Heroic drama.
About life and death, duty and honour, brotherhood and courage; about
desperate brave men who survived and died in the Afghan mountains. The plot
is based on the fate of real soldiers of the Afghan War. The action takes place
in 1987-89, and ends with the withdrawal of the Soviet forces from
Afghanistan. Seven 18-year-old Muscovites, who have voluntary enrolled for
the ìAfghan Unitî, meet at the an induction base. They sit on the school bench
before they are assigned to the well-known Ninth Company of the Parachute
Troupe 345 ñ the most efficient and heroic detachment. In a fierce fight with
the ìblack storksî under the command of Osama Ben Laden, and without
communication, the soldiers defend the heights, but almost everyone perishes.
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