Soviet troops

Security Council defers Iranian appeal as Soviet troop withdrawal proceeds

📅 4 April 1946

The Security Council deferred further proceedings until May 6 after the Soviet government said withdrawal had begun and would take five or six weeks. Iran’s appeal challenged the continued presence of...

Soviet forces seize key sites and Amin is killed

📅 27 December 1979

Soviet forces assaulted government sites in Kabul, killed Hafizullah Amin, and installed Babrak Karmal. The intervention intensified resistance and displacement; Afghans were political actors, not a...

Soviet troops disperse a peaceful independence demonstration

📅 9 April 1989

Soviet Interior Ministry troops attacked demonstrators, killing civilians and injuring many others. The violence deepened opposition to Soviet rule and became a turning point in Georgia’s independence...