rostov on don in southern russia the center of don cazar culture. grigori is 15 years old his father and his grandfather were cossacks his life's aim is to defend his homeland. the hurdle to put down which everyone must decide if he's a patriot or not. today russia is subject to many dangers from abroad. so it is a she should i have to defend my motherland one day. i mean prepared to sacrifice my life with. the stories we need to instill. great glory has already internalized the cossacks values of patriotism militarism and orthodoxy. it's a mixture that matches vladimir putin's conservative ideals. grigori as a cadet at the highly regarded shakti cossacks school. here $220.00 young men are preparing for their military service. well the earth will go off and therefore calle the fly exe of the russian federation and the rest of. cardiff go our court will smith. in soviet times cossacks were oppressed after the iron curtain collapsed their culture began to flourish again and putin officially integrated them into the russian army this school is publicly