There were mostly men in our brigades. I was in a repair platoon. We did some minor repairs, not too difficult, not too serious, something easy and doable we did. When it came to more sophisticated problems, they called the maintenance company. It was based in Oranoye, and they came from there. They were considered to be something like 'kamikadze' - condemned men. They went anywhere and worked really hard for money. They could go anywhere, anyplace at all, let’s say.