The participation of Soviet women in the Afghan conflict was not particularly advertised. Severe male faces are depicted on numerous steles and obelisks in memory of that war.
Today, a civilian nurse who had been ill with typhoid fever near Kabul, or a military saleswoman wounded by a stray shrapnel on her way to a combat unit, are deprived of additional benefits. There are benefits for officers and male privates, even if they were in charge of a warehouse or repaired cars. However, there were women in Afghanistan. They dutifully performed their work, steadfastly endured the hardships and dangers of life in the war and, of course, died.
How women got to Afghanistan
The female soldiers were sent to Afghanistan by order of the command. In the early 1980s, there were up to 1.5% of women in uniform in the Soviet army. If a woman had the necessary skills, she could be sent to a hot spot, often regardless of her desire: "The motherland said - it is necessary, the Komsomol answered - there is!"
Nurse Tatyana Evpatova recalls that in the early 1980s it was very difficult to get abroad. One of the ways is to register through the military registration and enlistment office for service in the Soviet troops with deployment in Hungary, the GDR, Czechoslovakia, Mongolia, Poland. Tatyana dreamed of seeing Germany and filed the necessary documents in 1980. After 2.5 years, she was invited to the draft board and offered to go to Afghanistan.
Tatyana was forced to agree, and she was sent as an operating room and dressing nurse to Faizabad. Returning to the Union, Evpatova abandoned medicine forever and became a philologist.
Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs could also get into Afghanistan - among them there were also a small number of women. In addition, the Ministry of Defense recruited civilian employees of the Soviet Army for service as part of a limited contingent. Civilians, including women, were contracted and flown to Kabul and from there to duty stations around the country.
What was instructed to women in hot spots
Women soldiers were sent to Afghanistan as translators, ciphers, signalmen, archivists, and employees of the logistics bases in Kabul and Puli Khumri. Many women worked as paramedics, nurses and doctors in front-line medical units and hospitals.
Civil servants received positions in military offices, regimental libraries, laundries, worked as cooks, waitresses in canteens. In Jalalabad, the commander of the 66th separate motorized rifle brigade managed to find a secretary-typist who was also a hairdresser for the soldiers of the unit. Among the paramedics and nurses, there were also civilian women.
Under what conditions the weaker sex served The war does not distinguish by age, profession and gender - a cook, a salesman, a nurse in the same way fell under shelling, exploded on mines, burned in wrecked aircraft. In everyday life, they had to cope with the numerous difficulties of a nomadic, unsettled life: a toilet booth, a shower from an iron barrel with water in a fence covered with tarpaulin.
“Living rooms, operating rooms, outpatient clinics and a hospital were located in canvas tents. At night, fat rats ran between the outer and lower layers of the tents. Some fell through the shabby fabric and fell down. We had to invent gauze curtains so that these creatures did not fall on the naked body, ”recalls nurse Tatyana Evpatova. - In summer, even at night it was above plus 40 degrees - they covered themselves with wet sheets. Already in October frosts hit - we had to sleep in straight pea jackets. Dresses from heat and sweat turned into rags - having obtained chintz in the military, we sewed simple overalls.
Special assignments are a delicate matter
Some women coped with tasks of unimaginable complexity, where experienced men failed. Tajik Mavlyuda Tursunova arrived in the west of Afghanistan at the age of 24 (her division was stationed in Herat and Shindand). She served in the 7th Directorate of the Main Political Directorate of the SA and Navy, which was engaged in special propaganda.
Mavlyuda spoke her native language perfectly, and more Tajiks lived in Afghanistan than in the USSR. Komsomol member Tursunova knew many Islamic prayers by heart. Shortly before leaving for the war, she buried her father and listened to memorial prayers read by the mullah every week for a whole year. Her memory did not fail her.
Tursunova, an instructor in the political department, was given the task of convincing women and children that the Shuravi were their friends. A fragile girl boldly walked around the villages, she was allowed into the women's houses. One of the Afghans agreed to confirm that he knew her as a small child, and after her parents took her to Kabul. To direct questions, Tursunova confidently called herself an Afghan.
The plane in which Tursunova flew from Kabul was shot down on takeoff, but the pilot managed to land on a minefield. Miraculously, everyone survived, but already in the Union, Mavluda was paralyzed - she caught up with a shell shock. Luckily, the doctors were able to get her back on her feet. Tursunova was awarded the Order of Honor, the Afghan medals "10 years of the Saur Revolution" and "From the grateful Afghan people", the medal "For Courage".
How many were
To this day, there is no accurate official statistics on the number of civilian and military women who participated in the Afghan war. There is information about 20-21 thousand people. 1350 women who served in Afghanistan were awarded orders and medals of the USSR.
Information collected by enthusiasts confirms the death of 54 to 60 women in Afghanistan. Among them are four ensigns and 48 civilian employees. Some were blown up by mines, came under fire, others died from illness or accidents. Alla Smolina spent three years in Afghanistan, served as the head of the office in the military prosecutor's office of the Jalalabad garrison. For many years she has been scrupulously collecting and publishing information about heroines forgotten by her homeland - saleswomen, nurses, cooks, waitresses.
Typist Valentina Lakhteeva from Vitebsk voluntarily went to Afghanistan in February 1985. A month and a half later, she died near Puli-Khumri during the shelling of a military unit. Paramedic Galina Shakleina from the Kirov region served for a year in a military hospital in Northern Kunduz and died of blood poisoning. Nurse Tatyana Kuzmina from Chita served for a year and a half in the medical clinic of Jalalabad. She drowned in a mountain river while saving an Afghan child. Not awarded.
Didn't make it to the wedding
The heart and feelings cannot be turned off even in war. Unmarried girls or single mothers often met their love in Afghanistan. Many couples did not want to wait to return to the Union to get married. The waitress of the canteen for the flight crew, Natalya Glushak, and the officer of the communications company, Yuri Tsurka, decided to register their marriage at the Soviet consulate in Kabul and drove there from Jalalabad with a convoy of armored personnel carriers.
Shortly after leaving the checkpoint of the unit, the convoy ran into an ambush of the Mujahideen and came under heavy fire. The lovers died on the spot - in vain at the consulate they waited until late for the couple to register the marriage.
But not all girls died at the hands of the enemy. A former Afghan soldier recalls: “Natasha, an employee of the military department in Kunduz, was shot dead by her boyfriend, the head of the Special Department from Hairatan. He himself shot himself half an hour later. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Red Banner, and an order was read about her in front of the unit, calling her a “dangerous currency speculator.”
Smolina Alla Nikolaevna
List of dead "Afghans"
THE LIST IS NOT COMPLETE...
"Supplement to the List of dead "Afghan women" (photo, memoirs, clipping from the Book of Memory)" was separated from this List and moved here so that the page opens faster. The material is collected bit by bit, thanks to the help of caring people. But many more dead girls remain without memories. There are also no photos of KHARCHENKO Lyubov Sergeevna and KHURAMSHINA Zulfira Rashitovna. Therefore, I am glad for any additional line, photo, facts. In Russia, thanks to traitor veterans, "Afghan women" are deprived of benefits and their military memory, like the memory of the girls who died in the war, unlike other republics of the former USSR, is not just trampled down, but everything has been done so that the current fools in power are sincerely surprised : "What? Do you want women to be equated with military officers in terms of benefits?" Not many people know (and the "Afghans" themselves are silent about this, having become without exception paratroopers or scouts) that no more than 40% of military units fought in Afghanistan, and the so-called "combat officers", like the "combat soldiers" of the remaining 60% of the units, carried out the same duties as the civilian girls of the Soviet Army, being not just in the same units, but often in the same premises. That is, they served the war. Moreover, the Ministry of Defense did not have the right to send civilian specialists to places where the Labor Code could not be ensured, including labor safety and sanitation. What is the safety of work, if the bombs rained down on the head? And now, instead of repenting and repenting at least before the living, the snickering officials seem to have decided to organize a competition in replicating their own insanity, sending out answers to "Afghan women", one more idiotic one ("masterpieces" can be curious here). Fools do not even realize that they did not betray the girls, but showed the vile cowardly insides of individual Russian "Afghans". In exactly the same way they would have betrayed their colleagues in battle, in exactly the same way they would have given out all military secrets to the enemy, if the circumstances were different? And they also exposed themselves as “women”, starting to resist the girls. That's not how real men act. Because the girls died on a par with the military, as this List clearly shows.
I repeat: here are the names of the fallen civilians of the Soviet Army from the Ministry of Defense. Those who came from other ministries received decent salaries, and among them only ONE woman from the Ministry of Internal Affairs died - Tamara Sergeevna VELIKANOVA. Why did you mention salary in such a mournful topic? Yes, because the current fools are in power in response to the offended letters of the "Afghan women": "How could we be left without benefits if we were in a real war?" - they answer: "If you are given benefits, then they need to be given to all civilian employees of other Soviet groups abroad. And in general, you received increased salaries." This is not even the answer of fools, but the answer of complete idiots. What groupings abroad came from zinc coffins with civilians in droves, how did they come from Afghanistan?!!! In addition, many civilians wounded in Afghanistan were taken to the Union for treatment, and if they could not be saved, then these losses were no longer fighting. After all, they died in the Union. Although they are not less than in this list. High salary? Yes, other Ministries really paid higher salaries to their employees, while civilian employees from the Ministry of Defense received 70 rubles. for a book + 215 (230?) checks on hand, immediately eaten up in a military store.
But what about "servants of the people"? How dare they allow such a thing? Alas, there are also many guilty, and not only among the maliciously envious ladies-deputies or among the thieving officials. Not only among natural idiots, with one of whom I spoke personally (which I talk about here). But also, including (although I may be mistaken), the blame lies with such deputies as Klintsevich and Gromov. It is to them, who have wormed their way into power, that civilian experts on all "military" issues go. The fact that Gromov is specifically against the civilian "Afghans" was stated by more than one comrade. And I personally spoke with Klintsevich on the phone. Although, to be honest, I don’t understand: why was the service of the special propagandist of the political department of the FA Klintsevich more risky than the service of the special propagandist of the same political department Masha Ivanova? I asked Klintsevich about this by mail, but it seems that the current "servants of the people" do not answer the people, they have no time (which I am talking about here).
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Viktor VERSTAKOV:
"At home everything is the same as before,
And in life everything is new,
I would walk along the boulevards
Yes, boots with horseshoes.
Spring rages in streams,
Chicks squeak under the roofs, -
twenty four months
Not seen, not heard.
And behind the TV antennas
Such a calm distance
As if the universe
Never knew about wars.
Brother teaches math
But look around for something
military soldier
Drawing on the textbook.
Mother is busy with pies
Screams from the kitchen cheerfully: -
Tanya will be glad,
And then she hung her nose.
Looking out the wide window
In glittering puddles.
Around and around again
Memories swirl.
Brother goes to physics
Sopit: it doesn't work,
... Guards Division
Saying goodbye to the heroes.
Eternal fireworks are thundering,
There are regiments in columns.
And life is endless
And tears are salty.
Mother is fiddling with the dough,
Brother - with Astafiev's prose.
And Tanechka with a guitar
Sings in the photo."
1979:
there are no losses.
1. EVSINA Nina Ivanovna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghan women", stating nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." Kabul, a nurse in the infectious diseases department at the central military hospital, military unit 94777. She was born on 01/23/1959 in the village. Gubachevo, Vesyegonsky district, Kalinin region, Russian. She lived in Tosno, worked as a nurse in the hospital. Botkin in Leningrad. In Afghanistan since January 1980. While on duty, she became seriously ill and on August 25 was sent to the Tashkent hospital, where she died on October 5. Not awarded. She was buried at the civil cemetery in Tosno.
Some memories of Nina here
Ninochka was not only the first Afghan woman to die, but also the youngest... A nurse at the Infectious Diseases Hospital got infected at her workplace and could not recover.
2. BESSONOVA Lyudmila Ivanovna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." Nurse of the 46th medical battalion of the 5th motorized infantry division of the city of Shindandt. She was born on March 19, 1951 in the city of Irbit, Sverdlovsk Region, Russian. On May 10, 1980, on a voluntary basis, she was sent through the Leninsky RVC to work in Afghanistan. She died of illness on January 26. Not awarded. Buried in the city of Irbit.
3. KALININA Margarita Anatolyevna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." Senior operating room nurse at the hospital. Born on 08/24/1955 in the city of Klin, Moscow Region, Russian, Lived in Leningrad and worked in the hospital. K. Marx. On a voluntary basis, through the Kalininsky RVC of Leningrad, on January 23, 1980, she was sent to work in Afghanistan. On February 2, she died "in the line of duty." She was awarded the medal "For Military Merit" (posthumously). She was buried at the Belavinsky city cemetery in the city of Klin. Some memories of Rita here
4. GVAI Nina Iosifovna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense. Voentorg 177 MSP Jabal-Ussaraj. She was born on 12/13/1946 in the village of Shereshevo, Brest region of the BSSR, Belarusian, lived in Krasnoyarsk and worked as a merchandiser-forwarder of the wholesale and trade base of the Krai Consumer Union in Krasnoyarsk. On 04/09/1981, on a voluntary basis, she was sent to work in Afghanistan through the Central RBC of Krasnoyarsk. Working as a salesperson at a military store, she constantly traveled to trading bases for goods intended to provide the personnel of a motorized rifle regiment with everything necessary. Repeatedly came under fire. On October 19, she died while traveling to the city of Kabul as a result of an armored personnel carrier being knocked out. She was awarded the medal "For Military Merit" (posthumously). Buried in the village Dawn of the Birilyussky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Awarded posthumously by Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus A. Lukashenko of December 24, 2003 N 575 in the Brest region "On awarding soldiers-internationalists with a medal "In memory of the 10th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan." Here are some memories of Nina
5. REMIZOVA Raisa Nikolaevna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." Kunduz military unit 53380 (1144th bath-house laundry point). Russian She lived in Ulyanovsk and worked as a cook at the Kometa instrument-making plant. On February 15, 1980, she was voluntarily sent to Afghanistan through the Zavolzhsky RVC. February 15 (two years later, the same day with the receipt of a referral to the military enlistment office) died in the line of duty as a result of a car accident. Not awarded. She was buried in Ulyanovsk at the Zavolzhsky cemetery.
6. BABICH Natalya Vladimirovna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense. She was born on December 3, 1955 in the town of Orekhovsk, Orsha district, Vitebsk region, BSSR, Belarusian. She lived in the city of Bobruisk, Mogilev region and worked as a laboratory assistant at TPP-2. On March 23, 1981, on a voluntary basis, through the Bobruisk RBC, she left for work in Afghanistan. On September 4, she died of electric shock. Buried in Bobruisk. Awarded posthumously by Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus A. Lukashenko dated December 24, 2003 N 575 in the Mogilev region "On awarding internationalist soldiers with the medal "In memory of the 10th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan."
7. IVANOVA Nina Nikolaevna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "civilians did not have THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." She worked as a waitress in the officer's canteen. She was born on December 28, 1955 in Astrakhan, Russian. She worked as a stewardess at the Astrakhan airport. On 09/20/1982, on a voluntary basis, through the Kirov RVC, she was sent to work in Afghanistan. She became seriously ill and died on 26 (22-?) April. Not awarded. She was buried at the Central Cemetery in Astrakhan. Some memories of Nina here
8. VELIKANOVA Tamara Sergeevna. She was born on 06/09/1950 in Moscow. She graduated from secondary school N 161 and graduated with honors from vocational school with a degree in shorthand. She worked for five years in the Central Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR. She graduated as an external student from the 3rd year of the Moscow State Historical and Architectural Institute. On March 16, 1983, she was voluntarily sent to the Republic of Afghanistan to work in the Representation of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the DRA. On June 14, 1983, she died as a result of an accident, that is, she stayed less than three months. Awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor (posthumously). Buried in Moscow. A stand dedicated to her memory was installed in the 161st school. Addition from Eduard BERESNEV, who is engaged in military history: "VELIKANOVA Tamara Sergeevna died of an unknown disease. There is an opinion that the Afghans poisoned her."
9. BOTOLINA Lyubov Anatolyevna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." She was born on 11/18/1959 in the village. Velikoye, Velsky district, Arkhangelsk region, Russian. Student of the military medical academy. On August 12, 1982, she was sent to work in Afghanistan on a voluntary basis through the Velsky RVC of the Arkhangelsk region. She became seriously ill and died on August 2. She was awarded the medal "From the grateful Afghan people". Buried in the village Georgievsky, Velsky district, Arkhangelsk region. Some memories of Luba here
10. MOSHENSKAYA Lyudmila Mikhailovna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense. Nurse of the infectious diseases department of a separate military hospital N 650 (Kabul). She was born on 07/04/1956 in the city of Mariupol, Donetsk region of the Ukrainian SSR, Ukrainian. A graduate of the Mariupol medical school (1974), she worked as a nurse in the children's department of the city hospital No. 4. On 07.05.1983, on a voluntary basis, through the Ordzhenikidzevsky RVC, she was sent to work in Afghanistan. She died on September 12, a month before the replacement, from a severe form of typhoid fever. Not awarded. She was buried at the Novotroitskoye cemetery in Mariupol. Some information about Ludmila here
11. KOROTAYEVA Alevtina Nikolaevna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." She worked as a clerk. She was born on February 18, 1941 in the village. Eremshino, Palkinsky district, Kostroma region, Russian. She lived in the town of Pushkin, Leningrad Region, and worked as a postman at a communication center. On 06/12/1983, on a voluntary basis, she was sent to Afghanistan through the Pushkinsky RVC of Leningrad. She died on October 28 from a serious illness. Not awarded. She was buried in the city of Pushkin at the Kuzminsky cemetery.
12. BOLSHAKOVA Nina Nikolaevna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." She was born on 07/09/1956 in the village. Andreevka, Tambov region, Russian. In Tambov, she worked in a trolleybus depot. On 09/21/1983, on a voluntary basis, Tambova was sent to work in Afghanistan through the Oktyabrsky RVC. Was in Afghanistan for about a month. On November 3, she was mortally wounded in a grenade explosion. Not awarded. Buried in the village Bogoroditskoye, Nikiforovsky district, Tambov region.
13. KOSTENKO Natalya Ivanovna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." She was born on May 14, 1952 in the city of Mariinsk, Kemerovo Region, Russian. She lived and worked as a salesperson in the supply department in the village. Smolino, Maloviskovsky district, Kirovograd region, Ukrainian SSR. On 05.04.1983, on a voluntary basis, through the Maloviskovsky RVC, she was sent to work in Afghanistan. Died December 21st. Not awarded. She was buried in the civil cemetery in the village. Smolino, Kirovograd region.
14. The shot saleswoman Natasha from Kunduz, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had additional vacations in the war."
2. Voevoda 2008/06/01 17:39 [delete] [reply] Alla Nikolaevna, add a girl named Natasha to the list of dead women (she was then 26-27 years old, no more). Unfortunately, I don’t remember her last name, or where she comes from, I only know that she was from the 201st Motor Rifle Division (Kunduz), serving in the SA, military department. In March-April 1984, in Hairatan, she was shot dead by the head of a special department from Hairatan, a captain named ..., who was her "boyfriend", a close friend. Then after 20-30 minutes he shot himself; posthumously he became a major and received the Order of the Red Banner. But Natasha was taken to Termez and she lay there for a long time in the morgue, it seems that even her relatives were not given the body. It was, apparently, an extraordinary case when they decided to "blur" this case and smoothly pull it to the Union (Termez). A little more memories of Natasha here
15. KROTOVA Nina Nikolaevna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only in the living, but also in the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." Nurse. She was born on 03/12/1939 in the city of Gorky, Russian. She worked as a nurse in the Children's Hospital No. 42. On 11/20/1983, on a voluntary basis, she was sent to work in Afghanistan through Gorky's Sormovo RVC. She died on August 1 when a car was shelled. Not awarded. Buried in Gorky.
16. KORNILENKO Vera Alekseevna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." Junior nurse of the infectious diseases department of the hospital. She was born on February 21, 1959 in the village. Nemino, Medvezhyegorsk district of the Karelian ASSR, Russian. She lived in Petrozavodsk and worked at SPTU-7. On a voluntary basis, through the Petrozavodsk GVK on March 26, 1984, she was sent to work in Afghanistan. On August 1, the car in which the medical staff was traveling came under fire and Vera was hit by a bullet. Not awarded. She was buried in Medvezhyegorsk, Karelian ASSR.
17. VRUBLEVSKAYA Tatyana Anatolyevna, Soviet Army officer, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense. Kabul, seller (merchandiser?) of the trade and procurement base of the military trade. She was born on December 13, 1950 in the city of Vinnitsa, Ukrainian SSR, Russian. She worked at the head sewing enterprise of the association "Vinnitsa". On a voluntary basis, on April 20, 1983, through the Vinnitsa GVK, she was sent to work in Afghanistan. She died on October 27 in a plane shot down by a Stinger over Kabul, returning from Tashkent, where she and her colleague (see below) flew to the base of the military department to select goods for their store. By the way, in Tashkent, Tanya bought a wedding dress for her own planned wedding. Awarded with the Order of the Red Star (posthumously). She was buried at the Old City Cemetery in Vinnitsa. The story about Tanya is written by me here
And died with her.
18. KALGANOVA Galina Alexandrovna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." She worked as a merchandiser at one of the procurement bases of the military trade. She was born on 02/09/1943 in the city of Yeisk, Krasnodar Territory, Russian. She lived in Makhachkala and worked as a merchandiser in a bookstore. On February 4, 1984, through the military commissariat of the Dagestan ASSR, she was sent to work in Afghanistan. She died on October 27 in a plane shot down by a "stinger" over Kabul, returning from Tashkent, where she and her colleague (see above) flew to the base of the military department for a selection of goods for their store. She was awarded the Order of the Red Star (posthumously). Buried in Yeysk. The story about Galina was written by me here
FULL LIST OF DEAD IN THIS Il-76 AIRCRAFT
Crew:
Mr. BONDARENKO Yuri Fedorovich - commander of the ship
senior lieutenant KAIKOV Sergey Mikhailovich - assistant commander
Mr. GLADYSH Ivan Artemyevich - navigator
Dr. VAKULENKO Anatoly Mikhailovich - flight engineer
Dr. GURULYOV Alexander Antonovich - aircraft technician for aviation and landing equipment
pr-k ARKHIPOV Nikolay Anatolyevich - shooter
pr-to SLOBODIAN Bogdan Evstakhievich - radio operator
Passengers:
p / p-c SHINKARENKO Anatoly Maksimovich - Deputy Head of the Department of Military Trade
employee VRUBLEVSKAYA Tatiana Anatolyevna
employee KALGANOVA Galina Alexandrovna
employee SHULGAN Vladimir Mikhailovich - senior merchandiser.
19. KARMANOVA Olga Nikolaevna (Ivanovna?), an employee of the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only in the living, but also in the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "the civilians did not have THAT status "to" civilians had additional holidays in the war. Born on 07.12.1961 in Tambov, Russian. She lived in Tambov and worked as a merchandiser at the inter-district base of the regional consumer union. On 04/12/1984, on a voluntary basis, Tambova was sent through the Soviet RVC to work abroad. Died December 23rd. Not awarded Buried at the Petropalovsky cemetery in Tambov.
20. LAKHTEEVA Valentina Leonidovna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense. Secretary-typist. She was born on November 26, 1956 in the village of Liozno, Vitebsk region of the BSSR, Belarusian. She lived in Sayanogorsk and worked as a secretary-typist in the editorial office of the city newspaper "Ogni Sayan". On a voluntary basis, on February 2, 1983, she was sent to work in Afghanistan through the Sayansky RVC of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. On March 20, she died during the shelling of the brigade's permanent deployment point in the city of Kabul. She was buried in the village of Liozno, Vitebsk region. Awarded posthumously by Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus A. Lukashenko of December 24, 2003 N 575 in the Vitebsk region "On awarding soldiers-internationalists with a medal "In memory of the 10th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan." A few memories of Valentina are here
21. MELNIKOVA Valentina Ivanovna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense. She was born on February 14, 1942 in the city of Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk region, Russian, worked as a shop assistant in the village of Chernomorskoye, Crimean region of the Ukrainian SSR. On 09/04/1984, on a voluntary basis, through the Crimean OVK, she was sent to work in Afghanistan. She died of a serious illness on March 30 (September?) Not awarded. Buried in the village Medvedevo, Chernomorsky district, Crimean region. It is possible that Andrey GRESHNOV, ITAR representative in Kabul, remembers Valentine here
22. SHAKLEINA Galina Veniaminovna, ensign-paramedic, Northern Kunduz, military unit 39696. She was born on 10/02/1956 in the village. Panshonki of the Falensky district of the Kirov region, Russian. She worked in the Tuberculosis Hospital No. 3 in Khimki. She was drafted into the Armed Forces of the USSR on May 15, 1983 by the Ivano-Frankivsk GVK in Afghanistan since July 1984. She died of blood poisoning on July 8. Not awarded. She was buried in the village of Falenki, Kirov Region. Some memories of Galina here
23. DOBROFILYA Larisa Vladimirovna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense. Junior nurse. She was born on February 9, 1958 in Telavi, Georgian SSR, Ukrainian, lived in Pereyaslavl-Khmelnitsky, Kyiv region, Ukrainian SSR, and worked as a typist in a legal consultation office. On a voluntary basis, on June 29, 1983, through the Khmelnitsky RVC of the Kyiv region, she was sent to work abroad. She tragically died in Kabul on July 9. Not awarded. She was buried in the city of Pereyaslavl-Khmelnitsky.
24. FINOGENOVA Nadezhda Petrovna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." Paramedic. Born on March 14, 1940 in Leningrad, Russian. She worked as a dispatcher at the central ambulance station. On November 4, 1984, she was sent on a voluntary basis through the Leningrad GVK to work in Afghanistan. She died July 10th. Not awarded. She was buried at the Southern Cemetery in St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad).
25. SHEVCHENKO Miranda Romualdovna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense. She was born on January 17, 1951 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Russian. She lived in Odessa and worked as a seller in the "Children's World" association. On 03/01/1985, on a voluntary basis, through the Malinovsky RVC of Odessa, she was sent to work in Afghanistan. On September 25, she died in a car accident. Not awarded. Buried in Odessa. Two photos here
26. BABUK Svetlana Mikhailovna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense. Medical operating room nurse. She was born on 05/02/1959 in Minsk, BSSR, Belarusian. She worked in the 4th clinical hospital in Minsk. On March 13, 1984, on a voluntary basis, through the Moscow RVC of Minsk, she was sent to work in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan since March 1984, She died of a serious illness on October 31. She was buried at the Chizhovsky cemetery in Minsk. Awarded posthumously by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus A. Lukashenko of December 24, 2003 N 575 for the city of Minsk "On awarding soldiers-internationalists with a medal "In memory of the 10th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan." Some memories of Svetlana are here
27. Nina Vladimirovna KAPUSTINA, ensign, paramedic of the medical center of the motorized rifle regiment (military unit 51931), last duty station - Shindandt. She was born on 03.05 (07-?) 1955 in the village. Aya of the Altai Territory, Russian. She graduated from the Birobidzhan Medical School. She lived and worked in the city of Vyborg, Leningrad Region. On 03.03.1982, on a voluntary basis, through the Vyborg OGVK, she was sent to work in Afghanistan (other sources report that Nina has been in Afghanistan since October 1985). She died in an accident on November 22. She was posthumously awarded the Order of the Red Star, the medal "To the Warrior-Internationalist from the grateful Afghan people", and the Diploma of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "To the Warrior-Internationalist". She was buried at the civil Northern cemetery in the city of Vyborg, Leningrad Region. Some memories of Nina here
1986:
28. KUZMINA Tatyana Ivanovna, Jalalabad, military unit 93992, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only in the living, but also in the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "among civilians was not THAT status" to "civilians had additional vacations in the war." Nurse. Born on January 17, 1953 in Chita, Russian. She worked as a nurse in the district hospital in the village. Enchantment of the Chita region. On a voluntary basis, on January 16, 1985, she was sent to work in Afghanistan through the Chita OVK. On June 16, she drowned in a mountain river while rescuing an Afghan child. Not awarded. She was buried at the cemetery of the Zheleznodorozhny district of Chita. My story is dedicated to Tanya (click on the title) "Tanya, why didn't you listen to me? (Part 1)" and also "To Nurse Tanya (Part 2)"
29. DOROSH Svetlana Nikolaevna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense. Nurse. She was born on 07/12/1963 in the village. Slavyanka of the Mezhevsky district of the Dnepropetrovsk region of the Ukrainian SSR, Ukrainian. She lived in Dnepropetrovsk and worked as a nurse at the ambulance station. On a voluntary basis, on February 19, 1986, through the Amur-Nizhnedneprovsky RVC in Dnepropetrovsk, she was sent to work in Afghanistan. On July 24, she died in a car bombardment. Not awarded. Buried in her native village. Her name is listed on the slab of the monument to the war-internationalists of the Dnepropetrovsk region, who died in the Afghan war.
30. Galina Alexandrovna SMIRNOVA, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "civilians did not have THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." She was born on 11/03/1950 in the village of Sudislavl, Kostroma Region, Russian. She worked as an engineer in a production and technical association. On a voluntary basis, through the Sverdlovsk RVC, Kostroma was sent on September 18, 1985 to work in Afghanistan. On October 24, she died in the line of duty. Not awarded. Buried at home. Her name is immortalized in the Memorial of Glory. Some memories of Galina here
31. SINITSYNA Tamara Nikolaevna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." She was born on February 21, 1946 in Moscow, Russian. She worked in Moscow as a dispatcher in the Mosavtolegtrans traffic service. On a voluntary basis, through the Krasnopresnensky RVC of Moscow on February 20, 1986, she was sent to work in Afghanistan. Died 12 November. Not awarded. She was buried at the Mitinsky cemetery in Moscow.
32. POLIKARPOVA Olga Vasilievna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." She was born on February 16, 1955 in the city of Kizlyar, DagASSR, Russian. She lived in Tolyatti and worked in a department store. On 09/02/1986, on a voluntary basis, through the Central RVC of the city of Togliatti, she was sent to work in Afghanistan. On November 13, she died in an accident. Not awarded. Buried in Tolyatti.
In the AN-12 plane shot down on November 29 near the Kabul airfield, along with the crew and other passengers (8/21), the following were killed:
33. LYKOVA Tatyana Vasilievna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." She was born on 04/01/1963 in Voronezh, Russian. On November 13, she was enrolled in the military registration and enlistment office for service in Afghanistan, in Kabul she received a referral to the post of secretary of secret clerical work at the headquarters of the 15th special forces brigade of Jalalabad and on November 29 she died in a blown up plane while flying from Kabul to Jalalabad (that is, from the day she received the referral to only 16 days have passed since the military registration and enlistment office). She was awarded the Order of the Red Star (posthumously), the medal "Internationalist from the grateful Afghan people." She was buried in the cemetery of the Left Bank district.
And died with her.
34. Natalya Danilovna YERMAKOVA, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." Born on 09/03/1953 in Norilsk, Russian. She lived and worked in Orekhovo-Zuevo. On November 23, she was enrolled in the military registration and enlistment office for service in Afghanistan and on November 29 she died in a blown up plane while flying from Kabul to Jalalabad (that is, only 6 days have passed since the day she received the referral to the military registration and enlistment office). Not awarded. She was buried in Orekhovo-Zuevo. I tell about Natasha in the story (click on the title) "Larisa the Hairdresser" A photo of Natasha's monument can be seen here. So far, alas, I have no other memories or facts of what this girl was during her lifetime. The surviving "Afghan women" cannot tell anything about Natasha, since this girl did not even fly to her place of service (hey, the hero of thunders and others like him ???) and did not have time to make friends with any of the girls.
And died with them:
35. MOTORINA Tatyana Anatolyevna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghans", declaring nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." Jalalabad, senior merchandiser (what part?). She was born on April 12, 1959 in Tula, Russian. Lived and worked in Belgorod. In Afghanistan since September 1986. She died on November 29 in a blown up plane while returning from a business trip to Kabul. Awarded with the Order of the Red Star (posthumously). Buried at home. I talk about Tatyana in the story (click on the title) "Larisa the hairdresser"
And died with her.
37. VINOGRADOVA Irina Stanislavovna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only in the living, but also in the dead "Afghan women", declaring nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." She was born on 09/08/1961 in Moscow, Russian. She worked in the Moscow GVK as the head of unclassified office work. On a voluntary basis, through the Sverdlovsk RVC of Moscow, on January 21, 1986, she was sent to work in Afghanistan. She died on December 20 as a result of an accident while going on vacation. Not awarded. She was buried at the Kuzminsky cemetery in Moscow. Some memories of Irina here
38. KHARCHENKO Lyubov Sergeevna (photo not found), serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense. Typist. Born in 1946 in the city of Mironovka, Kyiv region, Ukrainian. On 03/02/1986, on a voluntary basis, through the Kyiv OVK, she was sent to work in Afghanistan. On December 20, she died of a serious illness. Not awarded. Buried at home.
39. STRELCHENOK Galina Gennadievna, warrant officer, paramedic. She was born on May 18, 1962 in the village of Begoml, Dokshitsky district, Vitebsk region, BSSR, Belarusian. She lived in the Minsk region and worked as the head of the feldsher-obstetric station in the village. Balashi, Vileika district, Minsk region. She was drafted into the Armed Forces of the USSR through the Minsk RVC on 10/18/1984. She has been in Afghanistan since December 1985. She died in battle on December 29, 1986 near the city of Herat while repelling an attack on a convoy. She was awarded the Order of the Red Star (posthumously). She was awarded posthumously by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus A. Lukashenko of December 24, 2003 N 575 for the Minsk region "On awarding the war-internationalists with the medal "In memory of the 10th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan." She was buried in the Minsk region.
41. KOMISSAROVA Tatyana Pavlovna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense. Infectious Diseases Hospital Nurse. She was born on February 21, 1964 in the city of Lebedin, Sumy Region, Ukrainian SSR, Russian. After graduating from high school, she studied at the Lebedinsky Medical School. Sitenko. She worked in Sumy as a nurse in the surgical department of the regional hospital. On March 11, 1986, through the Sumy OVK, she was sent to Afghanistan to the 1138th military infectious diseases hospital (Kunduz), worked as a nurse. On January 17, she died of a serious illness. On December 8, 1988, she was awarded the Order of the Red Star (posthumously). She was buried at the Mironosnitsky cemetery in Lebedin.
42. MELNIKOVA Victoria Vyacheslavovna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense. She worked as an X-ray laboratory assistant at a military hospital. She was born on October 23, 1961 in Yenakiyevo, Donetsk region, Ukrainian SSR, Russian. She worked in the city of Gorlovka as a laboratory assistant in hospital No. 2. On 18.11.1986 she was sent to work in Afghanistan on a voluntary basis through the Central city RVC of Gorlovka. On January 29, she died in a car accident during the shelling of a convoy. Awarded with the Order of the Red Star (posthumously). She was buried at the Central Cemetery in Gorlovka. A few memories of Victoria here Vika served with us in Jalalabad, in the 834th military field hospital of the military unit 93976 of especially dangerous infectious diseases, transferred to us to suppress the cholera epidemic, which I talk about here, and here Alexander Ivanovich recalls DOBRIANETS, currently - Head of the Department of Gravitational Blood Surgery and Hemodialysis (Artificial Kidney) of the 432nd Order of the Red Star of the Main Military Clinical Medical Center (formerly a hospital) of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk. In Afghanistan - from 06.1984 to 05.1986 - art. lieutenant / captain of the medical service, head of the reception and sorting department of a separate medical company of the 66th separate motorized rifle brigade (high-frequency order 93992), surgeon.
And died with her.
44. SHEVCHUK Lyubov Tarasovna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense. Barracks, cook, 668 ooSpN military unit 44653 n.p. She was born on 01/21/1964 in the village. Zaritsk, Rivne region, Ukrainian SSR, Ukrainian. She worked as a cook in military trade-43 in Rovno. On 03/09/1986, on a voluntary basis, through the Rovno OGVK, she was sent to work in Afghanistan. On April 5, she was returning from Kabul to the unit with a convoy of cars that were carrying food. 25 km from Kabul, the column came under fire from the rebels. When trying to go around the damaged car, the armored personnel carrier, on which Lyubov followed, hit a mine and, engulfed in flames, fell into the abyss. Awarded with the Order of the Red Star (posthumously). Buried at home. Some memories of Luba here
45. STEPANOVA Lidia Illarionovna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense, which now in Russia "spit" not only on the living, but also on the dead "Afghans", declaring nonsense from "civilians had not THAT status" to "civilians had extra vacations during the war." Crane operator. She was born on October 10, 1956 in the village. Toksarkino, Morkinsky district, Mari ASSR, Mari. She worked in Novorossiysk as a typesetter in a printing house. On 10/25/1986, on a voluntary basis, through the Primorsky RVC of Novorossiysk, she was sent to work in Afghanistan. On July 10, she died from severe injuries. Not awarded. Buried in the village Adymash, Morkinsky district, Mari ASSR.
47. VASILIEVA Nina Borisovna, warrant officer, head of the secret part of the reconnaissance battalion. She was born on January 28, 1949 in the village. Kalinovka, Chernyakhovsky district, Kaliningrad region, Russian. She worked at the Ivanovo Butter Plant. She entered military service in the Armed Forces of the USSR on a voluntary basis on June 17, 1970 through the Gulyaevsky OGVK of the Kaliningrad Region. In Afghanistan since October 1986. On November 17, she died of a serious illness. Not awarded. She was buried in the town of Gusev, Kaliningrad region.
48. GLUSHAK Natalya Petrovna, serving in the Soviet Army, sent to war by the Ministry of Defense. B / h pp 22630, 22637 - Jalalabad, Separate battalion of aviation technical support and airfield security battalion, flight canteen waitress. She was born on 08/06/1960 in the Kyiv region, Ukrainian. Worked in Kyiv. On August 26, 1986, she was sent to Afghanistan on a voluntary basis through the Kyiv OVK. She died on November 17 as a result of an armored personnel carrier being blown up by a landmine. Not awarded. Buried in the village Khmelevik, Kyiv region. Some memories of Natalia here
49. There is information that has not been confirmed with 100 percent accuracy that when the An-26 MANPADS were shot down on September 13, 1987, the wife of Alexei Ivanovich ARTEMOV, who flew with him to the place of service, died with him.
The participation of Soviet women in the Afghan conflict was not particularly advertised. Severe male faces are depicted on numerous steles and obelisks in memory of that war.
Today, a civilian nurse who had been ill with typhoid fever near Kabul, or a military saleswoman wounded by a stray shrapnel on her way to a combat unit, are deprived of additional benefits. There are benefits for officers and male privates, even if they were in charge of a warehouse or repaired cars. However, there were women in Afghanistan. They dutifully performed their work, steadfastly endured the hardships and dangers of life in the war and, of course, died.
How women got to Afghanistan
The female soldiers were sent to Afghanistan by order of the command. In the early 1980s, there were up to 1.5% of women in uniform in the Soviet army. If a woman had the necessary skills, she could be sent to a hot spot, often regardless of her desire: "The motherland said - it is necessary, the Komsomol answered - there is!"
Nurse Tatyana Evpatova recalls that in the early 1980s it was very difficult to get abroad. One of the ways is to apply through the military enlistment office for service in the Soviet troops with deployment in Hungary, the GDR, Czechoslovakia, Mongolia, Poland. Tatyana dreamed of seeing Germany and filed the necessary documents in 1980. After 2.5 years, she was invited to the draft board and offered to go to Afghanistan.
Tatyana was forced to agree, and she was sent as an operating room and dressing nurse to Faizabad. Returning to the Union, Evpatova abandoned medicine forever and became a philologist.
Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs could also get into Afghanistan - among them there were also a small number of women. In addition, the Ministry of Defense recruited civilian employees of the Soviet Army for service as part of a limited contingent. Civilians, including women, were contracted and flown to Kabul and from there to duty stations around the country.
What was instructed to women in hot spots
Women soldiers were sent to Afghanistan as translators, ciphers, signalmen, archivists, and employees of the logistics bases in Kabul and Puli Khumri. Many women worked as paramedics, nurses and doctors in front-line medical units and hospitals.
Civil servants received positions in military offices, regimental libraries, laundries, worked as cooks, waitresses in canteens. In Jalalabad, the commander of the 66th separate motorized rifle brigade managed to find a secretary-typist who was also a hairdresser for the soldiers of the unit. Among the paramedics and nurses, there were also civilian women.
Under what conditions did the weaker sex serve?
The war does not distinguish by age, profession and gender - a cook, a salesman, a nurse in the same way fell under shelling, exploded on mines, and burned in wrecked planes. In everyday life, they had to cope with the numerous difficulties of a nomadic, unsettled life: a toilet booth, a shower from an iron barrel with water in a fence covered with tarpaulin.
“Living rooms, operating rooms, outpatient clinics and a hospital were located in canvas tents. At night, fat rats ran between the outer and lower layers of the tents. Some fell through the shabby fabric and fell down. We had to invent gauze curtains so that these creatures did not fall on the naked body, ”recalls nurse Tatyana Evpatova. - In summer, even at night it was above plus 40 degrees - they covered themselves with wet sheets. Already in October frosts hit - we had to sleep in straight pea jackets. Dresses from the heat and sweat turned into rags - having obtained chintz in the military, we sewed simple overalls.
Special assignments are a delicate matter
Some women coped with tasks of unimaginable complexity, where experienced men failed. Tajik Mavlyuda Tursunova arrived in the west of Afghanistan at the age of 24 (her division was stationed in Herat and Shindand). She served in the 7th Directorate of the Main Political Directorate of the SA and Navy, which was engaged in special propaganda.
Mavlyuda spoke her native language perfectly, and more Tajiks lived in Afghanistan than in the USSR. Komsomol member Tursunova knew many Islamic prayers by heart. Shortly before leaving for the war, she buried her father and listened to memorial prayers read by the mullah every week for a whole year. Her memory did not fail her.
Tursunova, the instructor of the political department, was given the task of convincing women and children that the Shuravi were their friends. A fragile girl boldly walked around the villages, she was allowed into the women's houses. One of the Afghans agreed to confirm that he knew her as a small child, and after her parents took her to Kabul. To direct questions, Tursunova confidently called herself an Afghan.
The plane in which Tursunova flew from Kabul was shot down on takeoff, but the pilot managed to land on a minefield. Miraculously, everyone survived, but already in the Union, Mavluda was paralyzed - she caught up with a shell shock. Luckily, the doctors were able to get her back on her feet. Tursunova was awarded the Order of Honor, the Afghan medals "10 years of the Saur Revolution" and "From the grateful Afghan people", the medal "For Courage".
How many were
To this day, there is no accurate official statistics on the number of civilian and military women who participated in the Afghan war. There is information about 20-21 thousand people. 1350 women who served in Afghanistan were awarded orders and medals of the USSR.
Information collected by enthusiasts confirms the death of 54 to 60 women in Afghanistan. Among them are four ensigns and 48 civilian employees. Some were blown up by mines, came under fire, others died from illness or accidents. Alla Smolina spent three years in Afghanistan, served as the head of the office in the military prosecutor's office of the Jalalabad garrison. For many years she has been scrupulously collecting and publishing information about heroines forgotten by her homeland - saleswomen, nurses, cooks, waitresses.
Typist Valentina Lakhteeva from Vitebsk voluntarily went to Afghanistan in February 1985. A month and a half later, she died near Puli-Khumri during the shelling of a military unit. Paramedic Galina Shakleina from the Kirov region served for a year in a military hospital in Northern Kunduz and died of blood poisoning. Nurse Tatyana Kuzmina from Chita served for a year and a half in the medical clinic of Jalalabad. She drowned in a mountain river while saving an Afghan child. Not awarded.
Didn't make it to the wedding
The heart and feelings cannot be turned off even in war. Unmarried girls or single mothers often met their love in Afghanistan. Many couples did not want to wait to return to the Union to get married. The waitress of the canteen for the flight crew, Natalya Glushak, and the officer of the communications company, Yuri Tsurka, decided to register their marriage at the Soviet consulate in Kabul and drove there from Jalalabad with a convoy of armored personnel carriers.
Shortly after leaving the checkpoint of the unit, the convoy ran into an ambush of the Mujahideen and came under heavy fire. The lovers died on the spot - in vain at the consulate they waited until late for the couple to register the marriage.
But not all girls died at the hands of the enemy. A former Afghan soldier recalls: “Natasha, an employee of the military department in Kunduz, was shot dead by her boyfriend, the head of the Special Department from Hairatan. He himself shot himself half an hour later. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Red Banner, and an order was read about her in front of the unit, calling her a "dangerous currency speculator."
1979 - 86 people
1980 - 1484 people
1981 - 1298 people
1982 - 1948 people
1983 - 1446 people
1984 - 2346 people
1985 - 1868 people
1986 - 1333 people
1987 - 1215 people
1988 - 759 people
1989 - 53 people
DATA OF THE GENERAL STAFF OF THE USSR MOD (newspaper "Pravda" dated 17.08.89)
War stats...
Length of stay military personnel as part of a limited contingent of Soviet troops (OKSV) in Afghanistan was established for no more than 2 years - for officers and 1.5 years for sergeants and soldiers.
Total for the period from December 25, 1979 to February 15, 1989 in the troops stationed on the territory of the DRA, 620,000 people completed military service.of them:
- in parts of the Soviet Army 525,000 people.
- workers and employees of the SA 21000 people.
- in the border and other divisions of the KGB of the USSR 90,000 people.
- in the formations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR 5000 people
The annual payroll of the SA troops was 80-104 thousand military personnel and 5-7 thousand workers and employees.
Total irretrievable human losses (killed, died from wounds and diseases, died in disasters, as a result of incidents and accidents) 14453 people.
Including:
Soviet Army 13833 people.
KGB 572 people.
Ministry of Internal Affairs 28 people.
Goskino, Gosteleradio, Ministry of Construction, etc. 20 peopleAmong the dead and deceased:
military advisers (all ranks) 190 people
generals 4 people
officers 2129 people.
ensigns 632 people
soldiers and sergeants 11549 people.
workers and employees of the SA 139 people.Missing and taken prisoner: 417 people.
Were released: 119 people.
Of them:
returned to their homeland 97 people.
22 people are in other countries.
Sanitary losses amounted to 469685 people.
Including:
wounded, shell-shocked, injured 53753 people.
sick 415932 people
Among them: .
officers and ensigns 10287 people.
sergeants and soldiers 447498 people.
workers and employees 11905 people.
Of the 11,654 people dismissed from the army due to injuries, injuries and serious illnesses, they became disabled: 10,751 people.
Including:
the first group 672 people.
the second group 4216 people.
the third group 5863 people.Losses of equipment and weapons amounted to:
aircraft 118
helicopters 333
tanks 147
BMP, BMD, BTR 1314
guns and mortars 433
radio stations and command vehicles 1138
engineering vehicles 510
flatbed cars and fuel trucks 11369Brief information about the awarded and the national composition of the dead
On February 15, 1989, Soviet troops were withdrawn from Afghanistan. And 8 years earlier, the first trial of eleven Soviet soldiers took place, accused of gang rape, followed by a “cleansing” of all witnesses to the crime - three Afghan women, six children aged six to ten years and two old men.
Afghan women with children on one of the roads to Jalalabad. Photo by A. Solomonov, 1988
On February 14, 1981, in the morning, a reconnaissance battalion group of the 66th motorized rifle brigade of the 40th army, consisting of eleven people under the command of senior lieutenant K., patrolled one of the villages near Jalalabad.
Combing the village, in one large adobe yard, the soldiers saw a flock of sheep, which they decided to capture for barbecue on the Day of the Soviet Army. Noticing young women in that yard, one of the sergeants first thoughtfully said: “Good, young women,” and then threw off his overcoat, and with the words: “... beat them, guys!”, attacked one of the women.
The group rape of three Afghan women by eleven Soviet soldiers lasted about two hours in front of children and the elderly. Then the sergeant commanded: "Fire!", And the first shot was at the woman whom he had just raped. After shooting women, children and the elderly, by order of the group commander, the soldiers piled eleven corpses in a heap, threw rags and firewood on them, poured fuel from the BMP onto this heap and set it on fire.
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Afghan women and children in traditional dress. Photo by Marissa Ros, 1988.
To the misfortune of the Shuravi, the twelve-year-old brother of one of the murdered women hid, survived and told his fellow tribesmen about everything. What caused popular unrest - a mass rally was held at Kabul University, and mourning was declared at the Afghan Academy of Sciences. In order to avoid riots and disrupt organized jihad, a curfew was set in Kabul, Jalalabad, Kandahar, Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif and Kunduz from 18.00 to 07.00, with increased patrolling of the central streets of these cities during daylight hours on BMPs and armored personnel carriers.
It was announced that an investigation had begun, which was headed from the Soviet side by the First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, the chief military adviser in Afghanistan, General of the Army Mayorov, from the Afghan side - by the head of the Government of the DRA Keshtmand and the head of the Khad (Afghan state security), the future president of the country Najibullah.
The surviving boy confidently identified the sergeant, a group of eleven Soviet servicemen was arrested, confessed everything, and the incident was reported to Moscow.
However, this emergency happened not only on the eve of the Day of the Soviet Army, but also on the eve of the XXVI Congress of the CPSU, and Moscow, represented by the Minister of Defense of the USSR Ustinov and Chief of the General Staff Ogarkov, conveyed to General Mayorov the opinion of the Chairman of the KGB of the USSR Andropov that this was an atrocity against civilians under Dushmans dressed in Soviet uniforms committed Jalalabad.
Leonid Brezhnev and Babrak Karmal
Mayorov was hinted that if Andropov's opinion was not confirmed, the general might not be re-elected as a candidate of the CPSU Central Committee at the upcoming 26th Congress. Perhaps it was "confirmed" would, but the head of Afghanistan Karmal called Brezhnev, who instructed to punish the perpetrators.
A re-investigation was carried out, the facts were rechecked, the conclusions were confirmed - the murder of eleven women, old people and children, was committed by soldiers of the 40th Army in order to conceal robbery and rape. The Soviet government brought repeated apologies to the chairman of the government of the DRA, there was a tribunal, the three main instigators were sentenced to death, the rest to long terms of imprisonment.
They were later released with the removal of a criminal record when, on November 29, 1989, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR declared an amnesty for all Soviet servicemen who committed crimes while serving in Afghanistan.
“There is no competition in individual disciplines.” Daily Mail cartoon January 16, 1980
How many Soviet military personnel were prosecuted for crimes committed during the Afghan war, and how many of them were released under the 1989 amnesty, is unknown - the available statistics are very heterogeneous, and until the archives of the USSR military prosecutor's office are opened, any exact figures it is impossible to name.
But this crime was the first, thundered not only by enemy voices, but also ended with the verdict of the Soviet court. For which Army General Mayorov paid the price - in March 1981 he was withdrawn from the list of candidates for membership in the Central Committee of the CPSU, and in November 1981 he was recalled ahead of schedule from Afghanistan.
We would never have known about this case if General Mayorov himself had not mentioned it in his book The Truth About the Afghan War. The names of those Soviet soldiers-internationalists who 35 years ago raped and then killed and burned the corpses of three Afghan women, two old men and six children, could not be found from other sources. And are they really that important?
