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Boris Gromov
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Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov is a Russian politician and former military officer. He was the Governor of Moscow Oblast between January 2000 and May 2012. Deployed thrice to fight in the Soviet–Afghan Wa
Gromov in 2018
Gromov in 2018
With President Dmitry Medvedev, 14 October 2008
With President Dmitry Medvedev, 14 October 2008
With President Medvedev and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, January 2011
With President Medvedev and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, January 2011
Gromov, then a colonel general, announces withdrawal of Soviet army from Afghanistan in 1989
Gromov, then a colonel general, announces withdrawal of Soviet army from Afghanistan in 1989
40th Army
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The 40th Army of the Soviet Ground Forces was an army-level command that participated in World War II from 1941 to 1945 and was reformed specifically for the Soviet–Afghan War from 1979 to circa 1990.
Boris Gromov
…May 2012. Deployed thrice to fight in the Soviet–Afghan War, Gromov was the last Soviet soldier in Afghanistan on 15 February 1989; he commanded the 40th Army and oversaw the Soviet withdrawal as the last personnel retreated. Born 7 November 1943 in Saratov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, he graduated from a…
Staff headquarters building of the 40th Army, Kabul, 1986
Staff headquarters building of the 40th Army, Kabul, 1986