Priest Georgy Sovetsky took part in the first dispatch of conscripts to the 103rd Separate Guards Airborne Brigadetranslated

The first dispatch of about 200 conscripts to the 103rd Vitebsk Separate Guards Airborne Brigade took place. The military commissar of the Vitebsk region, Colonel Sergei Kunakhovets, gave them parting words. He expressed confidence that the young men will honorably fulfill their constitutional duty and, after completing their military service, will return home matured. Veterans, representatives of the 103rd brigade, clergy and parents wished them successful service. […]