COMPARISON OF TACTICAL, OPERATIONAL AND STRATEGIC PERFORMANCES OF THE SOVIET UNION/ RUSSIAN FEDERATION ARMED FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN AND CHECHNYA Cover Image

COMPARAŢIE A PERFORMANŢELOR LA NIVEL TACTIC, OPERATIV ŞI STRATEGIC ALE FORŢELOR ARMATE ALE URSS/FEDERAŢIEI RUSE ÎN AFGANISTAN ŞI ÎN CECENIA
COMPARISON OF TACTICAL, OPERATIONAL AND STRATEGIC PERFORMANCES OF THE SOVIET UNION/ RUSSIAN FEDERATION ARMED FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN AND CHECHNYA

Author(s): Valentin Simion
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: conflict; military operations; strategic level; operational level; tactical level; Afghanistan; Chechnya; Soviet Union; Russian Federation

Summary/Abstract: The Russian interest in Asia and especially in the Caucasian area is aiming at the control of natural resources and especially at that of energetic resources. The Soviet Union and Russian Federation’s main political objective in Afghanistan in 1979, Chechnya in 1994, and consequently in 1999, was to gain control of these countries by manipulating the political power through installing pro-Russian governments.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 308-316
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian
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