Originally Posted by
benace401 Rostova siad something about ОБЖ , whats that?
That's what
Rtyom mentioned - basics of safe life (ОБЖ - Основы Безопасности Жизнедеятельности, sometimes it's called БЖД - Безопасность ЖизнеДеятельности). That's the most stupid subject I'v ever had (we studied it at the University too).
That's political correct name for suject we had in the USSR, which was called "military training" or smth like that. We were instructed to fall on the ground when nuclear bomb falls and learned how to use gas-mask.
Later they added infomation on accident prevention and health life. But usually schoolchildren and even other teachers don't take it seriously.