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The 9th Company (Russian: 9 рота, romanized: 9 rota) is a 2005 Russian war film directed by Fedor Bondarchuk and set during the Soviet–Afghan War.The film is loosely based on a real-life battle that took place at Hill 3234 in early 1988, during Operation Magistral, the last large-scale Soviet military operation in Afghanistan.
The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Soviet-controlled Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) from 1979 to 1989. The war was a major conflict of the Cold War as it saw extensive fighting between Soviet Union, the DRA and allied paramilitary groups against the Afghan mujahideen and their allied foreign fighters.
Soviet Union Two steps to silence: Два шага до тишины: Yuri Tupitsky: Drama, War. 1991 Soviet Union Gorge of Spirits: Ущелье духов: Sergey Nilov Action. 1991 Soviet Union Caravan of Death: Караван смерти: Ivan Solovov: Action. 1991 Soviet Union Afghan: Афганец: Vladimir Mazur: Action. 1991 Russia ...
The First Panjshir Offensive took place in April 1980, four months after the arrival of Soviet forces in Afghanistan. It involved three Soviet battalions, of which one was the fourth battalion of the 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade led by Captain Leonid Khabarov, and 1,000 men of the Afghan Army, more specifically the 37th Commando Brigade, and ...
Operation Cyclonewas the code name for the United StatesCentral Intelligence Agency(CIA) program to arm and finance the Afghan mujahideenin Afghanistanfrom 1979 to 1992, prior to and during the military interventionby the USSRin support of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. The mujahideen were also supported by Britain's MI6, who conducted ...
S. List of Soviet–Afghan War films. Categories: Films set in the 1970s. Films set in the 1980s. Films by war. Cold War films. Films set in Afghanistan. Films about jihadism.
The Soviet Unionwas the first country to establish diplomatic relations with Afghanistan following the Third Anglo-Afghan Warin 1919.[2] On 28 February 1921, Afghanistan and the Soviet Russia signed a Friendship Treaty.[3] The Soviet Union intervened in Afghanistan against the Basmachi movementin 1929and 1930.
Up to 52,000 wounded ( Time) [ 20] The First Chechen War, also referred to as the First Russo-Chechen War, was a struggle for independence waged by the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria against the Russian Federation from 11 December 1994 to 31 August 1996.