Vitkevich, see Witkiewicz 21
Vlasov General, killed on operations 151
Voenkomat, recruiting office 155
Voentorg, military shop 154, 188
Volkogonov General Dmitri (1928–96) 241
Voronezhskaya Gazeta, newspaper 321
Vorontsov Yuli, Soviet ambassador in Kabul 61, 286, 290
Vostrotin Valeri, Soviet officer, Hero of the Soviet Union 91, 116, 215, 326
Vygovski Yuri, officer in 860th Regiment 326
Vysotski Vladimir, popular Soviet bard 192
Wahid Colonel, KhAD commander 183
Wajiha, popular singer 36
Wakil Abdul, Afghan Communist politician 53, 100–101
Wali Shah, Amin’s foreign minister 71
Wardak Amin, mujahedin commander 144
Watanjar Muhammed Aslam, Afghan officer and politician 31, 40–42, 59, 63, 67–8, 83, 92, 99
Wellington, Duke of (1789–1852) 225
Western highway 208
Western TV 207, 284
Wilson Charlie (1933–2010), American politician 114, 215
Witkiewicz Jan (1808–39), Russian secret agent 21
Women 123, 154–8, 229
Attacks on Afghan women in 1970s 184
chekistki, dismissive name for 158
Communists promise rights 5, 43
Employment opportunities for Afghan women after 1963 16
Failure of reforms 14, 18
Karimova Gulya, character in novel 158
Require armed escort in Jalalabad and Kabul 160
Threatened by mujahedin 232
Yakub Colonel, Afghan Chief of Staff 58, 63, 73, 100–101
Yamshchikov Igor, soldier, returns to Afghanistan as tourist 334
Yazov General Dmitri (1927–), Soviet Defence Minister 1987–91 241, 282, 287, 289, 291, 293
Yegorychev Nikolai, Soviet ambassador in Kabul 1988 61
Yeltsin Boris (1931–2007), Russian politician 258, 303, 306, 311–12
Abandons Najibullah 299
Gives privileges to veterans’ organisations 317
Yepishev General Aleksei (1908–85) 55
Yermakov General V, commander of 40th Army, 1982–3 124
Yermolin Anatoli, Soviet officer 126
Yuriev Alexander, youth adviser 163
Yusuf Brigadier Mohammed, ISI officer 297
Zabol, Afghan province 135
Zahir Shah Mohamed (1914–2007), Afghan ruler 16, 30, 111, 279
Zakharov Nikolai, youth adviser 107, 152
Zaplatin General Vasili, adviser to Afghan army 74–5
zelenka, ‘green zone’. See Green zone
Zharov Sergei, Russian tour organiser 334
Zhukov Marshal G (1896–1974), Soviet commander in World War II 158
Zia ul-Haq (1924–88), President of Pakistan 271, 279, 296
Zverkovich Alexander, soldier 269
About the Author
Rodric Braithwaite was British Ambassador to Moscow during the crucial years of 1988-92. Subsequently he was foreign policy advisor to John Major. His books include Across the Moscow River and the highly praised and bestselling Moscow 1941 (Profile).
Also by Rodric Braithwaite
Across the Moscow River (2002)
Moscow 1941 (2006)
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