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Dmitry Lovetsky / AP
A child standing on a cannon watches a firework during celebration of Defenders of the Fatherland Day in downtown St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. The Defenders of the Fatherland Day, celebrated in Russia on Feb. 23, honors the nation's military and is a nationwide holiday.
Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
A dog looks out of its cage at the Belarussian border guard's base near the Belarus-Poland border in a forest near the village of Kamenuki, some 360 km (224 miles) south-west of Minsk, Feb. 23, 2012. Belarus marked the Defender of the Fatherland Day on Tuesday.
Dmitry Lovetsky / AP
A child throws snow balls at a member from a historical military club who is wearing a Nazi German uniform in the World War II battle reconstruction during celebration of Defenders of the Fatherland Day in St. Petersburg.
Dmitry Lovetsky / AP
Children play with a grenade launcher during a celebration of Defenders of the Fatherland Day in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters
People take part in a rally to support presidential candidate and Russia's current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Luzhniki stadium on the Defender of the Fatherland Day in Moscow Feb. 23, 2012. Russia will go to the polls for a presidential election on March 4.
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I'm 65 now and can assure you kids, especially boys are the same all over the world when it comes to old military gear and artifacts. I remember as a military dependent in the late 1950s playing on old WWII aircraft on the parade fields of the old USNTC, Bainbridge, MD. They had a Hellcat, Corsair and a Tigercat. When your 11 years old you can be a pilot if you have one. I figure the children in Russia are no different than children here. Give a kid an airplane and they will make a toy out of it.