At the Moscow State Girls Boarding School, young women learn hand-to-hand combat, target shooting, and military discipline – and all in time to change into ball gowns for an evening dance with the male cadets across the street. RFE/RL’s Moscow bureau visited the school to learn what goes into training a new generation of Russian officers.
Produced by Alexander Kulygin.
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