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| 1st Dep Chief General Staff Akhromeev Akhromeev, Sergei Fedorovich |  |
| Appointed 1st Deputy Chief of the General Staff
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| Assassination of Amin Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| 27th Dec Kabul A broadcast from a facility in Soviet Uzbekistan announces that the execution of Hafizullah Amin was carried out by the Afghan Revolution ary Central Orleans
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| 27th Dec Kabul At 7:15, the storm of Tajbeg Palace begins, with the clear objective to depose or kill President Hafizullah Amin, the operation ends with the death of Amin, and lasted 45 minutes
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| Invasion of Afghanistan Andropov, Yuri | |
| A special commission on Afghanistan, of KGB chairman Yuri Andropov, Ponomaryev from the Central Orleans and Dmitry Ustinov, the Minister of Defence
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| Invasion of Afghanistan Ustinov, Dmitry | |
| A special commission on Afghanistan, of KGB chairman Yuri Andropov, Ponomaryev from the Central Orleans and Dmitry Ustinov, the Minister of Defence
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| Invasion of Afghanistan Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| Dec According to the Soviet Politburo they were complying with the 1978 Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Good Neighborliness that former President Taraki had signed
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| 24th Dec Intended as a quick operation to restore a pro-Soviet regime in Kabul
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| 24th Dec Russia invade Afghanistan, claiming to have been invited by President Amin
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| 24th Dec Sends in 100,000 men in 8 armoured Divs & 2 parachute battalions
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| 24th Dec Within 1 week the Russian army controls the major cities & Government
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| 27th Dec Kabul 700 troops, including 54 KGB spetsnaz special forces troops from the Alpha Group and Zenith Group, dressed in Afghan uniforms occupied major Government al, military and media buildings in Kabul
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| 27th Dec Kabul At 7:15, the storm of Tajbeg Palace begins, with the clear objective to depose or kill President Hafizullah Amin, the operation ends with the death of Amin, and lasted 45 minutes
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| 27th Dec Kabul The operation begins at 7:00 P.M., when the Soviet spetsnaz (Zenith Group) blows up Kabul's communications hub, paralyzing Afghani military command
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| 28th Dec Termez The Soviet military command at Termez, in Soviet Uzbekistan, announces on Radio Kabul that Afghanistan had been liberated from Amin's rule
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| Politburo Gorbachev Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 26th Dec Moscow Appointed Member of the Politburo , Candidate Member
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| Siege Kabul Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| 27th Dec Kabul 700 troops, including 54 KGB spetsnaz special forces troops from the Alpha Group and Zenith Group, dressed in Afghan uniforms occupied major Government al, military and media buildings in Kabul
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| Siege Tajbeg Palace Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| 27th Dec Kabul At 7:15, the storm of Tajbeg Palace begins, with the clear objective to depose or kill President Hafizullah Amin, the operation ends with the death of Amin, and lasted 45 minutes
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| Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Good Neighborliness Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| Dec According to the Soviet Politburo they were complying with the 1978 Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Good Neighborliness that former President Taraki had signed
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