A "Hitlerjugend" kind of story, set in the Soviet Union during the Second World War, based on a fictitious story from the eponymous book by Vladimir Kunin.
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Andrei Panin Andrey Krasko Aleksandr Golovin Vladimir Kashpur Sergey Perelygin Rostislav Bershauer Vladimir Andreyev Pavel Abdalov Aleksandr Grishin Andrey Bobrov Kirill Emelyanov Dmitry Gorevoy Vasiliy Lykshin Velimir Rusakov Yury Sysoev Evgeny Sergeev Denis Karasyov Дмитрий Таланцев Nikolay Kochura Aleksandr Solovyov Vadim Kolganov Vladimir Shulga Sergey Neudachin Aleksey Zaytsev
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