Afghanistan War Memorial, Kiev

Coordinates: 50°25′57.62″N 30°33′22.52″E / 50.4326722°N 30.5562556°E / 50.4326722; 30.5562556 The Afghanistan 1979-1989 War Memorial is a monument in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, commemorating soldiers who died fighting during the War in Afghanistan, after Soviet forces invaded that country in 1979. The memorial is located halfway between the Pechersk Lavra and the Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II.^[1]

References

↑ "Statues and Monuments of Kiev City." Accessed 19 July 2007 Archived June 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.

Belligerents

Allies Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

Mujahideen Jamiat-e Islami Shura-e Nazar Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin Maktab al-Khidamat Hezb-e Islami Khalis Ittehad i-Islami others

Leaders

Allies Leonid Brezhnev Yuri Andropov Konstantin Chernenko Mikhail Gorbachev Babrak Karmal Mohammad Najibullah Abdul Rashid Dostum

Mujahideen Ahmad Shah Massoud Abdullah Yusuf Azzam Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Abdul Haq Abdul Rahim Wardak Burhanuddin Rabbani

Casualties / Losses

Events / Controversies

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