Student construction brigade

Student construction brigades (Russian: Студенческие строительные отряды (стройотряды, ССО, stroyotryad, SSO)) are temporary construction teams composed of students in universities and other institutions of higher education to work, usually during vacations.

The stroyotryad members had khaki/camouflage green-colored uniforms with chevrons and badges indicating the association.

In Belarus, the student brigades enjoy privileges by decree #222 of President Lukashenko by May 12, 2006: they are free from income tax and use higher wage rates.

[1] The tradition of stroyotryads in Russia continued after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

[2] Construction brigades in Russia were revived by efforts of the Young Guard of United Russia[3] and Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and were active in preparation to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.