Later Soviet Union
Until the last days of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Army incorporated the idea of the labor army. With obligatory military duty in the state, men deemed unfit for regular military duty, as well as many able-bodied ones, were assigned to construction battalions (стройбаты).
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“In the Soviet Union everything happens slowly. Always remember that.”
—A.N. (Arkady N.)
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