"Without a mark on the calendar." Sergey Elemedinov - About the Afghan War
There is another date in December, without a mark on the calendar Yuri Kirsanov, "In December of the Winter" On December 25, 1979, the first units of the Soviet limited contingent in accordance with the Directive of 312/001 of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, signed by Marshal Dmitry Ustinov, entered Afghanistan to stay in this country for almost a decade. At first, this war was virtually secret, it was forbidden to mention even on the tombstones of the dead soldiers.