Sujet

Tenth anniversary of the withdrawal of the soviet army from afghanistan; on february 15th, 1989

Légende

The last soviet troops returning home from afghanistan , monday, february 15th, marks the tenth anniversary of the withdrawal of the soviet army from afghanistan; on february 15th, 1989, commander of the 40th army general boris gromov was the last of the soviet soldiers to cross the bridge over the river amu darya which separated afghanistan from the ussr, that was the end of a nearly 10-year undeclared war which killed about 15,000 soviet soldiers and officers and at least 100,000 afghan people,and a great number of people from both sides remained disabled after the war.

Date

01 févr. 2013

Crédit

Photo12/Sovfoto/UIG

Notre référence

UMG20B04_146

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

7,5Mo (1,2Mo) / 17,3cm x 10,8cm / 2048 x 1281 (300dpi)

Mots clés

WARS troop withdrawal Afghan War Afghanistan military soldiers USSR Soviet Union Red Army troops Russian

Restrictions

Utilisation éditoriale uniquement.