The TV series "Cadets" is a military drama about the fates of young boys who are destined to die in the Great Patriotic War. The events take place in the Soviet rear in 1942. The recruits are being prepared in an artillery school before being sent to the front. These are very young boys who have never smelled gunpowder, never loved girls, and know nothing about life. Yet they feel that they may never live to see the end of the war. Their whole life is here and now, a single moment that they must make the most of.