Until the soldier arrives at the recruiting station, he and his parents may remain unaware of the exact duty station. However, there are ways to find out where your relative or friend was sent to serve.
Instruction manual
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Wait for the soldier to call with a message about where he is. This should be expected at least two to three days after the draft. First, future soldiers are collected at a distribution point, and only after that they are sent to a unit designated for them. Since cell phones are often seized, contact should be expected only after arriving at the unit. From there, a soldier will be able to make a call using a business phone or mobile phone to someone who is allowed to keep it at his place. For example, it is possible to use the officer’s phone with his permission.
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Call the military registration and enlistment office at the place of residence of the soldier in which he is registered, or visit this institution in person. If you have family ties with him, you should be given information about him. Typically, information reaches the military registration and enlistment office a week after the soldier arrives at the unit, so be guided by this period.
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Find out the necessary information from the letter that should be sent to the parents of the conscript. It will indicate the location of the unit, its number and type of troops. Such a letter can go to the address up to three weeks, so by then you can already receive a letter from the soldier himself. But the speed of its delivery will depend on the distance between its current location and home, as well as on the features of the mail in a particular region.
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If you know only the number of the military unit, you can find out its address yourself. To do this, you can use the Internet search. There are also various databases in which addresses of military units appear. They are usually structured by city. For example, contacts of similar institutions in Rostov-on-Don can be found on the following reference site: http://www.ros-tov.ru/help/list.php?ID=7858 Similar data are available for other cities.
