Battle of Moscow. The exploits of the cadets
Every year on December 5, Russia celebrates the anniversary of the red Army's counterattack near Moscow. In the annals of the great Patriotic war takes its rightful place, the immortal feat of 17-18-year-old cadets in the battle for Moscow October - December 1941. With the outbreak of war the newly recruited cadets of the new call. Having studied for three months, they were the first to defend the city of Moscow by order of the Rate. It was an extreme measure. It was not easy to decide on it. All understood that cadets of military schools is a gold Fund for development of army. The article describes the exploits of the students of Podolsk military schools and the legendary "Kremlin regiment" in the Battle of Moscow in October-December 1941. On the basis of official documents, memoirs of participants of those events it is narrated about the highest firmness, courage and dedication of the real defenders of the Fatherland.