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Russian soldiers attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier in Moscow to mark the 30th anniversary of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. IMAGES of the ceremony
Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Aug 27 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Igor Kovalenko) Artists dressed in national costumes participated on Friday in the international festival "Friendship", to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Union Soviet (August 31) in Bishkek.FOOTAGE FROM THE FESTIVAL IN BISHKEK
Moscow (Russia), Aug 19 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Maxim Shipenkov) A group of people gathered today to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the failed coup in August 1991, in front of the Russian government building in Moscow, Russia.
Minsk, Feb 15 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Tatsiana Zenkovich) Bellarusians in Minsk held a ceremony on Saturday to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.Between 25 December 1979 and 15 February 1989, a total of 620,000 Soviet Union soldiers and other security personnel served in Afghanistan, where over 14,000 died.FOOTAGE OF THE CEREMONY AT THE MEMORIAL COMPLEX ISLAND OF TEARS IN THE SVISLOCH RIVER IN MINSK. FOOTAGE OF SOLDIERS HOLDING PICTURES OF DECEASED AND PEOPLE LAYING FLOWERS.
Every family in the Soviet Union lost at least one person in the war. More than 26 million people died, in what's known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War. Some of those who faced the terror shared their memories of the day that the war began and how they sent their fathers to the front. Here are two personal accounts of tragic loss during WWII.
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