Not far from Grozny, an old steam locomotive with several wagons attached to it stands on a siding. The locomotive provides steam, hot water in the boilers, and a bathhouse is equipped in the cars, where soldiers and officers wash and wash their linen. A washing station on wheels is both a soldier's bivouac, and a piece of peaceful life, and the beginning of a new road.

An 80-minute episode of military everyday life in Ukraine, filmed in one frame.

The film tells about the exploits performed by Soviet naval paratroopers during the Second World War during the battle with the Nazi troops on the Black Sea.

In 1987, the UN Commission on Human Rights adopted a resolution recognizing conscientious objection to military service as "a legitimate exercise of freedom of thought, conscience and religion." In Russia, the right to alternative civilian service was first enshrined in the 1993 Constitution. By law, not only believers can refuse to serve in the armed forces. Other citizens have the right to declare not about faith, but about CONVINCES that are incompatible with military service, peacekeeping, philosophical, moral, ethical, political, etc. Alternative employees work as librarians, orderlies, archivists, workers in circuses and theaters, etc. Sounds good - peaceful work is wonderful! But in the military enlistment office you need to prove that your beliefs are such. The draft board will decide what exactly you are sincerely convinced of. An attempt to exercise one's legal right in Russia often leads to a dramatic clash between the Personality and the System, which shaves everyone with the same brush and is merciless to those who stand out from the crowd.

A report on the famous French legion, formed from contract soldiers. There are among the legionnaires and immigrants from Russia.

Much has been said about World War II, but not much more has been said. The film shows the war through the eyes of German soldiers. This is a story about a fateful fatal mistake of choice that caused the most brutal war in the history of mankind.

As Russian children are preparing to become soldiers…

The authors of the film-investigation set a goal to find out the true reasons for the murder of the legendary hero of the Civil War Grigory Kotovsky. For many years, well-known historians and descendants of the red general have been trying to understand who benefited from Kotovsky's death, which was always presented solely as a result of a domestic conflict? The general was killed in 1925, allegedly at a friendly party. He was shot not just by a comrade-in-arms, but by a man who owes a lot to him. Perhaps the origins of the tragedy should be sought in the criminal past of Kotovsky himself. On the other hand, the killer could have been pushed to this step by those who were directly interested in eliminating the popular but absolutely uncontrollable hero of the Civil War from political life.

To return the war of 1914 to our historical memory, to remember its great battles and bitter defeats, its heroes is the main task of the film. The tape uses documentary footage of the First World War. Moreover, when off-screen the announcer talks about the division of forces, the confrontation of countries, the military threat looming over the world, on the screen there is a chronicle of peaceful life, fashion shows, girls swimming in the river, passers-by on beautiful streets. The actions of all countries, subtle political moves, diplomatic tricks are described in detail.

By the beginning of the war in Chechnya, the legendary Major Izmailov worked in the military registration and enlistment office of the city of Zhukovsky. Having buried the first conscript who died during the storming of Grozny, he refused to send 18-year-old children to death and went to Chechnya himself to take out the prisoners. And he freed at least 174 people. The film uses a rare chronicle of the Chechen wars from the private archives of mothers who were looking for their sons in Chechnya, as well as negotiating officers from the working group on the exchange of prisoners. For the first time, the heroes of the film tell in detail what they had to go to to free people from captivity on both sides.

An honest, tough and at the same time touching film about the everyday life of conscript soldiers.

The film is about "maroon berets", soldiers of the special forces "Vyatich", who serve in Chechnya. About war, about peace and about how shaky the border separates these concepts from each other in the minds of people in the North Caucasus.

100 years of Russian history, 7 major wars. They claimed human lives, destroyed cities and even countries. Frames of a unique historical chronicle, return to the past to explain only one thing, more precisely, the weapon changes, the place changes, but the horror of death in war remains the same. And along with human life, unique worlds, unfulfilled ideas, unborn children are destroyed.

For more than 35 years, the Soviets expand their geopolitical influence in Africa with humanitarian aid programs based on Marxist ideology. Up until 1991, some of the country’s best filmmakers were sent along to document the ‘glorious advance’ of socialism on the African continent. The Soviet Union broke apart and “socialism” became a dirty word. Russia, struggling with an economic crisis, lost all political interest in Africa. Still, thousands of kilometers of film footage remain.

A documentary cycle consisting of 4 films, "Operation" Tora Bora "," Dormitory "," Binom Drozdov "and" KGB. Legends of "Vympel", tells about the history of the most secret special forces group in the USSR "Vympel". It was a unique reconnaissance and sabotage unit, which differed from all the world's similar groups in that it was created in the structure of foreign intelligence.

A German soldier took a huge amount of pictures on the Russian front. These photographs formed the evidence base for his conviction as a Nazi criminal.

In 1988, American ships invade Soviet territorial waters. You can't shoot. And the patrol ship of the Black Sea Fleet "Selfless" under the command of Vladimir Bogdashin goes to ram.

In 2020, Belarus’s military practice of violent bullying, torture, and murder of conscripts as a means of control becomes a flash point for a growingly dissatisfied populace.

Dima was killed on the 23rd of May 2013 at the age of 21. Enlisted in the Russian army, he was shot in the head during a military operation in Dagestan. His parents face the void following his death, whilst the army continues to train young soldiers for future missions. The two universes intertwine to portray what Dima's life was like and its brutal end.

The material for the film was a unique photograph of the Kexholm regiment, taken in 1903. A photographic plate 65 by 110 cm (more than 1000 people in the frame) made it possible to clearly reproduce both entire groups and individual faces of soldiers. All filmed in one shot. The counterpoint to the image is fragments of letters and memoirs of soldiers and officers of the pre-revolutionary army. At all times, for the Russian soldier, the main principles were love for the Motherland, loyalty to the oath, and sacrifice.