Some 264 Soviet soldiers who fought in the 1979-1989 war in Afghanistan are still missing. Half are from Russia, with the others from now-independent former Soviet republics. Most are presumed dead.

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.

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.

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 ...

Maria Limanskaya, who has died aged 100, was a Soviet traffic “regulator” who in May 1945 became known as the “Victory traffic controller” and the “Brandenburg Madonna” after a ...

His experience in Soviet Union has never faded from Wang’s memory, or in the words of his eldest son, Wang Keqiang,"Even though my dad is in a confused state of mind when he gets sick, he ...

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.