Leonid Khabarov is a former Soviet military officer whose battalion was the first Soviet Army unit to cross the border into the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan on December 25, 1979, marking the de
Colonel Khabarov in his everyday service uniform
Khabarov and his then girlfriend and now wife Tonya
"Rest in peace, good buddy." Colonel Khabarov standing by the grave of his lifelong rival Ahmad Shah Massoud in 2009
Khabarov kissing the war banner of his unit during the farewell ceremony in 2010
The Reserve Officer Training system is intended for training commissioned officers from among students of Russian civilian institutions of higher education.
Leonid Khabarov
…career, in 2011 Khabarov received widespread media attention after he was arrested on charges of fomenting a coup d'état while serving as a Russian Reserve Officer Training (ROT) chief. He was accused of attempting to illegally purchase weapons as part of a master plot to overthrow local authorities in the Ural region of…
Colonel Leonid Khabarov leads the march of a Russian reserve officer training unit honor guard.