier refused to undergo this rite, he forever remained a "spirit".

The newly minted "elephant" had the right to beat those who are "younger" than him. Refusal of this "honorable" duty was considered as a rebellion, and then the "elephant" could easily become a "flyer".

They beat me, now I beat!

A year after the call, the situation of the soldiers changed seriously. They became "shards", "scoops", "pheasants" or "cauldrons" and received all the rights that they were deprived of. Now they themselves could beat and humiliate the "spirits" and "elephants". According to their character, they became either "moderates" - those who understand that they are in a special system and who do not need to be cruel; or "sadists" who enjoy the torment of victims. They could become “independent” - those who generally refuse to take part in hazing (such fell out of society, but did not touch them), or, finally, “outcasts” - “snitches” and “flyers”, their status did not change until the end of the service .

Six months before demobilization, soldiers acquired the honorary status of "grandfathers" or "old men." They could neglect their duties, placing them on others, and stay away from the humiliation of "scoops" and "spirits". There were also "black grandfathers" - fighters who returned to the unit to serve after the disciplinary battalion. After the official order for demobilization, the soldiers passed into the category of "demobilization".

How it was in the Navy

There was almost no hazing on small ships and submarines in the Navy: everything was in plain sight, there were a lot of officers. However, old-timers also committed atrocities on large ships. Considering that they served in the Navy for three years, not two, the multi-stage hierarchy was even tougher. Those who served for six months turned from "spirits" into "crucians", a year - into "greyhounds"; a year and a half - in the "one and a half". After two years of service, a sailor was called a "young man", after two and a half - "a year old", and then he became a "civilian". Hazing in the Navy was called an anniversary, after the name of the sea "grandfathers". The rituals of "interrupting" here were special: "crucians" were thrown overboard or dipped into the hole, and this had to be done unexpectedly, and from the "civilian" it was necessary on the day of the order to rip off and tear to shreds all the clothes down to the underwear.

"Grandfather", of course, will not wash the floors - this is generally zapadno. And in principle, any burdensome work is not for him. "Grandfathers" do not go to morning exercises, do not undermine jumping off the upper tiers of beds in the barracks at the command "Company, get up!". Firstly, only “dushars” and “bespontovye” “scoops” sleep upstairs. Secondly, the “grandfather” “is supposed to” be slow in terms of service life - others should “steam” for him, he jumped his own. "Grandfathers" are trying to take "warm" places in the army - they are capital workers, bread cutters.

In the Soviet army, "grandfathers" could be unmistakably distinguished by their appearance. Appearance - the passport of the "grandfather", his indispensable attribute. A self-respecting "grandfather" will never look "spiritual". Distinctive features that were supposed to testify to the highest social status of a military serviceman were present in almost every piece of clothing and footwear of an old-timer. The badge of a leather belt, necessarily bent inward, shines, polished with "goyi paste" like a mirror in the sun. The cockade on the cap (in the cold season - on the hat) is bent in the same way as the belt badge. The hat itself is a “bucket” (a special form of the “grandfather's” headdress, obtained after equipping the hat with special inserts and subsequent ironing).

"Paradka" - a weekend tunic - immaculately ironed and new (more often - "wrung out" from the "spirit"). It should have all the badges that are only possible to get - from the Komsomol to the Guards. The cotton form, like the overcoat (pea jacket), is sutured. Boots - barren, shortened, heels cut off "on a cone", with horseshoes. Hairstyle - front forelock, back according to the charter, with a fringing. In winter, under cotton - "seamless" (sweater or something else, also hazing, but warm).

"Hemming" (undercollar) - no standard "spiritual", only a snow-white piece of a torn sheet or pillowcase, neatly folded in several layers, preferably almost as thick as a finger - this is a special chic. "Grandfather" is hemmed (or rather, he is hemmed with "spirits") only with black threads. "Grandfathers" - "demobilization" (soldiers and sergeants after the release of the order of the Minister of Defense on the demobilization of their conscription) wear an embroidered sign "DMB" on the "hem".

The manner of dressing: a hat (cap) is on the back of the head, the top button on the tunic is unbuttoned, the cotton hook is not used at all. Boots - accordion. Belt - hanging on ... (on personal belongings, let's say so).

The "correct" "grandfather" does not drive "spirits" - this is the lot of "scoops". The "grandfathers" also try not to go to the dining room - the "spirits" "Grandfather" - "demobilization" should carry their food with their thoughts already "there", in civilian life. He gives his breakfast oil to the “spirits”, and he himself finishes putting his carnival demobilization uniform in order.

In the army community, as in any social structure, there is a certain hazing hierarchy. It implies a clear delineation of military personnel serving in military service into groups, according to the length of service. Due to the fact that the term of service was reduced to 1 year, hazing ranks were modified, but not abolished. The only difference is that now the entire cycle of passage from the "spirit" to the "grandfather" takes place in the express version. Let's take a closer look at how this happens.

Smell

After the soldier has been selected at the distribution point, he is sent either to the training unit or to the military unit, but to a separate company for quarantine, where he undergoes training.

Arriving at the place, yesterday's conscript becomes a "smell". This title will be assigned to him until the oath is taken.

Quarantine ends no later than two months of military service. What does this title mean? The explanation is very simple, yesterday's conscripts are not yet soldiers, they are just the smells of soldiers. At this time, "smells" and "demobilization" are similar. These army ranks are with one foot on the civilian. While in the unit, many mistakenly think that they automatically become "spirits", but this is not so, this rank still needs to be reached.

Spirit

After taking the oath, when the private already has the right to bear arms and other statutory duties are assigned to him, he is awarded the title "spirit". In this honorary title, he will serve up to 100 days of service. During this period, he learns all the delights of army service. Every other day outfits, cleaning and PCBs, this is what the service of a private in this rank consists of.

Cleaning is a separate army ritual. The art of putting things in order in the barracks, the spirits are trained with special care, but on the other hand, such a necessary skill for life is acquired, how to keep clean in the room in which you live.

Servicemen in this rank have absolutely no rights, and the requirements for them are increased. Especially when it comes to personal hygiene. If the unit is in position, and not at the field exit, then the soldier must be shaved, his shoes must shine, his head must be neatly trimmed. This is very strictly monitored, and those who do not comply with these requirements are treated with special disdain.

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At this time, special attention is paid to memorizing the charter. The soldier must know this set of rules by heart. Therefore, teaching the charter for "spirits" is a habitual occupation. At this time, it is better for young soldiers to stick together, then it will be easier to survive it.

Elephant

After passing 100 days of service, a new period begins in the life of a soldier. From the category of incorporeal "spirits", he passes into the title of "elephant". The title of elephant in the army gives the right to load the soldier with all sorts of assignments.

Household work in the army is the basis of service. Most of the time he is doing some very important work:

• cleans snow on the territory of the unit;
• sweeps the territory in the warm season;
• dripping holes.

Elephants are hardy animals, so the title "elephant" suggests that you will have to carry a lot. There is a certain ritual in which the "demobilization" hits the future elephant on the soft spot with a soldier's belt 3 times, symbolizing this 3 months of service.

This title is held by a soldier from 100 to 160 days. Depending on the time of the call, there comes a moment when all the old-timers are fired. At this time, the private of the "elephants" is transferred to another rank. For him, the period of "grandfather" begins. This title can be obtained after six months of service.

Grandfather

"Grandfathers" in the army are soldiers who came from the previous call. They become the oldest and remain in this rank until the issuance of the order to retire to the reserve for the entire draft. Transfer to this rank is made at the request of a soldier. Usually it comes down to beating a stool on the same soft spots.

At this time, the former "elephant" shows everything that he has accumulated during his service. If a lot of negativity has been accumulated, then the young soldiers get everything that the newly-made "grandfather" is capable of, but if he managed to maintain his decency and adequate condition, then the service goes smoothly.

Some soldiers by this term of service have military ranks and responsibility for personnel. It is his sacred duty to follow the passage of the squad, there is nothing left for him to do but to observe the work of young soldiers and count the days until the order.

The order usually comes 100 days before the end of the service life and happens twice a year. Although hazing is no longer as obvious as it was in other years, it still survived in terms of service life.

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Demobilization

This extra-statutory rank is the highest in the army at the moment. This period starts from the moment of the order of the Ministry of Defense for the entire conscription. It continues until the military ID is handed over to the old-timer by the battalion commander.

In some military units there is a tradition to start a personal "spirit" before the end of the service. Smoking "demobilization" invented a kind of calendar. Every day the "spirit" brings him a cigarette, which says how much he still has to serve.

The transfer to this title is peculiar, it differs from previous periods in its loyalty. Instead of a belt and a stool, the former "grandfather" receives cuffs with a thread through a layer of mattresses. He, of course, pretends to be in immense pain, but this custom is not in all parts.

The main task of military personnel in this rank is to adequately serve until the end of their service. He may be offered to make a “demobilization chord”, something useful for the company or the entire unit in which he served for a whole year. Another important thing for him is the preparation of the form. Of course, you can go home in civilian clothes, but it’s better to come in a beautiful uniform, with all the insignia. So they spend the rest of their time on this issue. The main task of a soldier who has one foot on a civilian is to serve this time with dignity and calmly leave for demobilization.