The fighting Soviet troops in Afghanistan (1980-1989)

Soviet armored column moving on the Friendship Bridge in the direction of the Soviet border.

A column of armored vehicles cross the Afghan-Soviet border, the soldiers sit on the armor.

Local residents welcome Soviet soldiers, give them flowers, radio journalist interviews one of the officers.

People standing on the side of the road, greet passers armored column, throw flowers to the soldiers.

An officer with flowers in his hand responds to the people's greetings.

A general view of one of the settlements in Afghanistan.

Afghan girl with a bag on his shoulders walking along the road.

Face Afghan dekhkan.

Women in veils go to the cemetery.

Over the airfield flying gunship.

Dushmans unload ammunition brought from Pakistan.

A squad of rebels moving along a mountain trail.

Spooks, armed with rocket-propelled grenades, moving in the mountains.

Dushmans during prayer.

Spooks firing on positions of Soviet troops.

Dushmans watching the movement of the column of trucks with binoculars.

Type military transport convoy (top), the column moves across the bridge.

Attack helicopters shoot missiles heat.

A soldier at the position, the soldier's face.

Soldiers alarm ran out of the dugout, taking positions on the outskirts of the village.

Heavy firing.

Skeletons of burnt fuel tankers along the road, which goes past the convoy.

Submachine selected from the bullets pierced the truck cab.

The members of the tank crew name Stroeva lieutenant sitting on the armor, the driver's face.

Soldiers at the time of the break in camp, those soldiers and officers.

Soldiers jump from a moving armored personnel carriers, deployed in the circuit, took the position.

Heavy firing.

Rocket launcher in position.

First aid to the wounded.

Small branch changes position gunner covers the comrades from the flank.

Doctor assisting severely wounded soldier lying on a stretcher.

Soldiers in combat.

Charging cassettes of ammunition on the plane of the helicopter, the face of one of the crew members.

Burns the remains of the helicopter.

On the road is lit studded armor.

The machine-gunners firing from the appointed positions and trenches.

Calculations of heavy self-propelled howitzers occupy the space, the view of the firing position.

Loading the howitzers.

Conventional and rocket artillery firing at the enemy.

Photo of victims of the helicopter crew.

The wreckage of the helicopter was shot down, pictures of dead helicopter.

Soldiers placed military equipment.

Pictures of meetings with relatives of Soviet soldiers after crossing the border, soldier pictures, officers, people have lost their relatives in Afghanistan.