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Shuravi. Episode 2. XIV century
The second episode about the life of Soviet soldiers and officers in Afghanistan. The heroes of the podcast will tell you about dryers and canteens, the struggle against heat and cold, tents and overnight nights, rare entertainment and trade with the local population. Is it possible to get used to constant heat? What had to be done so as not to get a "jaundice" or typhoid? What were officer salaries spent on? Which of the musicians got to Kandahar? What impression did the new experimental uniforms make for the 40th Army, which was called the Afghan? Was the problem of drug addiction among Soviet soldiers*?
Themes
02:10 - The first impression of Afghanistan
07:05 - Afghan weather and acclimatization
13:20 - Life and supply at the base and outposts
20:50 - epidemics
26:00 - the introduction of a new form. Shoes
29:40 - Drugs and alcohol
In this podcast they say:
Colonel Vladimir Armashov ( Artillery Regiment of the 103rd Parachute Division, 1985-1987)
Senior Sergeant Sergey Buidov (149th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment, 1981-1983)
Captain Alexander Davydov (70th separate guards motorized rifle brigade, 1984-1986)
Private Sergey Zhulkov (276th pipeline brigade, 1986-1988)
Sergeant Vladimir Zavyalov (Tank Troops, 1982-1984)
Senior Lieutenant Alexander Izvanov (108th motorized rifle division, 1979-1981)
Senior Lieutenant Yuri Kashapov (50th separate mixed aviation regiment, 1985-1986)
Corporal Alexander Prostakov (345th Guards Separate Parachute-Passenger Regiment, 1980-1982)
Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Rozanov (278th Road-Comensa Brigade, 1987-1988)
Sergeant Alexander Sergeev (KGB border troops, 1988-1990)
Senior Lieutenant Vyacheslav Khomutov (50th separate mixed aviation regiment, 1982-1983)
Sergeant Yuri Chuviltsov (134th separate material support battalion, 1982-1984)
Dictionary
XIV century - A Muslim calendar was adopted in Afghanistan in its Persian version. The reckoning is from the creation of Islam
Afghani - Afghan money
Dukan - Afghan shops and shops
Jaundice - yellowing of blood. The most famous symptom of hepatitis. Often used as a synonym of the disease
Kantina is a cross between a cafe and a shop
Chars - a drug of hemp resin
Shuravi - from the Arabic word "advice". In the second half of the 20th century, Soviet citizens were called in Afghanistan. Now it has almost gone out of use. Most often, the Afghans veterans call themselves so
The experimental book/Afghan is a new form that began to be used in Afghanistan in the mid-1980s. Became one of the symbols of the Soviet 40th Army. The Russian army was used as the main until the beginning of the 2010s
Authors
Sergey Prostakov - Interview
Almet Mirzametov -sound design
Nikita Zakharov - Design
*The editors of MBH Media are categorically against drug trafficking.