On Afghan Invasion (January 4, 1980)

Jimmy Carter

Description: President Carter announces the U.S. response to the Soviet aggression against its once passive neighbor.

Source: Kennan Institute-National Public Radio: Russian History Audio Archive

1980

BAM Brezhnev’s Cult of Personality Cleaning up Baikal Drawing Together The Dying Russian Village Il’ia Glazunov Invasion of Afghanistan Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears Moscow Olympics Sakharov Exiled Sixth All-Union Census Solidarity in Poland Underground Economy Vladimir Vysotsky