First Advisor
William Comer
Date of Award
Winter 3-1-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in World Languages & Literatures: Russian and University Honors
Department
World Languages and Literatures
Language
English
Subjects
Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation (1979-1989) -- Public opinion, Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- History
DOI
10.15760/honors.1401
Abstract
The work is focused on the translation and analysis of Russian news articles in recent years which reflect on the Soviet-Afghan War of 1979-1989. Various sources offer lessons of the war, and the reflections carry criticisms of the Soviet failures in warfare and governance that created the present situation in Afghanistan, directly and with related consequences. The Soviet Union was a large conventional army that attempted to create political transformation in Afghanistan by supporting the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan in order to stop the perceived threat of radical political Islam, and its spread into the Soviet Central Asian republics after the Iranian 1979 Islamic Revolution. After ten years of war in Afghanistan, the Soviets withdrew and the USSR would soon collapse. The same reasons the Soviets lost the war were the cause of their own government falling.
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/40164
Recommended Citation
Camba, Octavio, "Modern Russian Reflections on the Soviet-Afghan War" (2022). University Honors Theses. Paper 1307.
https://doi.org/10.15760/honors.1401