I like to get three conscripts and then build T1 or T2 (depends on the map, mostly). I immediately send my combat engineer to cap two or three points. On a map like Kholodny or Langreskaya, the engineers can cap a few points and be in position to build a forward tier building in your HQ sector just as you get enough MP to place the building. After that, they go to their important duty of spamming mines everywhere.
I'm of the opinion that conscripts without PPShs suck for anything other than capping, recrewing team weapons, and throwing AT grenades.
Haven't played a lot of Soviet 1v1 recently, so your mileage may vary.
