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Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

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President Ronald Reagan, Vice-President Bush, and oviet General Secretary Gorbachev

United States-Soviet Relations

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Najibullah, Mohammad

1947 - 1996

Leonid Brezhnev, 1974.

Brezhnev, Leonid Il'ich

1906 - 1982

Sino-Soviet Relations

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Mikhail Gorbachev, 1986

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich

1931 - 2022

Sino-Soviet Split, 1960-1984

Soviet Foreign Policy

Andrei Gromyko at the UN, 1981

Gromyko, Andrei Andreevich

1909 - 1989

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Amīn, Ḥafīẓ Allāh

1929 - 1979

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Leonid Brezhnev Collection

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1999	Dossiers of rebel field commanders A Soviet analysis of counterrevolutionary commanders in Afghanistan.
February 17, 1989	Report of the Central Committee of the CPSU on the Current Situation in Afghanistan A report on the political-line of the USSR, attributing perestroika to the removal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. The document offers support for solving intra-Afghan conflicts.
August 3, 1988	Memorandum Regrading Bulgarian Support to the Republic of Afghanistan The Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party widens economic and social support for the Republic of Afghanistan after singing the Geneva Agreements.
1999	Background of Hafizullah Amin A background of H. Amin's childhood, interest in politics, and political activities in Afghanistan.
December 10, 1979	Summary of a meeting on Afghanistan A meeting between CC CPSU officials demonstrates the disagreement over Soviet involvement in Afghanistan.
1999	USSR Ministry of Defense and General Staff Operations Groups in Afghanistan A status report from the USSR Ministry of Defense and General Staff Operations Group, providing a summary of Soviet troops levels in Afghanistan.
December 24, 1979	Directive Nº 312/12/001 of 24 December 1979 signed by Ustinov and Ogarkov Directive signed by Ustinov and Ogarkov approving a contingent of Soviet military forces to stabilize the intra-party disagreements.
December 26, 1979	Summary of a CC CPSU Meeting A summary of CC CPSU officials regarding the recently approved Soviet troop deployment in Afghanistan.
1999	Babrak Karmal’s GRU dossier Chilhood, education, and political activity background of Babrak Karmal in Afganistan.
January 20, 1980	'Some Ideas About Foreign Policy Results of the 1970s (Points)' of Academician O. Bogomolov of the Institute of the Economy of the World Socialist System sent to the CC CPSU and the KGB Summary of the affects of Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan.