Afghanistan War Memorial, Kyiv

50°25′57.62″N 30°33′22.52″E / 50.4326722°N 30.5562556°E / 50.4326722; 30.5562556 The Afghanistan 1979–1989 War Memorial is a monument in Kyiv (Kiev), the capital of Ukraine, commemorating soldiers who died fighting during the War in Afghanistan, after Soviet forces invaded that country in 1979. Unveiled in 1994, the memorial is located halfway between the Pechersk Lavra and the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Statues and Monuments of Kyiv City." Accessed 19 July 2007 Archived June 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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