Kremlin Rising, slightly dated now (2005), has a very good chapter on this, and I expect there are other more detailed works on the topic. For many enlistees, i

Kremlin Rising, slightly dated now (2005), has a very good chapter on this, and I expect there are other more detailed works on the topic. For many enlistees, it seems the Russian Army (I don't know how this is in other branches) is a terrible place with a culture of physical and sexual abuse, not unlike a good chunk of the US prison system.