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Comrades X: Soldier Boy

For the first time on Western television, Frontline details a recruit's life inside a Soviet Army barracks. Frontline cameras follow Valera Krylov, 18, through the exertion and boredom of basic training in the military and focuses on his parents, who worry that in the next two years he may be fighting in Afghanistan.

English
  • Originally Aired August 26, 1986
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Production Code COM110
  • Network PBS
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