“ZARYA” is an open, dynamically developing project, including military-patriotic work, organizing games both in Russia and abroad, helping veterans, obtaining military-applied knowledge and skills.

ZARYA is not an arbiter in clarifying complex regional relations.

Goals of the ZARYA project:

• A lot of good and different airsoft. In any formats. Trauma-proof, fire-proof, conscious
• Providing teams and units - members of the Coordination Council of Commanders with the opportunity to participate in quality gameplay with adequate judging, organizational control, while providing the necessary services
• Involving the assistance of relevant government agencies in the organization and technical support of games, represented by law enforcement ministries and departments, as well as relevant coordinating government bodies and local governments (district administrations) and supporting structures (Committees for Youth Affairs, Sports, etc. .)
• Legalization of airsoft at the local level (voluntary participation of everyone in local sports days, competitions, championships, etc.)
• The formation of regional airsoft federations, including the maximum number of adequate teams, and a system of self-control and coordination of the efforts of local game organizers as well as teams and their associations.
• Approval of airsoft as a military applied sport.
• Conducting regional Zarya games at the level Federal districts, and then regions, with subsequent participation in 4 annual all-Russian games.

ZARYA is not intended for:
use as a cover for illegal actions,
as a device for appealing to regional sponsors for 1 team (although it will be happy to support a group of teams, or better yet, the regional Zarya Organizing Committee)

Currently work is underway on general Rules, on the development of the regional network, on the conditions for working with stores in the regions.

The following are allowed into the Coordination Council of Commanders (CCC) of the ZARYA project:

• commanders of teams that have played 3 games - on a permanent basis,
• or commanders of teams that have played two games - as observers.

The venue for monthly meetings (since September 2011) of the Coordination Council of ZARI commanders is Krasnaya sq. 1, the meeting place for teams of up to 20 people is Mayakovskaya metro station, Military University.

1. KSK team commanders: form sides at games.
2. KSK team commanders: have the right to persistently recommend the commanders of the parties to the head of the Zarya Organizing Committee.
3. The commanders of the teams of the parties are the primary filter for preventing any teams from entering the games, regardless of membership in other associations and organizations, with the exception of those equal in status. The final decision is made by the Organizers.
4. Organizations are forming a list of non-admission to Zarya games
5. Team commanders form blocks (stable game units). The minimum number of blocks is 30 fighters, the maximum is 90 fighters.
6. The number of commands in a block is from 2x.
7. The minimum number of fighters in a team is 8 people.
8. Regional teams are allowed to participate in the project. After the regional ZARYA games are held and the regional KSK is formed, all components of the project extend to the regions:
   • financial policy (discounts, upper cost limits, returns and replacements);
   • service policy (minimum required content of the game);
   • official policy (admission to the landfill from administration and landfill owners, agreement on the time of the event, etc.);
   • Organizational Control policy (presence of Organizations under the commanders of the parties, at key facilities, on game transport and equipment; resolving controversial issues on the spot);
   • environmental policy (mandatory cleaning of the landfill and “handing it over” to the approving party);
   • policy for using org and commander filters, systems test games, free membership without restrictions;
   • regional supply policy and the possibility of using discounts for all interested teams and participants;
   • Well, the main part of the project: friendliness and the desire to resolve conflicts, and not create them.
   At least two representatives of the Zarya Organizing Committee participate in the Zarya regional games.
9. Teams interested in joining the Zarya project:
   • play 3 games without any problems
   • play 1 game and 2 tests
   • or two games and 1 test
10. Main games of the ZARYA project:
    • opening of the summer season - May
    • main game of the year - June
    • opening of the winter season - November
    • Winter Championship - January
11. Team commanders approve the main calendar of events for the year, the attendance of which is recommended for at least 50 percent of the teams in the ZARYA project.
12. The Zarya Organizing Committee maintains a calendar of events, monitors the quality of the games approved in the calendar, and provides possible support for these games with administrative, economic, financial and labor resources.

September 9-10, 2017 at the Alabino training ground, with the participation of military personnel and military equipment renowned unit - 2nd Guards Taman Motorized Rifle Division, Heroes Club Soviet Union, Heroes Russian Federation and full holders of the Order of Glory and the Organizing Committee of the Federal Military tactical games ZARYA, with the unprecedented support of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, together with DOSAAF of Russia and the Zvezda TV Channel, will hold an exciting and large-scale event for the autumn season of 2017 - the annual world's largest 11th International Military Tactical Game "ZARYA: Day on Armor. Spain 1936".

The game is dedicated to events in Spain - the creation of international brigades that participated in civil war on the side of the popular front in 1936-1938, and will contribute to the further rapprochement of the peoples of the earth, building up partnerships to create a single security space without dividing lines in the interests of peace and prosperity, for the benefit of all mankind.

The event was supported by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Hero of the Russian Federation, Army General S.K. Shoigu, agreed by the Chief General Staff Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Hero of the Russian Federation, Army General V.V. Gerasimov. Since 2016, the game has been held for the Cup of the Russian Minister of Defense.

Teams and participants from Israel, France, Switzerland, Holland, Germany, Canada, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Donbass, Estonia, China, Greece, Syria and other countries registered for the game. Russian participants represent most of the constituent entities of the Federation - teams from Kaliningrad to the Amur region submitted applications for the game.

The goal of “Days on Armor” is the patriotic education of citizens of the Russian Federation, strengthening relations with Russia’s strategic partners, developing multilateral relations in order to carry out tasks to maintain peace and security on earth.

In the game, based on the rich experience of OK "Zarya" in organizing military-tactical games and events, the wishes of the participants were implemented, who spoke in favor of creating a game with a fundamentally different scenario from all others, with many "surprises" and non-standard conduct of tactical combat between the playing parties , with constantly changing combat conditions in an extremely realistic environment, facilitating complete immersion in the atmosphere of a real battle.

The plot of the game is not a specific battle, but a mixture of real historical events and fiction in order to adapt modern methods of warfare to past wars and military conflicts.

The choice of this type of scenario and its development are due to the interactive voting of a huge number of event participants who have a long tradition of holding games in this format. Past battles are transferred to modern, not political, but tactical realities with the presence of military equipment, aviation, and more effective small arms. In this scenario, the patriotic, national, religious and other emotional feelings of the game participants are not affected.

As a result, within 24 hours the participants of the game, including teams from different countries world, in dynamic battles on the territory of the entire Alabino training ground, they will be able to demonstrate their individual tactical and technical knowledge, coordinated teamwork. During a large-scale patriotic event, young people will feel the brunt of military service, get acquainted with the modern weapons of the Russian army in action.

Armored vehicles, engineering structures, smoke and pyrotechnic special effects will add realism to the game's plot. And mutual assistance and clear teamwork will be a fundamental factor in the success of the operation of any of the parties to the conflict. The team's victory in the "Day on Armor" depends on each player. And everyone together will fight for resources, for intelligence, deceive the enemy, and conduct endless maneuvers to turn tactical superiority into strategic superiority. And - to win.

Whose side will win this time is not known even to the wisest organizers of the “Day on Armor” - the conflict of interests of the parties will be resolved in the last minutes of the game and in favor of the one whose military doctrine will ensure superiority over the enemy.

Over the past seven years, the large-scale patriotic project of the Zarya Organizing Committee has become not only extremely popular, but also socially significant, providing invaluable assistance in the formation of a healthy society, both in our country and in the near and far abroad, and serves the cause of peace and security on earth.

Firing from machine guns and mortars, grenade explosions and the booming roar of cannonade over the training ground, attacks and defenses - all this awaits the participants in the military-tactical game “A Day on Armour”. The number of participants is more than 4000 people. The opening of the event will be attended by the leadership of the Ministry of Defense, public veteran and youth patriotic organizations, DOSAAF of Russia, Heroes of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation.

The event starts at 12:00 on September 9, 2017.

Media accreditation until 12:00 September 7, 2017

Contacts: Victor Bragin, Director of Public and Corporate Relations of the Organizing Committee of Military Tactical Games "ZARYA", t./f.: +7-495-637-38-60, e-mail -

These events are aimed at developing patriotism and increasing motivation for military service, propaganda healthy image life, training of pre-conscripts and retraining of reservists, social rehabilitation of military personnel who have passed through “hot spots”.
Military-tactical training covered more than 50 thousand people from 68 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, including students and pupils of Suvorov and cadet schools, cadets of military educational institutions, which is additional combat training for them. In the whole country, about 130-140 thousand people are involved in military-tactical games of a patriotic nature.

The organizing committee of military-tactical games “Zarya” was created in 2010 with the support of the Main Command of the Ground Forces of the Russian Armed Forces by the Club of Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of Russia and full holders of the Order of Glory together with DOSAAF of Russia and the Rosvoentsentr under the Government of the Russian Federation. The organizing committee is headed by a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly, chairman of the board of the Heroes Club, Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel General Nikolai Antoshkin.
The educational military-tactical games “Zarya”, held at the training grounds of the Ministry of Defense, were presented to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation at the board on February 14, 2014 and were highly appreciated. The Zarya games, in accordance with the provisions of the order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation No. 210 dated April 21, 2016, are included in the program of the defense department “Patriotic education of citizens of the Russian Federation for 2016-2020.”

The Organizing Committee sets itself the task of instilling in young people qualities that meet public and state interests: moral and psychological readiness to defend the Fatherland, loyalty to constitutional and military duty in peacetime and wartime, affirmation in the minds of young people of socially significant patriotic values, views and beliefs, respect to the cultural and historical heritage of Russia, increasing the prestige of army service.
During the Zarya tactical games, young people can not only experience the specifics of the military profession, but also get acquainted with modern military equipment and try to put into practice the tactics of special forces groups. During the game, a static display of deployed military equipment in the field is organized, the work of units of engineering troops, sappers, signalmen, and their actions in attack and defense is demonstrated.

When preparing the scenario for each game, the organizing committee selects a real battle. This is not a re-enactment, so participants are equipped to the latest current military standards from various national armies. Each of the participants has the equipment and ammunition of a full-time soldier: protective camouflage of different colors (a mandatory requirement is that the players on the same team must be physically similar), body armor, night vision devices, optical sights, unloading gear, hydration packs, modern helmets, radio communications, as well as all kinds of game equipment. weapons" pistols, rifles, machine guns, grenades, grenade launchers and mortars.
The target audience of military-tactical games "Zarya" is represented mainly by men aged 20 to 45 years old who lead an active lifestyle. The female “military” contingent makes up about 15%. Among the participants in the games, up to 25% are students, about 40% are middle management personnel, about 5% are business managers and business owners.

A number of Zarya military-tactical games and training sessions have been held since 2015 in partnership with the Race of Heroes. "Zarya" together with the "Race of Heroes" have been implementing a large-scale military-patriotic project since 2016, holding a series of military-tactical events "Battle of Heroes". The project is actively supported by the leadership of the Russian defense department.
The ongoing activities, along with the in-depth study of military specialties by the conscript contingent, support the combat training of citizens in the reserve at the proper level, and in the future, if necessary, will form the basis for territorial self-defense forces.

In December last year, “Zarya”, in close cooperation with the government of the Moscow region, the Main Directorate for Work with Personnel of the RF Ministry of Defense, the Main Headquarters of the All-Russian Military-Patriotic Public Movement “Yunarmia”, DOSAAF of Russia, carried out a large-scale military patriotic project “Way of the Warrior”, dedicated to the celebration of Heroes of the Fatherland Day. Over 400 people from 64 municipalities of the Moscow region took part in it.
“The Warrior’s Path” ran through the Convention and Exhibition Center, the sectors of the Aerospace Forces and the Youth Army, and the military-historical complex “ Guerrilla village"and a historical reconstruction zone. Young people completed an obstacle course using the firetag gaming system.

In addition, future defenders of the Fatherland took part in master classes on the basics of bayonet fighting, assembling and disassembling weapons, demining the territory, providing first aid medical care and hand-to-hand combat. We also shot at a shooting range and played a military-tactical game using state laser equipment. The educational elements of the program included sightseeing tours of the Patriot Park and the exhibition of historical and modern small arms, as well as participation in a quiz on knowledge of military history.
Since 2016, with the creation, on the initiative of the Russian Minister of Defense, Hero of the Russian Federation, Army General S.K. Shoigu of the Yunarmiya movement, the Zarya organizing committee, in close cooperation with the GURLS of the Russian Armed Forces and the command of the Western Military District, conducts military-tactical events using game-safe laser tag equipment (weapons) for Yunarmiya members aged 14 years and older.

In March of this year, ten-day training camps were held on the territory of the Moscow Suvorov Military School with 24-hour presence of the Youth Army members and Zarya instructors. The final stage of the training camp was a scenario-based military-tactical game at the Alabino training ground.
As a group simulating a mock enemy, the Youth Army soldiers were opposed by the scouts of the 136th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Battalion. In “sparring” with experienced fighters, the Youth Army members practiced complex tactical exercises: raid, ambush, convoy escort, terrain orientation, reconnaissance, covert movement, etc.

This year, the organizing committee, together with DOSAAF of Russia and the “Race of Heroes,” plans to hold two of the world’s largest annual military-tactical games, “Zarya: A Day on Armor.” To participate in the games, applications were submitted from teams from Russia and countries near and far abroad: Israel, France, Switzerland, USA, Brazil, Kazakhstan, etc.
This is not the first such experience of holding large-scale military tactical games. In 2015, over 4,500 people representing more than ten foreign countries arrived at the Alabino training ground to participate in the “Dawn: Day on Armor” event. In the international military-tactical game “Zarya: Day on Armor. Meeting on the Elbe 2016, more than 4,000 participants competed for victory. The opening ceremony of the event was attended by the head of the Combat Training Directorate of the Western Military District, Major General P. Milyukhin, senior officers of the 1st Guards Tank Army, leaders of DOSAAF of Russia and the Patriot Park. The organizer of the “Race of Heroes” Ksenia Shoigu wished the participants to conquer new heights of excellence in military-tactical training and presented the Challenge Cup of the Russian Minister of Defense established for the winners.

Over the course of 24 hours, in conditions as close as possible to combat, the game participants in a dynamic battle on the territory of the Alabino training ground demonstrated not only individual tactical and technical knowledge, but also well-coordinated teamwork and willpower.
In accordance with the scenario, the participants of the game were divided into two sides and went to different points of the training ground in armored vehicles to plunge headlong into the atmosphere of the battle. To make the game even more realistic, army equipment periodically, in accordance with the script, fired blank cartridges at a mock enemy. Quadcopters imitating combat aircraft constantly crisscrossed the sky.
“Once you find yourself in a “combat” zone, you begin to understand that almost everything here is for real: the deafening howl of machine guns, the roar of front-line cannonade, grenade explosions, clouds of dust and smoke. And each of the players in the units performs one or another specific combat mission", one of the game participants shared his impressions.

In extremely unfavorable weather conditions, conducive to complete immersion in the atmosphere of this test, the youth felt the brunt of military service, became familiar with the modern weapons of the Russian army, and the interaction of infantry and armored vehicles. Participants in the game were tested on their knowledge of tactics, physical endurance, endurance and ability to act in extreme conditions.
Foreign guests said after the end of the event that the greatest feat of the Soviet soldiers who defended the world from Hitler’s invasion will forever remain in the grateful memory of the peoples. And that they will always remember the historical handshake on the Elbe, which became one of the most striking symbols of the military brotherhood of the peoples of different countries who fought together against Nazi tyranny, oppression and aggression.
The Zarya games on such a large-scale platform as Day on Armor are a synthesis of different areas in combat training, a unique fusion of the recreation of a textbook historical battle and a modern classic combat operation of Russian troops in “hot spots”. All games are not based on blindly following one or another combat operation, but on improvisation, which gives complete freedom of combat expression to each of the participating teams. Zarya events have long become a military-creative workshop for thousands of fans of patriotic team events, whose interests are turned to improvisational military style.
This year, with the support of the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defense, it is planned to hold a series of mass military-tactical games “Zarya” not only in the Moscow region, but also in other regions of the Russian Federation. The schedule of games at military district training grounds was approved by the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Army General V. Gerasimov. The games will be hosted by the headquarters of the regional representative offices of the organizing committee, which have been created and are actively working in 30 constituent entities of the Russian Federation from Kaliningrad to Khabarovsk.

Military tactical games "Zarya" are a kind of exam in military specialties. The games make it possible to select the most prepared and motivated young people for military service. The practice of holding events of the Zarya organizing committee shows that in Russia there is a fairly significant group of young people, both of conscription age and of the older generation who have already completed military service, who, due to their patriotic consciousness and understanding of the complexity of the modern foreign policy situation and tensions near our borders, Rodin is ready to use games to maintain his military skills acquired during military service.
“One of the most important tasks of the Armed Forces in peacetime is the preparation of highly qualified reserves. Strategically, this issue is resolved within the framework of traditional military training for reservists. However, practical exercises conducted with military personnel during the Zarya military-tactical games also play an important role in the process of training reserves, says the head of the organizing committee, Igor Tolstoshein.
Over the past seven years, with the support of the Ministry of Defense, more than 70 military-tactical games of a patriotic nature have been held, dedicated to various periods of the Great Patriotic War and local conflicts. During this time, more than 40 thousand citizens, young people of military age, reservists, and active military personnel took part in military tactical games.

“The Zarya series of military-tactical games not only absorbed all the best in the methodology of mass patriotic games, but also brought it to a modern technological level worthy of the 21st century. This new approach to preparing pre-conscription youth has perfectly shown its viability, because many people from all over Russia come to the games hundreds and thousands of kilometers away, not by order, not by coercion, but on their own initiative. All this shows a great need for such events, where even game form, but in an environment as close as possible to combat, our youth improve their military training skills, learn friendship and mutual assistance,” says the initiator of the project, chairman of the organizing committee, Colonel General Nikolai Antoshkin.
In modern conditions, when the problem of professionalization of personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is being solved, the role and importance of new methods of training and military-patriotic education of future defenders of the Fatherland are significantly increasing. In order to improve the military-technical skills of young people, taking into account the experience gained, the Zarya organizing committee has prepared a number of proposals to the leadership of the defense department, which could increase the level of work in this direction. First of all, this concerns the widespread promotion of military tactical games, inviting veterans of the Armed Forces and combat operations as mentors, experts and spectators. For greater efficiency and entertainment of the events, we have proposed additional engineering arrangement of the training ground of the 2nd Guards Taman Motorized Rifle Division and the construction of a stationary tactical camp at the Alabino training ground, which will also be used for training the personnel of the division and the 136th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Battalion. It is also proposed to create on the territory of one of the unused military settlements within the boundaries of the Moscow region, without attracting budgetary funds, a basic urban training ground (center) for training and competitions of Youth Army members, reservists and active military personnel.
The President of the Russian Federation, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces V. Putin, directly formulated his attitude to the military-patriotic education of youth: “Military-patriotic games are still in demand today. They produce and team spirit, and strong character, and survival skills in the most difficult conditions...” The military-tactical games “Zarya” have all this in full.

Victor BRAGIN.
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In Alabino, near Moscow, at the Western Military District training ground, a military tactical game"Zarya"

In Alabino, near Moscow, on the territory of the 253rd combined arms training ground of the Western Military District, the next stage of the large-scale military-tactical game “Zarya” took place. About 1,000 people took part in the event, organized by DOSAAF Russia and the Zarya organizing committee.

The game involved real army equipment - T-72, MT-LB, Ural tanks and even a modernized Mi-8 helicopter, from which troops are landed in the combat zone.

Ordinary students and managers, as well as former military personnel, specially came to the training ground on their day off to “fight” in conditions as close as possible to combat conditions with airsoft weapons and training grenades in their hands. 20 pieces of equipment were provided for the game: MT-LB, armored personnel carriers and Urals helped the soldiers get to the location of allies and enemies, and loud blank shots from T-72 tanks and self-propelled howitzers turned the game into a real battlefield.

The fighters captured or held positions, and those who were hit by a “bullet” honestly raised their hand, put on a red bandage and went to the base to refresh themselves in the field kitchen and rush into battle again 40 minutes later. Referees in orange berets closely monitored the fairness and observance of the rules of the game.

“This stage of the game is significant in that it gathered a record number of participants,” noted Deputy Chairman of DOSAAF Russia Andrey Golovatyuk. - Those present here did right choice- preferred the basics of military training and a healthy lifestyle to idleness and night parties. These guys understand that the responsibility to defend the Motherland falls on their shoulders.”

The last stage of “Zarya” this year was dedicated to the Stalingrad strategic offensive operation of the Soviet troops, which went down in history under the code name “Uranus”.

During the game, young people were able not only to experience the hardships and deprivations of military service, but also to become familiar with modern military equipment and try to put into practice the tactics of special forces groups.

Reserve Colonel Mikhail Kalinkin, head of the military stage of the largest art song festival “Platform of Valery Grushin,” inspired the soldiers and their commanders with soulful military songs accompanied by a guitar.

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The military-tactical game "Zarya" is a modern analogue of the famous Soviet military-patriotic game "Zarya". The main difference between “Zarnitsa” and “Zarya” is that the latter’s actions are as close as possible to real combat conditions.

The military-tactical game "Zarya" is a modern analogue of the famous Soviet military-patriotic game "Zarya". The main difference between “Zarnitsa” and “Zarya” is that the latter’s actions are as close as possible to real combat conditions. The game uses real army equipment - T-72, MT-LB, Ural tanks and even a modernized Mi-8 helicopter, from which troops are landed in the combat zone.

Shooting, tanks, combat and other features of the military-tactical game "Zarya"

The next stage of the large-scale military-tactical game “Zarya” took place on the territory of the 253rd combined arms training ground of the Western Military District (Alabinsky military training ground). About 1,000 people took part in the event, organized by DOSAAF Russia and the Zarya Organizing Committee.

Ordinary students and managers, as well as former military personnel, specially came to the training ground on their day off to fight in conditions as close as possible to combat conditions with airsoft weapons and grenades in their hands. For offensive and defensive operations, the youth were provided with 20 units of real army equipment: MT-LB, armored personnel carriers and Urals helped the soldiers get to the location of allies and enemies, and loud blank shots from T-72 tanks and self-propelled howitzers turned the game into a real field battles.

The fighters captured or held positions, and those who were hit by a stray bullet honestly raised their hand, put on a red bandage and went to the base to refresh themselves in the field kitchen and rush into battle again 40 minutes later. Fair judges in orange berets closely monitored the fairness and observance of the rules of the game.

The tactical game "Zarya" is a modern analogue of the famous Soviet game"Zarnitsa" This stage of the game is significant in that it attracted a record number of participants. Those present here made the right choice - they preferred the basics of military training and a healthy lifestyle to idleness and night parties. These guys understand that the responsibility to defend the Motherland falls on their shoulders,” noted Deputy Chairman of DOSAAF Russia Andrei Golovatyuk.

The last stage of “Dawn” this year was dedicated to the Battle of Stalingrad, or, more precisely, the Stalingrad strategic offensive operation of Soviet troops to encircle and destroy a group of troops of the Nazi invaders. This operation went down in history under the code name “Uranus”.

The goal of the game is to develop patriotism and increase motivation to perform military duty, promote a healthy lifestyle among young people and social rehabilitation of military personnel who have passed through “hot spots.”

During the tactical game “Zarya”, young people were able not only to experience the hardships and deprivations of military service, but also to become familiar with modern military equipment and try to put into practice the tactics of special forces groups.

Mikhail Kalinkin, reserve colonel and head of the military stage of the largest art song festival “Platform of Valery Grushin”, inspired the soldiers and their commanders with soulful military songs accompanied by a guitar.