Afgantsy

Karimova Gulya, character in novel 158

Require armed escort in Jalalabad and Kabul 160

Threatened by mujahedin 232

Y

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

Z

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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