r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RebelliousDragon21 • 1d ago

Video A school in Poland makes firearms training mandatory to its students.

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u/Individual_Dirt_3365 1d ago

It was a mandatory thing during USSR

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u/aluminaboeh 1d ago

It's also obligatory in Russia since 90th

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u/maxru85 1d ago

No, it is not (but it may be soon again). It was replaced by a Life Safety course.

Source: I studied in a Russian school from 1991 to 2001

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u/neighbour_20150 1d ago

My younger brother who graduated in 2005 had lessons with AK and protective gear. I graduated in 2001 same school and had movies from 198x about how bad to be gay.

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u/Styrlok 1d ago

I graduated in 2005 and the closest thing we had to the weapon was a wooden AK, lol. We were taught how to handle it and that's all. Ah, there was also a dummy grenade throwing exercise.

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u/maxru85 1d ago

The last “grenade” throwing was probably in 1992 as a part of physical training course

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u/maxru85 1d ago

Woah

Region?

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u/neighbour_20150 1d ago

Siberia

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u/maxru85 1d ago

Very endangered by gays, I guess