Open AccessInstitute of the Soviet Advisors in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Author(s) -
O. Kovalkov
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
vìsnik dnìpropetrovsʹkogo unìversitetu. serìâ: ìstorìâ ta arheologìâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2414-9578
pISSN - 2412-5334
DOI - 10.15421/261715
Subject(s) - ukrainian , democracy , memoir , soviet union , historiography , political science , civil servants , spanish civil war , politics , the republic , public administration , economic history , law , history , theology , philosophy , linguistics
А role and place of soldiery and civil advisers as an important instrument of soviet politics in the Democratic republic of Afghanistan are investigated in the article. It is well-proven that on a quantity, scales of activity and sphere of plenary powers the institute of soviet advisers in Afghanistan did not have analogues in history of the "cold war". The attempt of determination of degree of efficiency of realization of orders of soviet guidance by advisers is realizable. Factors that influenced on their activity are found out. Question about responsibility of soviet advisers for the failure of socialistic experiment in the Democratic republic of Afghanistan discussed in the article. Also heaved up the problem of interpretation of institute of the soviet advisers as an important instrument of the soviet occupation Afghanistan in 1979–1989. The researches based foremost on the memoirs of the soviet advisers. Like research is at first carried out in Ukrainian historiography.