“You were recently in the tenth grade and checked your watch by the school bells. And now, boys, get used to the landing troops, blown by all the winds…”
These are lines from the song from the film “In the zone of special attention”, which was filmed by Andrey Malyukov. The Soviet action movie about the teachings of Soviet paratroopers was released in 1977 and became extremely popular. The number of people wanting to enter the military airborne school, where many aspired, has only increased.
Music and words about yesterday’s schoolchildren, who will become the defenders of the Motherland, were written by Mark Minkov and Igor Shaferan. The song has become one of the most famous about the Airborne Forces.
We have prepared several questions on Russian cinema about paratroopers:
