Silent Outpost

Silent Outpost (Russian: Тихая застава; Tajik: Форпости хомӯш; Pashto: د خاموشۍ پوسته) - Russian film directed by Sergei Makhovikov, released on cinema screens on January 20, 2011. Based on real events, the film tells about the battle of Russian border guards on the Tajik-Afghan border with many times superior militant forces trying to break into Tajikistan.

Plot
The film, from an artistic perspective, tells of the real events of July 13, 1993, known as the “Fight at the 12th outpost of the Moscow border detachment”. The film was shot on the story of the same name by Valery Povolyaev.

After the collapse of the USSR, a civil war raged in Tajikistan. Russian border guards exercised control over the Tajik-Afghan section of the CIS’s external borders, preventing the flow of arms, money and drugs to the warring parties. Captain Pankov commands a quiet outpost; his wife recently left him. In the evenings, the captain drinks and sings songs to the guitar.

A helicopter arrives at the outpost. The authorities brought a group of military intelligence officers under the command of senior lieutenant Bobrovsky, for whose head the souls give a million dollars. And not so long ago, his wife was stolen from Bobrovsky.

During a brief attack on the adjacent territory, scouts find out that from the side of Afghanistan a large group of Mujahideen is preparing to break through the border and plans to reach Dushanbe in order to overthrow the secular government and establish a Sharia state. On the way back, Bobrovsky’s group prepares an ambush (three jeeps are caught) and kill the leader of the Dushmans. In the back of one of the jeeps is Bobrovsky’s wife, who, having seen the dead leader, tries to take revenge - to kill her ex-husband. She was shot and a small child was taken.

The new leader of the Dushmans, Fayzullo, is trying to steal the girl from the village, but stumbles upon Captain Pankov and leaves.

Having learned about the plans of the Mujahideen, border guards decide to evacuate the civilian population of the nearby village and take up the battle in the trenches, leaving the houses. In the early morning, dushmans fired mortars at the outpost and went on the attack, sending women from the village in front of them. During the battle, almost all the officers of the border outpost and Bobrovsky reconnaissance group died, only Pankov, three border guards and a reconnaissance fighter survived. In their last battle, the border guards die, but the militants did not pass. Arriving in time, Bobrovsky, whom Pankov ordered to withdraw civilians, enters the fray. At the end of the battle, Mi-24 attack helicopters and reinforcements arrived (it is assumed that these were the ground forces of the 201st Motorized Rifle Division and the combat aircraft of the Russian Air Force), and the attackers were destroyed.

History reference The battle at the 12th border outpost of the Moscow border detachment in the Republic of Tajikistan occurred on Tuesday July 13, 1993. Afghan and Tajik militants tried to break into the territory of this country. The Russian military repelled the enemy’s attacks for 11 hours, 25 people died. After that, Russian troops retreated. Later that day, the outpost was repulsed. As a result of the battle, six border guards were awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation, including four posthumously.

Cast

 * Andrey Chadov - captain Andrey Pankov, head of the outpost
 * Sergey Selin - senior warrant officer Vladimir Ivanovich Gritsuk, foreman of the outpost
 * Igor Savochkin - Senior Lieutenant Alexander Nikolaevich Bobrovsky, Scout Commander
 * Rajabali Huseynov - Zakir, the elder of the village
 * Faridunsho Rakhmatulloev - Colonel Fayzullo, Mujahideen
 * Nina Kornienko - Olga Nikolaevna, teacher
 * Nino Ninidze - Julia
 * Yuri Konovalov - Sergeant Durov, border sniper
 * Alexander Alyoshkin - Sergeant Kiryanov (Tracer), border guard
 * Azamat Nigmanov - Azamat, border guard
 * Timur Efremenkov - lieutenant Alexei Nazaryin, reconnaissance
 * Cyril of Mugaysky - Cyril, Scout
 * Ilya Obolonkov - Ilya, scout
 * Larisa Shakhvorostova - Lyuba, wife of Bobrovsky
 * Rustam Sagdullaev - lieutenant colonel
 * Iya Ninidze - Farida