The final of the federal project “Zarnitsa: Legends of the Future” took place in the Nizhny Novgorod region
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The final of the federal project “Zarnitsa: Legends of the Future” took place on Wednesday in the Nizhny Novgorod region. 240 teenagers from 16 regions took part in the final stage of the competition. The organizers, the Russian Children and Youth Movement (RDYM) “Movement of the First” and the “Knowledge” society, hope that participation in a modernized version of the Soviet military sports game will help schoolchildren master teamwork skills and awaken their patriotic feelings. The guys themselves, however, admitted to Kommersant that they were simply enjoying themselves.
RDDM presented the modernized Zarnitsa in July at Borodino Field. The experience was considered successful and they promised to develop a unified competition format for all of Russia. “The updated Zarnitsa is a high technological level, real preparation for handling modern equipment. It fosters a sense of teamwork, patriotism and demonstrates the continuity of the best traditions,” First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Sergei Kiriyenko then formulated the formative postulates.
It turned out to be sweeping to say the least. Two hundred schoolchildren were placed for a week in the barracks (fortunately, modern, not barracks type) of one of the Nizhny Novgorod cadet corps and left under the supervision of educators, instructors of the military sports training center “Warrior” and mentors from among the participants in the military special operation in Ukraine. All teenagers were given roles – squad leader, medic, drone operator, war correspondent, attack aircraft, sapper or surveyor – and spent three days learning the basics of offensive and defensive combat, coupled with special skills within the mentioned specializations.
The young fighter’s course was accompanied by lessons in courage and other spirit-lifting events, such as general gatherings around a big fire.
The final, held on September 27, consolidated what had been learned. Here, the promised high technological level was revealed throughout the entire field (an area of a good two square kilometers). The Soviet practice of “tear off the shoulder straps” associated with self-mutilation and wooden mock-ups of guns were replaced by laser tag rifles (the player was knocked out by two hits), grenades and mines with paint, reconnaissance drones, walkie-talkies, smoke bombs… In general, even the professional military, sensitively, did not hide noticeable approval , albeit in a “no comments” format, watching the unfolding battle.
The participants, divided into two teams, were seated in kindly prepared trenches a few hours before the climax.
While working at the positions, they had to obtain the information necessary to complete the final quest, as well as resist the tricks of the organizers: sent “spies” with provisions, annoying drones overhead and other intrigues. “What is your task, where is the enemy?” — the reporters egged the fighters on. “The task is very clear! Enemy? We have no idea, it’s not that important,” answered the trained “military correspondents.”
The final battle unfolded at 16:00. The clash was preceded by a “mortar attack”, which hung a smoke screen over the battle, and empty rifle cannonade. The ultimate goal also became clear – to capture a “live flash drive” (an informant) and deliver it to the evacuation point. The “Reds”, who guessed to split up, promptly drove the “Greens” into the cauldron (they “knocked out” most of them there), captured the messenger and, after wandering around the area a little, delivered the target to the exit point that had been previously captured and defended all around. “They won’t succeed! Wait… I was just informed that the Reds won. Well, that’s okay, it’s not scary!” — the “green” military correspondent did not lose heart. His comrades were not so optimistic: “They had three lives, the victory was unfair!” However, the disputes were stopped by veteran instructors: “Friendship won! The guys here are all the best, strongest, motivated and energetic,” decided the Reds’ commander Alexander Lukin.
“We expect that Zarnitsa will become an all-Russian game and that the audience that it had several decades ago will return to it,” Natalya Mandrova, first deputy chairman of the Movement of the First, told reporters, adding that she does not rule out participation in the game by teams from friendly countries if they show interest in it. “Our task is to ensure that the individual develops comprehensively, we need to imbue it with our national values and traditions, and this game, the architecture of the game is imbued with all the elements of the DNA of our country,” emphasized the patriotic aspect of what is happening, Deputy Director of the Knowledge Society, Kirill Khvil. “The game shapes the backbone of youth who will become confident support in any challenge facing our country.”
The guys didn’t seem to think much about the fact that they are actually this “backbone”.
Both “reds” and “greens,” from Nizhny Novgorod residents to Khabarovsk residents, admitted to Kommersant that they simply had a great time, met their peers and at the same time learned “all sorts of new things.”
And when asked about their main impressions they answered succinctly: “Joy.”
Sergei Kiriyenko summed up the results of the event in his evening speech via video conferencing. He reminded the young participants that “Zarnitsa” is “a unique game that was played not only by your fathers and mothers, but, I’m sure, by your grandfathers and grandmothers, and everyone has it in their memory – this is definitely the case for me.” But the current Zarnitsa, in his words, is “absolutely new: high-tech, modern, dynamic.” Separately, Mr. Kiriyenko thanked the participants and veterans of the Northern Military District, who acted as mentors, experts and judges. “You guys are real heroes, we are all proud of you, and the fact that you take the time to pass on your unique experience to the younger generation is very important. Thank you very much for this and a deep bow,” summed up the first deputy head of administration.
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