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Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov orders the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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Dmitry Yazov

Soviet minister of defence

Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov was a Marshal of the Soviet Union. A veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Yazov served as Minister of Defence from 1987 until he was arrested for his part in the 1991 August coup, four months before the fall of the Soviet Union. Yazov was the last person…
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Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan

Final phase of the Soviet–Afghan War

Pursuant to the Geneva Accords of 14 April 1988, the Soviet Union conducted a total military withdrawal from Afghanistan between 15 May 1988 and 15 February 1989. Headed by the Soviet military officer Boris Gromov, the retreat of the 40th Army into the Union Republics of Central…
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April 7

Day of the year

April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 268 days remain until the end of the year.
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