Nikolai Krushkin was the head of the Soviet group advising the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) in Lubango, Southern Angola, from 1979 to 1983.
Russian
Cloud over St Helena
The engines of a Soviet reconnaissance aircraft roared in the sky above the South Atlantic, taking off on a mission from the airfield in Fedotovo near Vologda. Behind them was the Cuban airfield of Jose Marti, then the Angolan airfield in Luanda. The target was...
Bush War
The road to Cuito Cuanavale: Soviet Soldiers’ accounts of the Angolan War For almost fifteen year South Africa was involved in a civil war in Angola, the so-called Bush War, on behalf of the UNITA faction. The climax of this portrayed conflict was the battle of Cuito...