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The Truth About the April Revolution 1980, 1980.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Global tensions & the Cold War
- Wars & Revolutions
- Standardized Title:
- правда апрельской революции. English.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Internet videos.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (video file 0:40:31) : Sound, Colour.
- Place of Publication:
- 1980,
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital.
- Summary:
- A Soviet account of the 1978 April Revolution (the Saur Revolution) during which the communists took power in Afghanistan. Afghanistan under Soviet rule is compared to the poverty, drought and hard conditions in the country before 1978, in an attempt to counter Western claims that the Soviet Union was suppressing the Afghan people. The film explores the actions of counter-revolutionaries and bandit attacks, CIA activities, chemical warfare against the Afghan people, and the developments in industry, education and agriculture since the revolution.
- Credits:
- Production Company: Tajikfilm Studios.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource (viewed on 17 October, 2017).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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