"From translator :" "I tried to stick to verbatim translation." "The characters in this film are using inferior language which often is not correct grammatically." "1988 Afghanistan war has continued for 9 years." "Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, 1988, Day 1" "Don't cry, please." "Two years." "It's only two years." "Vorobyov !" "Yes" "Chugainov !" "Yes." "Ok, go now" "Is Ryabokon here?" "Here he goes." "He's over there." "The enemies won't pass!" "Mama" "Well?" "It's time to say goodbye." "This is for you." "Brothers, the border is locked And the key's in the pocket." "Come on !" "Go!" "Quick" "Put your stuff on the table !" "Quick !" "Bags here !" "Beer, vodka and other booze on the table !" "Is she your girlfriend?" "Have you fucked her at least for one last time?" "What?" "Hasn't she given you?" "Alright." "Don't worry." "Everything will be all right." "There are many nice boys out there." "They'll take care of her" "What's this?" " Paint." "Warrior, what are you going to Draw there?" "Wheel of a tank?" "Have you brought the easel, painter?" "Gioconda" "Next." "You thought she's gonna wait for you?" "She's gonna fuck in two holes while you write her love letters" "What do you want from me What have I done to you?" "Oh, you can talk !" "So maybe you wanna punch me in the face?" "Come on." "Come on." "Bitch." "Relax, son." "I'm gonna make you a real soldier." "Do you know the first rule in the army?" "Soldier should firmly endure toughness and difficulties of the army life." "Say, why you wear a suit?" "You think it's a party here?" "I have no other clothes." "Let's switch." "I'll give you mine, plus cigarettes." "You don't need it anymore, right?" "And I need go out to the city, disco and girls" "Can you understand?" "Yes, nice service you got." "You bet." "It's like a beautiful dream which you don't wanna wake up from." "So, deal?" "Of course." " That's my boy." "Take the sheet away, Sure." "Beautiful dream, you say Yeah" "Hold it motherfuckers!" "Hold it, I said !" "Relax, son." "What you said there about enduring toughness and difficulties, huh?" "Let go of me, Let go." "Remember?" "." "Can you remember?" "Can you remember?" "Finish your hairdo yorself" "Guys, is this the 6th unit?" "And where you think you going?" "!" "Fucking Rambo, piss off" "Chill out, Chugun." "What?" "Nothing." "What's the name?" "Volodya Vorobyov" "Lutayev Oleg, for short:" "Lutyi (Fierce)" "This is Ruslan, Gioconda" "Stas ,Seryi" "It's good to see you." "Volodya" "Ryaba( Pocky), Chugun (Pig-iron), that's it." "Move, mate" "Sit, Vorobey (Sparrow)" "Continue, Ryaba" "In short, I wake up in the morning" "My head's exploding" "Open my eyes with fingers Look around..." "Whatta hell's this house?" "How the hell did I get here?" "There's a girl sitting next to me." "Smiling" "Naked!" "Woo-hoo." "And her father ." "Stands above me Like above a dead man." "He says, dude , you real fucked up." "The girl is under18." "So decide Either registry office." "Or police." "And the slut covered her tits with the blanket." "And looks innocently" "Like nothing happened." "And ugly...." "Like a bulldog." "But I said no, papa" "I would rather lie under tank wheels." "than with her." "Grabbed my feet and start running." "Hoping I get here first before him getting to police station." "And I got married yesterday." "The wedding and the send off at once." "What?" "Congratulations." "Pretty boy." "Alright,she said,now I am yours." "Come on, we can do it now." "She thinks I am a fool." "I open the door and be out for 2 years, while she sprees here." "She yelled all night long." "How come I didn't touch her." "But I said, when I get back." "I will check it" "And if it ain't there - l'll kill you bitch" "Left it as is." "That's him." "That one." "Wearing a suit." "What's wrong with you, sucker?" "Who are you pointing at?" "Quiet, quiet." "Go have a rest." "I'll crop your dumb head myself now.These are Afghan" " Units, dickhead." "Come on , bitch." "Ahh..." "Oh..." "Fergana, Uzbekistan, Day 3" "Where are you from?" "I am from Grozny." "Where?" "Grozny" "From Grozny." "So you'll be called Pinochet now" " What?" " Pinochet." "Why Pinochet?" "I don't know." "Why not?" "Is him coming for us?" "Whatta face." "Where are you from, clowns?" "We are from Siberia, Mr. Commander." "I am lieutenant Dygalo" "What?" "Are you hard of hearing?" "Come on, get up." "Get up quickly." "Stand in a line quickly." "Put your hats on" "Attention." "I don't think there's any blinds here." "That's our mountain there." "Beyond it is Afghan." "And for you not to die." "The first day you get there" "I will train you for 3 months twenty four hours a day." "From this minute on." "Any questions?" "No questions." "Turn right." "Follow me to our camp." "Run..." "When I order to run." "You should bend your arms." "Go." "Name?" "Private Ryabokon" "Name, Private Chugainov" "Soldier's straps is not for holding the balls, warrior." "Name, Private Bekbulatov." "N..." "Private Stasenko" "Private Petrovsky" "It's you, our painter." "It's me, Comrade lieutenant." "What are you doing here, son?" "Should stay home." "To draw them naked women or flowers in jardinieres." "You see, comrade lieutenant." "Accordingly to dr." "Freud" "Any painting is a sublimation of subconscious instincts." "Including the instinct of violence." "But you can disagree with this." "Because Soviet science does not recognize the bourgeois doctrine of doctor Freud." "Very clever." "Sorry, I'll fix it, With your help, comrade lieutenant." "Rule No.1" "Paratroopers should be always ready for a sudden attack." "Very good." "Name." "Private Lutayev" "Rule No.2." "Brighter than a lieutenant ls only the first lieutenant" "Forget who you were and what you knew." "Remember, clowns." "You ain't good and ain't bad here." "No bright nor stupid, Not even a painter." "You are nothing." "You are not even humans." "Here you are shit." "I'm the one who will make humans of you." "Using these very hands." "Clear?" "Yes, sir!" "I did not hear it." "Yes, sir." "Louder." "Yes sir!" "Fill it up!" "Comrade lieutenant , how come the first unit runs with light equipment." "Take your girl to the bushes." "with light equipment." "Here,The more ammo you bring, the more chances to survive." "The mission is, Beat off the armed enemy." "Take the height, confirm your position and report me the situation." "Comrade lieutenant ." "The second unit is ready." "The preparation of the mission is done." "Stand up." "Run, forward." "Forward, forward." "Forward." "The mission failed" "You are all corps." "You, you and you." "Cargo 200 in the black tulip." "Piece of shit in a zinc coffin." "The convoy that will go here encounter the enemy's ambush" "You know what's the meaning of one machine-gun?" "Up there, on the height." "Huh!" "Do you know?" "Get up, dead men." "Put on your helmets." "Run down." "I said, run, run." "I wish to get to Afghanistan already." "Sparrow." "Whatcha want?" "Take my dick to piss so tired, can't get up" "Him?" "!" "Nah..." "He'll overstrain himself." "Look, Snow White comes." "Come over here." "Snow White." "Snow White, come over here, sit with us." "Snow White, come here." "Come over here." "Don't be afraid." "Dammit, now it'll stand till next morning." "Who's this?" "Were you born yesterday?" "This is Snow White, the paramedic's daughter ." "Half of Afghanistan have fucked her" "They say she's hot Not you her, but she fucks you." "There's such a disease How you call it?" "Get outa here, scholar." "Can you try to arrange it with her?" "Why to try?" "She's non-refusable, just like Kalashnikov gun." "Grab and go" "How we gonna get her through two sentinels?" "No, Guys." "I think it's a bullshit." "The previous call up leaving in couple of days." "And we will stay here for three months." "If you get caught - it's your end." "Listen, Lutyi." "Would you sleep with her after them fourty men been with her?" "No." "Me neither." "It's better to die than eat from garbage cans." "Yeah?" "and I ate." "I ate." "Have you ever been starving so bad , that you even can't sleep?" "So shut the fuck up your hole!" "Our dinner was three spoons of carpenters glue." "After eating that, we were wandering around the city" "Looking how you and your bitch sit there in a restaurant." "Hoping to get your leftovers after!" "Dig it?" "And the bitches l had were all like her I can't have something else, fuckface" "Guys, stop it." "Shut up whelp !" "First smell a woman." "Then talk." "Quiet, quiet." "How to quiet?" "You don't touch mine and I won't touch yours" "Pick from the lgarbage cans..." "Maybe she's better than all of your rich sluts." "You bastard, one more word from you and you'll eat shit." "Got it?" "Who is Soviet paratrooper?" "Soviet paratrooper" "Is the glory , power and pride of the military forces" "Who is Soviet paratrooper?" "Soviet paratrooper is the assurance of all units and people." "Who the hell are you?" "We are the shame of all units and you personally." "listen." "listen, he is an idiot." "Nah." "He's cool l don't get only one thing." "Why the first unit is always in the front?" "Run with light equipment." "And have an hour to sit and moke." "While we eat shit here." "We have done nothing bad." "Should be by turns." "One time for them, one time for us." "Yes, it because their lieutenant is sane." "And ours Dygalo is an idiot" "Making his ranks on us, bitch" "No, he was hurt badly." "In the head" "He lost all of his men in Afghanistan" "He's the only one who survived." "He's been reassigned here" "But he writes letters to the minister , wants to come back" "But with his head injury Who needs him there?" "So he's going mad on us." "We are in the deep shit guys." "Company get up !" "Put on your uniform" "Stand in line" "Why you move like pregnant I don't get it!" "What's taking so long?" "You are not soldiers, but pregnant cockroaches!" "What's the matter girls, is it heavy?" "Is't because of your skirts?" "What a hell is this line ?" "Dismissed" "Dismissed" "Come on, help our dystrophycs!" "Get up" "Get up" "How you think to fight like this?" "Go back, clowns" "Take Chugainov up" "Run" "Go!" "Dismissed" "Lower, lower!" "Keep your ass lower, dammit!" "Stand up" "Stand up" "Lower, Lower" "Raising your head like this is a gift for sniper" "And your mothers get obituaries then!" "I said faster!" "Faster!" "Dismissed" "Turn back" "You screwed soldier, after dismissed come to my office" "Get up, Run" "Hold up your weapon" "Quick" "Second squad, come back" "Run back" "Lutaev, Ryabokon, pick up the soldier" "Remember never live yor soldiers behind" "Forward, I said forward" "10 minutes, rest" "Take it" "Shithead" "Tell me Sparrow, I need to care you like this every time?" "I got enough shit of my own" "So, kill me, come on, kill me" "Sod off" "I can't stand it anymore" "Then fuck off, step forward and tell everyone, the ceremony is tomorrow" "Yeah, I will tell !" "What?" "!" "You despise me?" "!" "I don't give a shit, I don't care." "Olya's waiting there for you, she can't wait anymore" "Tomorrow I quit too, guys" "Got a letter from my mom" "It's been a while already, she is sick" "If I die, then she has no one" "Didn't want to quit first, like some scum-sucker" "Ok, guys, is there anyone else?" "I herad from the first call up" "In Afghanistan you make one week out Two at the base" "And here Dygalo will finish you even before you get to war." "He'll destroy you." "What do you say, Ryaba?" "Sparrow, then we decided, yeah?" "We quit together, ok?" "Eyes to the center, attention !" "Comrade colonel ," "The regiment is ready." " Hello, comrades paratroopers" " Salut, comrade colonel" "At ease" "Everyone of you, voluntarily" "Has made a decision to serve in Afghanistan" "Now I must ask you one question" "Is there anyone who has changed his mind?" "I don't ask why" "Your will be merely reassigned to another division" "Who doesn't want to go to Afghanistan?" "Thanks for your service" "For the Soviet Union" "Harder" "Harder" "It ain't no girl, but iron gun" "Kill him" "Don't fear, kill, don't fear" "You only have one strike to save your ass" "Crush the ribs, rip the guts" "Take 'em down" "Give it to me, like this, look" "Like this" "Right, kill him" "Come, soldier, kill him" "Kill" "Vorobyov" "Yes" "Come here" "Yes, Sir" "Stasenko" "Come, take off your weapon, put down your bag" "Come on" "Soldiers" "Take the stuff away" "Beat him, punch him in the face" "You are going to war, come on, son" "That's how you're gonna pet your girlfriend" "Punch his mug!" "Full contact , quick !" "Both of you" "Sparrow, Hit first" "Yeah, that's it" "Come on Sparrow" "Don't back off, don't fear" "One more try" "Get up" "Come on Sparrow, hold on" "Get up" "Come on, come on" "Come on, more" "Get up, warrior, punch him!" "Finish him, Stas" "Get up, when he falls down, you must finish him" "Only dead man won't shoot you in the back" "Sorry, Sparrow, forgive me" "Sparrow, good done" "Let's continue" "Looks like a plasticine" "Everybody touch it" "Touch it, feel it" "You see, it's soft" "It can take any form" "looks like a harmless toy, that everyone of you had" "Every one of you molded, squirrels, rabbits" "But in a fact ,in your hands you hold a powerful weapon" "Plastic explosive" "Stas!" "It has its chemical formula" "But we do not need to know this" "Plastid is irreplaceable" "It's a necessary item in equipement of every paratrooper" "The question, why" "First, in this condition" "It's absolutely safe, easy to store and always available" "As they say, in the hand" "But in war" "It is very efficient and has enormous destructive power" "But you've got to be skilled, for using it" "Warrior..." "There are two simple rules" "First ,the more you squeeze it, the more it blows" "Number two, don't stick it everywhere!" "But by itself this thing won't work" "For it to blow we need what?" "Detonator" "Exactly" "We need to insert detonator" "Your name soldier?" "Private Petrovsky" "You screwed, soldier I've got to report to your commander" "Come in" "Comrade lieutenant, private Petrovsky" "Come in" "Well molded, quite realistic" "Can you paint?" "I learned painting" "A portrait, kinds of big" "I could" "I'm here..., The girl's writing..." "We met before the war" "She wants my photo" "What am I gonna do?" "Send it with this?" "Can you , like..." "Without it..." "more handsome?" "Yes, just need some time, couple of days" "I certainly won't go to see her after war" "Just let her write for the meanwhile" "Attention!" "Go!" "Goddam tractorists..." "Eat this" "Look" "Pissed his pants" "You laugh?" "My bed is under Sparrow's bed" "So what , birdy, do I need to sleep with umbrella now?" "I don't get it, soldier" "Did you see something?" "Nothing, Sir" "And you?" "I misunderstood, sir" "Then tell me what's it all about !" "I also wanna share you joy" "You can swallow your snots Can call your mama" "Piss your pants, but your mission" "Must be accomplished, Die but do it , and he did" "Turn back" "Basic knowledge of your communication with locals" "You can get from this" "But" "The first thing, you should rember when you cross the border" "That you're in a muslim state" "Islam it's not merely another religion" "It's another world which has its own laws" "Another approach to live and death" "Muslim doesn't afraid to die fighting the infidel, in other words - us" "If he gets killed he goes straight to heaven" "Where all he was missing in this life awaiting him there" "Water" "The fruits in the garden, beautiful maids" "How Muslims treat women it's another topic" "The most important holy thing for muslim is his house, Harram" "From which derived the word Harem" "The second meaning of it - "forbidden", "prohibited"" "Looking at the muslim women is Harram" "Everything regarding sexual intercourse is Harram" "Harram to show a muslim indecent gestures" "Those you all are so used to them" "For this you can get a bullet even from a common peasant" "Another important thing, Muslim will never profane his house with blood" "That means when you enter their village, you are their guests" "To kill a guest even an infidel - harram" "So, you must remember this one" "As long as you're in the villige, you are safe." "But after you crossed the borderline of the villige" "The same man, who's been drinking tea with you 5 minutes ago" "May shoot you in the back" "Because it is a glory to kill an infidel" "It is a staircase to heaven." "I'm telling it for you, soldier" "Ah..." "After all, Afghanistan is a multinational country." "Over 20 nations live there." "Tajiks Turkmen, Uzbeks" "Pushtuns live along the Pakistani border" "In the north, live Khazarss and Mongoloids" "The word khazar means thousand in Turkic languages." "Am I boring you, soldier?" "Comrade captain, Does it matter who you shoot?" "During the whole history" "No one ever succeded to conquer Afghanistan" "No one, ever" "Squad, Get up" "What are we doing in Afghanistan?" "Fulfilling our international incumbency, and help our Afghan brothers to resist the aggression of imperialism." "Fire!" "Private Ryabokon, done!" "Private Chugainov, done!" "Right down" "You pull the trigger too sharp" "Very dense, but too high Breath slowly." "OK" "Have you ever shot before?" "No sir, I'm a painter, I have a very accurate eye" "Over here." "Ok" "Give him." "Private, Vorobyov" "Yes" "Put down the gun and come here." "Yes, sir!" "Here." "Put it there." "Yes, sir!" "Run!" "Oh, cool, Gioconda" "Cool!" "Listen, Gioconda, tell me honestly." "Why did you come to Afghanistan?" "You could sit at the headquarters and draw." "They even offered you." "You won't understand" "So make it simple" "Simple?" "Do you see the tank over there?" "Beautiful, isn't it?" "What a power!" "and nothing otiose,not a bit" "Weapons are the most beautiful!" "The most beautiful thing the mankind created" "So what?" "There was an artist named Michelangelo in the renaissance" "One day, someone asked him how he sculpts his works." "He said, very simple, I just take a rock and get rid of the otiose parts" "Understand?" "Beauty is something without anything otiose," "Without any crap." "In the war, there is only life and death, nonting otiose" "War itself is a beauty." "Listen, Gioconda, I don't understand you" "Are you a fool or what?" "What is so beautiful?" "When the guts are twisted around the tank tracks?" "You think it's a kids play?" "I said you won't understand" "Fuck you, freak!" "Guys, letters." "Calm down!" "Stasenko, it is mine." "What day is today?" "Wednesday." "Third!" "Sparrow, mine" "Lutaev, mine" "Suvorov, me!" "Ryabokon" "That's it" "My friends asked me out to disco." "But I will not go without you because I love you!" "Give it to me!" "But tonight I found two nice boys..." "You fucking got tough, bitch, motherfucker" "Come on!" "Come on!" "Come on, sparrow!" "Ah..." "Attention, soldiers!" "Stand at attention!" "You screwed soldiers!" "You two come to me later." "Very good!" "Very good, man." "Stand at attention!" "Turn back and march!" "March!" "Ok, guys." "Listen carefully!" "March steady." "Don't fan out." "To the top of this rock." "Sparrow, Stas and Ryaba, you guys hold their legs and push them over." "I don't give a fuck how, even bite 'em" "Pinochet, Chugun, Gioconda, you guys come with me." "All come with me!" "March!" "Be steady!" "Hooray" "All squads, stand up!" "Stand up, I said!" "Come out, lie down!" "All down on the floor." "Creep, I order you!" "Creep quickly!" "All!" "What?" "What did you say?" "I don't understand." "Stand up" "I don't understand what someone said." "Who said?" "Who?" "Who said?" "I don't know." "Who?" "It is you?" "I don't know who said." "Who said?" "I don't know." "Go there, you!" "Do you want to tell me?" "Tell me." "Tell me what you know Tell to my ears!" "Whisper, I will forgive you." "All of you!" "Come on, I'm alone" "Come on , you and me." "No one will know" "Are here some normal people?" "Or just fucking freaks?" "Was it a bad dream?" "Aha!" "Maybe dreamed something." "Looks like an aggravation" "Wait!" "I heard that he wrote a request again to the headquarters." "He wanted to go to Afghanistan with us." "He was refused" "Hold on ." "Who's there?" "What are you doing?" "Stay where you are!" "Come on, quickly!" "Slient!" "Hold this." "Is there any pot left?" "Hush!" "Heh!" "She sings again!" "Did you see it !" "she comes like a machine gun" "Guys, Dygalo won't be looking for us?" "Nope!" "Why?" "Because..." "Lutyi , I thought I smelled something good!" "Something left?" "Take.." "I'm gonna fuck tonight so hard, that it won't rise for the next year and a half" "Man, let's smoke some more" "Ah, Sparrow, bird!" "You know how we used to smoke in orphan house?" "Like Gypsies One joint for all Wanna see?" "Show me" "Look, what they doing!" "Hey, guys, you are so good l love y'all" "Bird had enough !" "Don't give him more" "Otherwise we'll need to cary him again" "Alright" "I'm going" "Tell me, you a man ?" "No really, tell me, are you a man or what?" "Let's not , Oleg" "What?" "I have a girl, Olya, you know how she is." "Ah, Olya" "So love your Olya Everyone has his Olya," "We all have , but do you remember what you were?" "Now you became a real man, and there's last test left" "You must, bird, You gotta!" "It's not a resort we going to maybe this your last chance" "You can't go a virgin to war it's a men thing, understand?" "Come on, Sparrow, go for it, come on" "Maybe she don't want me" "Are you fool ?" "!" "she likes you the most" "Really?" "You kidding me" "I swear, ask the boys l am not kidding" "C'mon c'mon , go!" "She has seen you many times at the camp" "But you paid no attention, she felt hurt" "No, I can't do this before you all" "Well, drink in the meantime, I'll be back" "Are you so special?" "Better than others, I don't get it!" "Shut up, I'll explain you later" "You need help Sparrow?" "Want me to hold your legs" "Sparrow, just go" "Go fight !" "Take the sword out !" "If I don't come back" "Say, he died bravely" "Warriors, forward" "Stas, what's the matter?" "Why are you so sad?" "I miss my family, toss me one" "It's scary a little , isn't it?" "If to be honest, without any bullshit" "Scary" "Not all die..." "If it happens fast, It's not that scary" "The worst thing if you get crippled" "When I was in Tashkent, I went to that hospital, and some soldiers were there" "The whole ward" "Each one occupies only half a bed ..." "I knew a guy who came from the battlefield" "He is good, only his bladder is cut by splinter." "He got a pipe coming from his stomach, and a bag tied to a leg." "They call him bagpipes..." "What's up with Sparrow ls he sleeping there or reading books?" "Wait, I'm going to see" "You are bruts!" "Understand, animals!" "You all are like animals, don't care with whom and where" "I can't do like this, You all are animals" "I wanted it to be good..." "What are you looking at?" "Have anyone told you that you are very beautiful?" "Are you in love with me?" "so marry me, and they will come visit us" "You must know it, you are so beautiful" "Are you an idiot?" "Artist" "Cyprida (Aphrodite)" "Cyprida, coming from a sea" "Cyprida" "Goddess of beauty" "The sea washes away all the sins" "Eternal purity" "Goddess" "Everyone worship her!" "On your knees, you freaks" "Guys, I love you" "Rank" "Comrade lei..." "At ease." "we'll......" "Turn left" "Run towards the plane, move" "Krasnoyarsk" "Is there someone from Krasnoyarsk?" "Krasnoyarsk" "I am" "Where are you from?" "Kraza" "And I'm from Yershovka , my countryman!" "Just stay cool" "Ok" "I got back, you'll come back too" "Here, this is amulet" "Take this 4 over-periods, 28 missions, and not a scratch" "Wear this, don't take it off, do you understand" "Yes" "Countryman, don't take it off" "Then pass it to others when you come back, just wear it" "Aye" "What's your name" "Oleg, and you ?" "Kolya" "Look there, guys" "Commander, from the right" "No brakes" "Keep it steady" "Help me" "Melkumov, yes" "Sitroylov, yes" "Ryabokon, yes" "Vanifatiev, yes" "Demchenko, yes" "Bekbulatov, yes" "Go to the fourth company, follow me" "Bye, guys" "Take care, bye" "So long, man, bye" "So what's your story, junkies, alcoholics and sex maniacs." "Yor are in the 9th company" "Follow me" "Oh, a fresh meat is coming" "Get hanged, ghosts" "Attention" "Stand at attention" "Warriors, congratulations for coming to the valiant 9th company" "I don't get it, Warriors" "Welcome" "To" "The ninth" "Company" "Hooray, hooray, hooray" "Fuck it Hohol Take them outside and wank them there" "I am lieutenant Pogrebnyak, Forget all you've known" "Here you ain't bad and ain't good Here, you're nothing" "Yes, brothers, we've already heard it in some other place" "I plan to deal with you day and night, until you become a good soldiers" "Is it clear?" "Yes, comrade lieutenat" "Huh?" "Yes, comrade lieutenat" "That's good" "Private Chugainov" "Why is it so gnawed?" "This machine gun is Samyilin's, He heroically died" "He killed 8 ghosts by it" "And got a medal" "It's scratched a bit, because he died of grenade" "It's not such a big deal, Glue it" "The barrel is skewed, How am I gonna shoot?" "You are very lucky, dumbass" "This gun is special" "You should feel proud, instead you're bitching here" "Comr..." "Solder!" "Sign here!" "Turn left, move" "Who was your former commander?" "1st lieutenant Dygalo" "Sashka..." "I thought he retired He slept there" "Been screaming whole night long, going to a combat ,no one could sleep" "Then they took him to the hospital To Tashkent I guess" "Aha" "Was a good guy, joyful, Used to laugh a lot" "He had some illness, hey doc, how'd you call it?" "It is called contusion" "I thought you'd say something clever what a dickhead" "Oh , shut up!" "Is that snow white girl still there?" "Snow white's there" "Say, painter" "Is this good?" "More or less" "Some boy here made it by memory" "Listen, Hohol" "Pomidor - this son of a bitch, gave him broken Samylin's gun" "And the new one probably washed out and sold..." "What?" "He trades weapons ?" "Some die at war, and some make profits of it" "Sir, I heard that we'll go to combat in two or three days, is that right?" "Not a combat, but we go out, our mission is occupying a height" "Hold the line of defence, protecting our convoys" "Is this all?" "Yes, what you thought it's Stalingrad here?" "He's so monumental, I'd make him a statue of bronze" "Kagraman" "What?" "Kag - ra - man" "Dushmans call him so" "It means angry giant" "Our commander is the only one in the whole Afghanistan" "He's been nominated for hero three times" "But each timehe returns from a combat He beats shit out of some brass hat" "They don't take him to the martial court, though" "But he ain't getting his star ." "Afanasyi, who are them?" "These are the Green" "Afghanistani army, Darned Allies" "There is nothing worse than working with them" "When it gets tough a little, they run" "While you think they cover your flank, they're far behind" "Three kilometers away" "We got surrounded once because of them assholes" "Where the Dushman territory begins?" "After the block station" "There they are" "They say" " Russians are our friends and brothers" "But when the night falls dig out their guns" "And go Allah Akbar, and shit." "So do not haste to join this war,kids You'll get it anyway" "You probably already made a bet who kills a ghost first" "Of course" "Bet on what?" "Marlboro pack" "I add another one" "Who was the first then, lieutenant?" "Samylin, He killed the first ghost" "He also left first, in the zinc, What remained of him, The pieces we could gather" "There they are ,savages" "The frontier guard" "We'll drop some ammo and food and go on" "You gonna take it with you?" "Of course" "And when it grows?" "Take with me..." "And eat?" "What am I?" "A Korean ?" "Is it good?" "Good" "Has it fermented yet?" "Sure, With a sun like this Better than a Crimean winery" "Let's get 5 liters or so, for the kids" "So ,boys, Let's drink for our encounter . ok" "Say, what are the girls wearing now?" "He hasn't been out for half a year yet" "Well, dresses and jeans" "I know that they not wearing helmets, I asked" "What kind of dresses, describe me in detail." "This summer, they got them skirts totaly transparent against the sun you can see their legs, so charming" "Like this?" "No, longer" "It's kinda broad" "Waves in all directions" "A little breeze and everybody grab their skirts" "And Gorbachev?" "I've been listening to the radio" "Couldn't understand a thing." "Perestroika and stuff..." "What do people say?" "Hey won't you shut up?" "I'm trying to have a conversation here" "So, she walks, the skirt's waving to and fro" "To and fro" "Yeah?" "Yeah" "Just like that?" "Just like that" "I'll be damned" "How long have y'all been here?" "Year and a half 15 months" "Look, I can count without you, stupid Ukrainian" "The only good thing to do with you is eat shit You won't let me open my mouth" "Calling me stupid Ukrainian?" "!" "And who the hell are you?" "Barbarian!" "Only yesterday got out a cave" "Here was your first time you seen a toilet" "If you keep pissing me off like this I'll fucking piss you...." "Hey, hey fellows!" "Break it up!" "Be quiet, let's drink for our discharge" "Moscow time is 22:00, We begin our program by your requests" "So gentlemen .Let's go shooting" "Get down" "Hello" "Hello, guys" "What's up?" "Are they moving?" " Moving" "How many of them?" "Five or six, I don't know" "Above the"tortoise", 30 meters left from the "big tooth"" "Right under the "elefant"" "Here they are" "Ladies and gentlemen Make yourself comfortable..." "Beside your radios." " They are five" "Ahmed" "Ahmed, is that you?" "Ashet !" "Salam Aleikum my dear" "Ahmed!" "You still alive?" "You worthless shit eater" "Fucking whore, fart sniffer" "I'm gonna kill you now" "Ashet !" "Me your guts cut your throat strangle" "Me your mother "fuk", Your father "fuk" brother, sister "fuk"" "Your "dik" hasn't grown yet..." "Fire..." "And now your favorite tune, by AC/DC band, bring it on" "They're leaving" "Thank you for choosing our program, see you next time" "Let's go fellas" "Halt!" "Halt!" "Halt!" "Lesha?" " Volodya" "Voloda, salam Voloda" "Are you Ahmed?" "Ahmed yes" "Me go soon You is no wait long" "Very soon" "Business Tashkent?" "Papa, mama Tashkent?" "Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Oh, cold" "Girl have Siberia?" "Love?" "How call?" " Olya," " Olya?" "Pretty?" "Yes, very" "Me too, have pretty Fatima" "Very much love" "Bride?" " Yes, bride" "Next village" "Bride, wife, love" "Voloda" "Me go" "Soon, go" "Voloda" "You shot?" "Where he came from?" "Look!" "These ghosts got some nerve to come here like this." "This is Ahmed" "Say, Patephone, he's your pal, right?" " Cut it out!" "Stinking freak, let me see his mug at least" "He killed three our men, Bitch" "Well, congrats !" "Let's make a mark on the butt" "This is yours, Sparrow" "Farewell, our dear friend, we won't be seeing you again" "But memory of you will remain in our hearts forever" "Let's go, guys" "Convoy,stop" "Arrived" "The train reached its final destination, Please clear the carriages" "Rock rock" "Come on" "Occupy the height, and strengthen the line" "Come here," " Rock" "Unit one, I am unit nine" "Unit one, I am unit nine, I'm in the position" "Freeze, two steps back" "What's up freak?" "Are you walking with your girl in the park?" "Huh?" "Don't look under your feet?" "Don't you see ?" "There's a petal." "The worst mine of all" "It's ours, the ghosts don't have such" "We plant them, and then we blow up on them." "If you step on it - your feet is gone" "Step back all" "The Houst province, height 3234, day 181" "Bring a big one" "Get that rock there" "Pile here" "Come on, come on" "There, put it there" "On the right !" " Fire to the canyon !" "It's us!" "Salut, comrade captain" "Look" "It's our Ryaba," " Fellas take the soldier" "The far cordon's been entirely shot, Only he survived" "Ryaba..." "First" "First, affirmative" "Second" " Second affirmative" "First" " First, affirmative" "Second" " Second, affirmative" "I'm sor..." "I'm sor..." "I'm sorry," " What ?" "What's up, Stas ?" "Had a nightmare?" "Get up, bitch" "You know how it happens?" "Huh?" "They come here, right here, And cut, cut 30 kids" "One by one, cut" "Cut like this, Stas, From ear to ear, like they were slaughtering pigs" "Because of one motherfucker like you That fell asleep on his watch , Stas" "This is not a school!" "This is battlefield It's not the "F" you getting here!" "Here you get killed !" "Take this piece of shit away" "Vorobyov!" "Take his place" " Aye" "Afanasyi Kurbashi, with me" "The Houst province, height 3234, day 210" "Cool, Listen, draw one for me too" "Come on" "Gioconda!" " Yes" "Hohol is calling you," " I finish when I get back" "Comrade lieutenant Private Petrovsky has fulfilled your command" "Look at this ace." "And this..." "Gimme the money, dickhead" "You're two minutes late Have you got it?" " Yes" "I don't get it Are you sneering me?" " No sir, no one got it" "It's all that left Do you know when the next supply comes?" "In one day?" "Two?" "Maybe a week?" "For how long we gonna be here?" "You have one hour to get me two full match boxes, clear?" "( 5 rubles)" "Where am I gonna get them?" "I don't give a shit !" "Find, steal, make!" "Is my order clear, soldier?" " Yes, sir" "Go" "Once more" " OK, dumbcluck" "Stas, got any matches?" "Bachar!" "Bachar!" "Halt!" "I said stop, bastard" "Halt!" "Hey, bachar" "Bachar" "Halt!" "Matches, understand, matches, matches" "Me..." "For you...." "This" "Tasty, tasty, me, this, for you, tasty" "You, for me, matches" "Forbidden" "Forbidden" "Harram" "Forbidden" "Walk, walk" "Get here, Who allowed you to leave the position?" "Being a fucking hero?" "You'll be punished" "Aye, comrad captain, Picasso, God dammit" "What took so long?" "We already planned to storm the village" "Have you got it?" "Very good" "The country will not forget you" "They coming!" "How many ..." "Ghosts!" "Fire" "Get ready to combat" "Arrow, arrow" "This is falcon" "Do you read?" "Over" "Arrow, do you read?" "Over!" "From the left!" "Cover me!" "Don't, don't!" "No!" "There they are" "Curbashi!" "Cover me!" "Behind the rocks!" "No!" "No...." "Stas, take the captain" "Sparrow, Lutyi, Gioconda come with me !" "Kurbashi, Grab him" "Pull back!" "Fellas, me first!" "Get down" "I said get down!" "Sparrow, get down!" "Let's go" "Get down" "Hold it!" "Oh!" "Sparrow..." "Where's your gun?" "Let's go, They are in the village" "Hohol, the center is yours" "I come from the right" "Got it" "Go!" "Chugun, Curbashi, the right yard" "Stas, Lutyi - go straight" "Where's this?" "Stas" "Where teh hell you went?" "What were you thinking?" "Stop shooting!" "Stop" "It's ok, it's ok" "It hurts, of course it hurts, It's ok" "Hohol, let's pull back" "The artillery is about to strike." "Where the hell you going?" "Hold on, hold on, Kurbashi!" "Come here, Stas got wounded, quick" "Come on, pull back" "Stas, Don't close your eyes" "Everything will be ok" "Stas, hold on" "Stas" "Don't close your eyes, Stas, look at me" "Afghanistan, day 237" "Let's go" "Catch" "Look, what they doing, dammit!" "Ok, let's go" "Hey you, what the hell are you shooting?" "Guys, get down" "Whatta freaks, huh?" "Your own soldiers will shoot you For a box of canned meat Few month before discharge" "Discharge for you, is like walking to China backwords" "Me and Kurbashi gonna pack soon, Guys, we shouldn't have..." "It's not right, maybe they needed to deliver it to some garrison." "Yeah, right, teach us how to live" " Guys, do you know what kinda man is Sparrow?" "Tell 'em, bird" " I should feel embarrased?" "I went to college, studied philology ." " Sparrow is a teacher" "Why is it so funny?" " If I got you in school...." "Teachers were afraid to come to our class" " How many guys you were at the course?" "Three." " And girls?" "You probably had all of them, huh?" "Come on, guys," "He's got his Olya" "I swear, I'll come to you especially, just to meet this Olya, What's so special about her?" "Wait, what you saying is..." "Sparrow gonna stand with a pointer near the board, like some woodpecker" "It's clear regarding Gioconda" "Kurbashi will slice people" " No I won't, I had enough of this shit" "I'll be a vet, horses, sheep" "What about you Hohol?" "Whatcha wanna do after you leave Afghanistan?" "Drink." "Yeah, sure, for a week or so, but after that?" "Drink again" "And then?" " Still drink." "Till I forget all this" "Then I'll rise, wash my mug" "And start a new life, If I could" "The Houst province, height 3234, day 267" "Faster bird, because of you we've missed the New Year by Krasnoyarsk time" "It's ok, in Vladivostok they all rolling drunk already." "Say, Chugun!" " What?" "What have you done to the compote?" "Nothing." " So where is it?" "I forgot it, Yeah right, forgot.You intended to drink it all alone,under the blanket" "Brothers!" "Brothers!" " Pinochet" "Pinochet!" "Pinochet!" "Fellas!" "Hello, drop it here" "How did you get here?" "I've been reassigned to your unit." " Why?" "What you done?" "I broke some motherfucker's teeth He said, you champ like a pig" "You see, for us, muslims Pig is an impure animal We might kill for such words" "Give me a drink." " It's a pure alcohol" "Go ahead" "Let me introduce" "Afanasyi, frightening man" "Kurbashi, medic" "This is Hohol (offensive term for an Ukrainian)" "For some Hohol..." "And for others comrade lieutenant" "Come on, man, he's one of us, Dygalo's disciple" "Hello" "Well, let's sit down, fellas" "Fill it in..." "Guys!" "Gorbachev's speech starts!" "Turn up the volume." "For the passing year." "Let all the bad things stay behind." "Come on, fill the second right now." "For discharge." "Hooray, Hooray!" "This year we dicsharge, guys." "Fill in, what left!" "Brothers, the third toast" "To our fallen comrades." "To Samylin To Nikita Balashov, To Potap." "To Ryaba, to Bold, to Kostyan." "In short, for all those who didn't make it." "To Stas" "To Stas" "Troopers!" " Come on!" "Yeah!" "Hooray!" "Wake up!" "Dude!" "Guys!" "Ghosts!" "Get ready to combat, company!" "Put through the Falcon, quick" " Ammo, Chugun!" "It's a major bummer!" "These bastards gonna fight to the fucking last one of 'em" "Come to me!" "Don't let them close." "Come on" "Shoot, Shoot" " We have two wounded" "Where's Gioconda?" "Bastards!" "They pulling back." "Mortars..." "Incoming!" "Get down" "Falcon!" "Falcon!" "Where's the captain?" "Sparrow!" "Sparrow!" " Aye" "Get to the captain's dugout!" "They all drunk as a skunks there." "Get the mortar !" "In the coomb, among the rocks, 150" "Aye 150" "Fire!" "Excellent - you hit it!" "Get the wounded here!" "Captain's down Are there any officers alive?" "Anybody?" "Company, listen to me, To comb...." "They are coming." "Get ready" "Come to me!" "They running,Hold the center" "Don't let them get any closer" "For nothing." "No one is there" "Don't waste the rockets, We might need it later." "They must come some time." "If we hadn't contact them all day" "Seryoga..." "Why they use only machine guns?" "It seems they ran out of mortars" "But they got plenty of RPGs" "They save it for the convoy won't spend it on us" "Meanwhile" "Hey, Russian!" "Come out!" "Alive be." "Be patient, it won't take long" "Our troops will come here soon" "The choppers will take us" "To Tashkent" "There is good, warm." "Nurses in white coats." "How long we sit here?" " 3 hours." "They'll start soon." "Get down!" "They shoot grenades!" "Fire!" "Kurbashi!" "Get Kurbashi here!" "Kurbashi!" "Allah Akbar!" "Crawl over here, Sparrow!" "Go, go." "Sparrow, crawl." "Sparrow!" "Is there anyone alive?" "Fellas, any ghosts left?" "All clear here." "Bastards!" "Enough." "It's over." "Everything is over." "Enough." "Is there any officer alive?" "Is there?" " No." "Listen to my command." "Number off." "1st 2nd" "3rd 4th" "5th" "6th 7th" "Go get all the ammo that left." "I have two rockets." "I've a half magazine." "Two grenades." "Shit." "It ain't enough for even one attack." "They start again." "They're going to attack." " We are fucked ..." "Company get ready." "Listen to my order." "Forward." "Our troops!" "Comrade colonel." "The 9th company has accomplished the mission." "The convoy may pass securely." "There'll be no convoy, we are leaving." "Comrade colonel, we hold the height." "The convoy may pass." "Can you hear me, son?" "Why the communication didn't work?" "Why there's no connection?" "Can you hear me?" "Asshole!" "Afghanistan, Chaugani, February 9th 1989" "We were leaving Afghanistan." "We, the 9th company." "Have won our own war." "Back then, we hadn't known a lot of things" "We hadn't known, that two years later the country we had been fighting for will vanish." "And wearing the medals of non existing country will become unfashionable." "We hadn't known that Lieutenant Dygalo will stay in standing army." "And train recruits somewhere near Tula" "He will die of a stroke, a year later During a night march." "We hadn't known that Snow White with her mother and lots of other Russian families." "Will stay in the abandoned army city on the Afghani border and disappear." "And we ourselves will be scattered ruthlessly, by the new life." "Some to the top, and some to the very bottom." "Non of this we hadn't known then." "We even Hadn't known that we were simply forgotten in the bustle of the huge army's withdraw" "On that remote height." "We were leaving Afghanistan..." "The 9th company" "We, we won." "This film is based on real events That took place on January 8th, 1988 In Houst province, height 3234"