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Afgan: The Soviet Experience
1989 · Film · documentary · 40 min
Directed by Jeff B. Harmon
During the 1980s, Russia fought a disastrous war in Afghanistan. Shot by a Western crew, the 40 minute film includes footage of combat missions with the Spetsnaz elite units, helicopter gunship pilots from a Kabul-based Air Assault Unit flying missions, the patrolling of the Salang mountain pass and the military hospital in Kabul. Soviet General Lev Serebrov referred to the making of the film as "An experiment in glasnost".
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Here's a short documentary that captures some the post-Soviet dissolution mood of the Russian troops in Afghanistan, following the glasnost.[1]
[1]: Afgan - The Soviet Experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfqAHOpGd0g