Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
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The Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan was the 1988–1989 military pullout of Soviet forces that ended their decade-long intervention and marked a major turning point in the late Cold War.
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Target entity: Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan Context triple: [Soviet–Afghan War, result, Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan]
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A.
Soviet–Afghan War
The Soviet–Afghan War was a decade-long conflict (1979–1989) in which Soviet forces intervened in Afghanistan to support a communist government against Islamist guerrilla fighters, becoming a major Cold War proxy war that contributed to the USSR’s eventual collapse.
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B.
dissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union was the 1991 political collapse that ended the USSR, dismantled its communist government, and marked the formal conclusion of the Cold War era.
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C.
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia was a 1968 military intervention by Soviet-led Eastern Bloc forces that crushed the liberalizing Prague Spring reforms and reasserted hardline communist control.
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D.
Reagan Doctrine
The Reagan Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy strategy in the 1980s that aimed to roll back Soviet influence by providing support to anti-communist resistance movements around the world.
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E.
fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was a pivotal moment in modern history that symbolized the collapse of communist rule in Eastern Europe and the approaching end of the Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan Target entity description: The Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan was the 1988–1989 military pullout of Soviet forces that ended their decade-long intervention and marked a major turning point in the late Cold War.
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A.
Soviet–Afghan War
The Soviet–Afghan War was a decade-long conflict (1979–1989) in which Soviet forces intervened in Afghanistan to support a communist government against Islamist guerrilla fighters, becoming a major Cold War proxy war that contributed to the USSR’s eventual collapse.
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B.
dissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union was the 1991 political collapse that ended the USSR, dismantled its communist government, and marked the formal conclusion of the Cold War era.
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C.
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia was a 1968 military intervention by Soviet-led Eastern Bloc forces that crushed the liberalizing Prague Spring reforms and reasserted hardline communist control.
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D.
Reagan Doctrine
The Reagan Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy strategy in the 1980s that aimed to roll back Soviet influence by providing support to anti-communist resistance movements around the world.
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E.
fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was a pivotal moment in modern history that symbolized the collapse of communist rule in Eastern Europe and the approaching end of the Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War event
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ military withdrawal ⓘ |
| agreementWith |
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
|
| alsoKnownAs |
Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet pullout from Afghanistan
Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
|
| cause |
domestic opposition within the Soviet Union
ⓘ
high Soviet casualties and costs ⓘ international pressure on the Soviet Union ⓘ military stalemate in the Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | major turning point in the late Cold War ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Boris Gromov
ⓘ
Valentin Varennikov ⓘ |
| conflict | Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| duration | about 9 months ⓘ |
| endDate | 1989-02-15 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Afghan Civil War
ⓘ
surface form:
Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)
|
| impact |
contributed to the decline of Soviet influence in the Third World
ⓘ
encouraged anti-Soviet movements in Eastern Europe ⓘ left Najibullah government dependent on Soviet aid ⓘ set stage for collapse of Najibullah government in 1992 ⓘ weakened legitimacy of Soviet interventionism abroad ⓘ |
| keyDocument |
Geneva Accords of 1988
ⓘ
surface form:
Geneva Accords on Afghanistan
|
| lastCrossingPoint | Friendship Bridge over the Amu Darya ⓘ |
| lastDayCommanderToCross | Boris Gromov ⓘ |
| lastUnitToLeave |
Soviet 40th Army
ⓘ
surface form:
40th Army of the Soviet Armed Forces
|
| legalBasis |
Geneva Accords of 1988
ⓘ
surface form:
Geneva Accords (1988)
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| location | Afghanistan ⓘ |
| mediatedBy | United Nations ⓘ |
| militaryObjective | orderly and complete pullout of Soviet forces ⓘ |
| numberOfTroopsWithdrawn | over 100000 ⓘ |
| opposedBy | hardliners in the Soviet military ⓘ |
| orderedBy | Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cold War
ⓘ
surface form:
late Cold War
|
| politicalContext |
glasnost
ⓘ
perestroika ⓘ |
| precededBy | Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Operation Cyclone
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Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence involvement in Afghanistan ⓘ U.S. support for Afghan mujahideen ⓘ |
| result |
defeat of the Soviet-backed Afghan government’s war effort
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end of Soviet military presence in Afghanistan ⓘ major blow to Soviet global prestige ⓘ shift in regional balance of power in favor of the Afghan mujahideen ⓘ |
| startDate | 1988-05-15 ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Mikhail Gorbachev’s reformist leadership ⓘ |
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