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The Soviet soldiers were looting from the dead in Afghanistan, including stealing money, jewelry and clothes. [56] During the Red Army withdrawal in February 1989, 30 to 40 military trucks crammed with Afghan historical treasures crossed into the Soviet Union, under orders from General Boris Gromov .
The Soviet–Afghan War was an armed conflict that took place in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan from December 1979 to February 1989. Marking the beginning of the 46-year-long Afghan conflict, it saw the Soviet Union and the Afghan military fight against the rebelling Afghan mujahideen.
Pages in category "Soviet military personnel killed in the Soviet-Afghan War" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The CIA estimated in 1987 that the costs amounted to about 2.5 percent of the Soviet military spending per year. [5] According to historian Sergey Radchenko there is no evidence that the Afghanistan war bankrupted the USSR. The Soviet Union spent about $7.5 billion between 1984 and 1987 but this number was negligible compared to the annual ...
Soviet-Japanese War: 7 August 1945 2 September 1945 9,780 19,562 9,780 "When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler" [4] Soviet-Afghan War: 1979 1988 14,500 53,753 562,000 14,500 Casualties of the War in Afghanistan [5] First Chechen War: 1994 1996 14,000 52,000 14,000 Casualty Figures Jamestown Foundation - first Chechen War [6 ...
The total withdrawal of all Soviet troops from Afghanistan was completed in February 1989. [35] The last Soviet soldier to leave was Lieutenant General Boris Gromov, leader of the Soviet military operations in Afghanistan at the time of the Soviet invasion. [36] In total, 14,453 Soviet soldiers died during the Soviet–Afghan War.
Two of the Soviet soldiers, Vyacheslav Aleksandrov and Andrey Melnikov, posthumously awarded the Gold Star of the Hero. [44] [45] Operation Arrow: October 23-November 7, 1988 Laghman Province: 18 killed and 53 wounded (Afghan Mujahideen side); 500 killed and wounded, and 223 captured (Afghanistan/ DRA side) This was a military offensive by ...
Pursuant to the Geneva Accords of 14 April 1988, the Soviet Union conducted a total military withdrawal from Afghanistan between 15 May 1988 and 15 February 1989. [2] Headed by the Soviet military officer Boris Gromov, the retreat of the 40th Army into the Union Republics of Central Asia formally brought the Soviet–Afghan War to a close after nearly a decade of fighting.