The diary of a carefree young man who entered the Golitsyn Border Military-Political School as a civilian and who found himself in the thick of a young fighter’s course, which took place in the inhospitable forests of the Yaroslavl region. Written in a humorous manner and describes a difficult period in the life of young cadets, when teenagers are turned into real men. Vivid descriptions of the training and life of young defenders of the Motherland make reading the diary easy and interesting.