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We have one more item to cover.

It has to do with the new

sports club here at our school.

Comrade Nelis. Please.

Thank you.

We started at the end of this winter...

And have been practicing

for some time now.

Would you mind telling us

what you are practicing?

Fencing.

We practice fencing.

I have some two dozen

boys and girls in the club,

not all of them attend regularly,

but considering the short time,

we've made good progress.

So, with your permission,

I'd like to continue teaching them.

- The children...

- Thank you, Comrade Nelis.

Comments?

Am I the only one who feels that this...

Relic of the feudal times is not

quite suitable for our children?

I agree. The club is not solely for sports.

Everything we teach at our schools

has a political meaning.

The choice of this particular sport

might be misunderstood.

- Our son really likes it...

- That's not the issue here.

I suggest that we let

the sports club continue,

but that in the future Comrade Nelis

will concentrate on sports

that are better suited

for the proletariat.

Since nobody else wishes to comment...

Yes?

May I...

Please.

There's nothing particularly feudal

about fencing.

People have always fenced,

with sticks and spears and swords.

Did you know that...

As a young man, Karl Marx was a fencer?

Thank you for sharing this with us,

but I strongly suspect its authenticity.

If I'm not mistaken,

we have two competing stands.

I suggest we take a vote.

Very well...

I don't have to remind you

that whatever stand we take here today,

our decision will be made known

to the City Educational Department.

I suggest you all consider the

options with care.

So, those in favor of the fencing,

please raise your hands!

Touch!

Where's your reaction?

You're out of shape.

- Where's this?

- Trudovye Reservy.

- You don't recognise it?

- Oh yeah.

Here. Take it.

What's this?

They need a sparring partner

for somebody,

you wouldn't get to compete.

But maybe later you could...

- Novosibirsk?

- The farther from Leningrad the better.

Here.

You'll leave with me tomorrow morning.

As soon as we get to Leningrad,

you'll travel on to Novosibirsk.

I can't. - Someone's been

making inquiries about you.

Who? The Secret Police?

No, it's not them this time.

What is it?

- I've got a favor to ask of you.

- Yeah?

I teach the kids fencing and the

equipment we have is next to nothing.

So I've been thinking...

If we could join the Spartak,

we would get funding...

An all-Soviet sports organization?

They'll want to see documents,

ask questions! Are you crazy?

Your life is at stake and you worry

about kids! - But what should I do?

I just want to live a normal life!

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