Born in 1971. The Last Soviet Generation, and How We Dodged the Military Draft
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- Military service in the Soviet Union. The last Soviet generation. Everyday life in the Soviet Union.
0:00 Intro
0:14 Reflections on being part of the last generation subject to military draft in the Soviet Union.
2:33 Insight into the Soviet Navy experience and dodging military draft through college encounters.
5:00 Avoiding military draft in the USSR through college enrollment and the consequences of failing to do so.
7:39 Impact of military service on Soviet youth: habits, language changes, and family reactions.
10:14 Evolution of attitudes towards military service in the Last Soviet Generation.
Recap by Tammy AI
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I have Aspergers and very light ADD so if I had to be drafted into USA military for war I might not be accepted even if I join now I might be turned away.
My eyesight in left eye is really bad as I can only read a 16 point font in left eye at 3 feet but other is better up to 5--6 feet however my eyes have not changed since I was in 9th grade high school or age 15 when I had a pair I was wearing, before a short period where my eyes were better and reverted back. Odd part is dominate left eye is only dominate when I have my glasses, when I do not, I have to use right eye because of a problem where dominate eye is much worse in eyesight without glasses.
My Mom and dad served in Military Army after basic at closed Ft Ord during final Humvee testing in 1985 and second gen night vison, trying point and shoot for Nighthawk helicopter where if successful it would go on more military craft but never did work right as an Apple II, early Macintosh version of Apple II, or Windows 1.0/1.5 was best tech hard drive/processors at the time maybe even some very early Super Nintendo in Japan.
I drank with Russian navy in 95’ good people, we drank to peace and western cigarettes. Having seen their boats, you dodged a bullet.
Their defensive systems (or training to use them at least) don’t seem to be up to snuff either
Live your channel. Its such a 1st person insight to how the USSR worked viewed from a regular citizen
You didn't mention your friend who worked on TU-22 aka Booze Carrier.
Thanks for sharing. Very interesting that you wanted to join the navy. I was born in '71 too, but joined the USN in '89, got an officer's commission in '93 and finally retired last month after 30.5 years as an officer. Overall, it was a good choice for me, but it sure isn't for everybody. As you mentioned, travel was one of the best parts of serving, and I've lived all over the U.S. and in several foreign countries. The sanitary space your friend describes sound pretty rough, and I would have thought twice if our sewage systems were that crude. Even our WWII ships and subs had normal flushing toilets! I did visit a Russian port in the mid 1990s, Vladivostok, and it was going through some pretty hard times, especially their navy and several ships were just rusting away.
Thanks for sharing & serving
@@JTA1961 Serving for the Imperialist Zionist Elites.
Yugoslavia was never a part of the Warsaw pact (Eastern Block). Back in 1949. we said Stalin to F off, and basically prepared for war against the USSR and our eastern neighbours.
That's why we were one of the founders of the Non-Aligned movement during the cold war period.
During Khrushchev, we established diplomatic relations again, but were never allies.
We were a socialist country, but we had private property and privately owned companies. We could travel freely anywhere and we had freedoms that were almost west-countries like. Almost, but not quite.
A weird mixture between east and west.
Still, a LOT better than in the Eastern block.
It was great, until it suddenly wasn't... Sadly.
Great? Like the unstable currency? No wait, lack of detergent and coffee sometimes sugar? Nah... What about the petrol shortage that lasted 11 years? How about bans on freedom of expression? Oh and Milicija terror against young people because oh they wear long hair and listen to Iron Maiden? Better still the low quality of certain good? Oh Yeah... Sure... Great...
The Eastern Block wasn't all the same either. Albania was like North Korea. And in East Germany there were nude beaches, and heavy metal radio shows lol.
@@HeathenDanceAlbania left the Warsaw pact and sided with Maos China when the sino-Soviet split happened in the early 60s. That’s one of the reasons why they were extremely authoritarian modeling themselves after Maos system. North Korea remained Stalinist and was one of the only socialist countries that remained on good terms with China and the USSR after the sino-Soviet split.
Tito fue uno de los pocos hombres capaz de plantar cara a Stalin. Debía tener muy buena labia. Creo que fue un buen hombre.
I too was denied enlistment due to my nearsightedness when I tried to join the Air Force.
Little Known Fact- When I joined in 1991, I met two ex-Soviet military guys in processing that had defected and joined the Army (in Ft. Benning, Georgia...I think it was late May or early June). To my best recollection, they were just regular infantry over there, and I do remember them saying they did an Afghanistan tour (right before defecting) because they never had ammunition, extremely bad & absent officers, and lots of times...poor food, or no food, including replacement boots & uniforms. I didn't get to talk to them much as they went into different battalions than us.
I remember coming from 3 years on DDR border. Landing at Kennedy in my dress greens. A huge US flag with words "welcome USA. I will never forget the pride of that day
I'm very glad you avoided the tail end of Afghanistan.
On top of the horrible conditions, It would really hurt to lose your friends/limbs/life for a nation that wouldn't exist in 3 more years.
Off topic. Can you do an episode on Soviet toys? Got a GAZ 13 diecast car recently made in the Soviet Union, it's built like a rock.
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In Yugoslavia was 1 year military service but i successfully dodge it by studding 15 years until they give up on me.I did not afraid off guns but living in military camp for full year and sleeping in same room with 40 other men was just not for me.
Congratulations on 100000 subscribers Sergei!
You have earned it, I admire your dedication and surplus of interesting stories!
Thank you for your work! 😊
Everyone wants to go on a ship, until they're on the 4th day there.
I've heard it said in the US navy that if you're on a big ship like a carrier it's not as bad there is more to do to keep your mind occupied.. but Russia only ever had that one carrier and from what I've heard it's prone to fire and bad 'plumbing' problems even worse than the ones Sergei described here...
Joined to travel. Never had any assumption that ship living was going luxurious. Didn't mind the food as some people did. Didn't do any traveling until my last year but saw alot so it worked out in the end.
@@prismpyre7653 I've seen the Kuznetsov, or more accurately, it's miles long and high smoke trail.
Being trapped on a ship ain't for everyone, and nearly no one. There's a reason I started a machine shop, and left ships.
So in the Soviet Union one way to avoid serving in the military is to become a reserve officer? That explains much.
To be fair, all US Presidents must dodge front-line military service & the draft to become president (lot of times by joining reserves). That's been a law since 1900. So I hereby vote for Sergei for actual US Presidency. He's more than 4x qualified. And people actually like him. And he cannot possibly do a worse job.
@@TheCaptainSlappy What about John Kennedy and PT 109?
And George Bush and his aircraft Avenger in World War 2?
@@lensmann4002Well...let's just say he didn't dodge that bullet. And most of his service record was made up anyway.
Another great video!
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Hey, thermodynamics!
In Sweden going to collage doesn’t get you out of the draft. But service is just one year and you keep your place in collage if drafted. When I went to the draft in 2004 though it was not at all like during the Cold War so even if service was obligatory they only selected 2 out of 70 guys and I wasn’t one of them.
CollAge?
100k Comrade!!!!
Bad language ? I spent 20 years in the US Navy. I was surrounded by it, but I never indulged in it. I didn't ever let my subordinates talk to me in such a fashion, and I never used it on them either.
Born in 72'.
I was also born in 1971, in Tampa, Florida.
Another actual Floridian from 813. We're rare.
@@SonOfTheDawn515 yes, indeed!
Advice: Delete this post or edit it so it does not have your exact birth date.
@@MM22966 Advice taken. I edited it. Thank you?
@@blewis0719You are welcome!
Did you have to go to a military college after high school to be a pilot like Yuri Gagarin?
Yep, Military flight school
@@UshankaShow cool thank you
by "military draft" the sector of... civilian banter. as being? ... a few made into the "cat & mouse" game, for identifying intergenerational phycological tendencies. ever got a speeding ticket or anything even petty small things that no one really is bothered by, but they draft it anyways? far more inconspicuous then initially spoken of...
I've never seen so many doctors, like when I went to the draft office. It was 1998 and I managed a paper for the ill back and another one for allergy. In combination with poor sight and the fact I always went there drunk, I had to visit the commission 3 times to get the desired paper I'm not eligible for military service. It also means I had to show my prick 3 times to the military doctor. I hope I satisfied the army this way, at least.
My dad tried but had to serve in 1990. And then the war came.
Did anyone you know stay in the military after their 2 years? If so, did any of them continue to serve in independent Ukraine?
Tvarisch John Wayne Cheeseburger reporting for Soviet draft!
You know it's weird. We are all so different but yet we are the same! More importantly we all will face the same afterlife if we believe!✝️ Prayers with you my friend!
XD
My grandpa joined the Navy because you got hot food and a dry place to sleep.
Funny stories 😁😁.
Maybe you could have served on Moskva
Pretty bizarre to think about it
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So as a 100k heres the question, do you get recognized in public? Do you hear CHEESEBURGER! at the grocery store?
Nope. Zero cases of "Look it's John Wayne Cheeseburger over there!" so far
The vast majority of subscribers - this goes for most channels - don't really follow the channel or the uploads on a regular basis. Second day of upload of this video, as I write this, and it's "still" less than 5.000 views. Probably won't even reach half of the 100k subs.
@@HeathenDance You're correct! Most of my videos "fade away" before reaching 10K unless the YT algorithm picks them up.