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BERLIN — David Dushman, the last surviving Soviet soldier involved in the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, has died. He was 98. The Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria ...
The old veteran is sitting there calmly in his wheelchair and ready to start the new day, only he's dressed in his uniform and has a quite serious look on his face — he's received a medal for ...
A former Soviet Army soldier who went missing in action in 1980 during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan has been found alive almost 33 years after he was rescued by Afghan tribesmen.
The Soviet soldier, missing since 1980, was nursed back to health by locals after being wounded in battle. He later converted to Islam and married an Afghan woman.
Missing in action since 1980, a former Soviet soldier has been found alive and well in Afghanistan almost 33 years after he was wounded during the Soviet campaign in the country. Bakhredtin Khakimo… ...
A Soviet soldier credited with saving the world from nuclear holocaust has died at age 77. Stanislav Petrov was the duty officer monitoring an early warning system from a bunker outside Moscow ...
The Soviet Soldier. September 1952 Issue. Share. Save. on the World today. ATLANTIC. September 1952. BETWEEN September 15 and October 15 some 750,000 able-bodied male citizens of the Soviet Union ...
MOSCOW, Sept. 18 -- Boris Gromov was the last Soviet soldier to leave Afghanistan. The commanding general's lonely retreat on foot across the Friendship Bridge spanning the Amu Daria river on Feb ...
Lost for 33 years, Bachredtin Khakimov, a former Soviet soldier presumed dead by Russia, was recently found working as an herbal healer in a remote Afghan village.
David Dushman, the last surviving Soviet soldier involved in the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, has died. He was 98. The Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria said Sunday ...