Viktor Karpukhin (Soviet Major general)
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Viktor Karpukhin (Soviet Major general)
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Viktor Fyodorovich Karpukhin was a member of the KGB who was instrumental in the Soviet–Afghan War. He was born in the Ukrainian city of Lutsk. He joined the KGB's Alpha Group in 1967 and worked his way up to become its commander in 1988. On December 23, 1979, Karpukhin led 38 soldiers of the Alpha Group into Afghanistan, who along with 500 Soviet paratroopers, landed at Bagram Airfield, next to the capital Kabul. Two days later, 40,000 Soviet Army soldiers poured over the Afghan border. Station
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2003-03-27T00:41:21Z
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2024-09-05T03:03:39Z
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