Tank cadets held a forced march in Kazan in honor of the founding of SMERSH.
event has passed At the tank school in honor of the 81st anniversary of SMERSH. It was organized by the FSB department for the Kazan garrison.
"Eighty men participated in the five-kilometer race in groups of ten from each company. Each participant carried a machine gun, extra magazines, and a gas mask," The local publication Tatar-inform reports.
The second company took first place by a minute, completing the obstacle course in 24 minutes and 14 seconds. The winners received certificates and a cake.
The portrayal of the Soviet counterintelligence organization SMERSH as a heroic unit has become increasingly common in recent years. Governor Vologda Oblast Georgy Filimonov congratulated Happy SMERSH creation day to everyone. Tomsk Coordinator of the ONF patriotic project "Living Memory of Victory" Alexander Panych proposed to revive it.
It is also known that on April 19, several schools held class hours where they taught about “Death to Spies!” Novosibirsk Children with disabilities were shown an exhibition of weapons from the "legendary squad." And in one of the Samara Seventh-graders from schools were brought on a tour of the museum in memory of SMERSH fighter Konstantin Stychkov.
Photo: Tatar-inform
