Yelnya sits far from Moscow, a provincial Russian town whose Soviet-era factories are gone and whose economy never recovered. Filmed over three years, the documentary follows how that decline coexists with a deep local pride in Vladimir Putin, whom residents credit with restoring Russian strength. Cameras sit in kindergarten classrooms, school assemblies, and youth military clubs, showing how patriotism and readiness for war are taught almost from infancy, alongside pensioners who grew up on stories of Soviet heroism and see today's militarization as its natural continuation. State television plays in the background of homes, repeating warnings that fascism threatens from the West, and few in Yelnya push back on the message. The film does not editorialize with a heavy narrator's hand; instead it lets teachers, parents, veterans, and children speak for themselves, building a portrait of a town where economic hardship and nationalist pride have become impossible to separate. It is a close, patient look at how propaganda works when it has nowhere else to compete for attention.