The crew of an Mi-2 helicopter handing over a route map to the commander of an armored reconnaissance and patrol vehicle during military exercises in 1966.Evgeny Kassin, Mark Redkin/TASS
Soldiers rubbing themselves with snow during morning exercises, 1969.A. Kogan/Sputnik
Signalman of the Red Banner Black Sea Fleet, 1974.Michurin/Sputnik
A Soviet tanker in Afghanistan, 1980.Vladimir Vyatkin/Sputnik
Pilots from the Red Banner Turkestan District, 1984.R. Shagayev/TASS
Missileman during a field training session, 1985.R. Zvyagelsky/Sputnik
Withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, 1988.Andrey Solomonov/Sputnik
Paratroopers during a training battle, 1990.Albert Pushkarev/TASS
Soviet Army soldiers voting in the elections of People's Deputies to the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1990.igor Zotin/TASS
