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Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov (Russian: Бори́с Все́володович Гро́мов; born 7 November 1943) is a Russian politician and former military officer. He was the Governor of Moscow Oblast between January 2000 and May 2012.
Mar 24, 2018 · On Feb. 15, 1989, the last Soviet commanding general in Afghanistan, Boris V. Gromov, walked alone behind the last armored column as it rumbled across a bridge out of the country, and declared...
Headed by the Soviet military officer Boris Gromov, the retreat of the 40th Army into the Union Republics of Central Asia formally brought the Soviet–Afghan War to a close after nearly a decade of fighting.
- 15 May 1988-15 February 1989(9 months)
- Central Asia and South Asia
Feb 15, 2014 · Boris Gromov was the last Soviet general to leave Afghanistan in 1989, after nine years of occupation and war. The web page recounts his departure and the background of the Geneva accords that ended the Soviet-Afghan conflict.
GROMOV, BORIS VSEVOLODOVICH. (b. 1943), Commander of Fortieth Army in Afghanistan, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Deputy Minister of Defense, Member of the State Duma, and Governor of Moscow Oblast (District).
Aug 16, 2021 · The Soviet commander, Gen. Boris V. Gromov, walked alone behind the last armored column as it rumbled across and out of the country. He then declared that Russia was done with Afghanistan.
Feb 16, 1989 · Boris Vsevelodovich Gromov was born on Nov. 7, 1943, to a working-class family in the city of Saratov, on the Volga River. His father was killed a few months later fighting Nazi invaders on the...
