General information

Call No.:

300-85-45:4/15

Part of series

HU OSA 300-85-45 Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute: Samizdat Archives: Unpublished Samizdat: Biographical Files

Located at

Archival boxes #4 / No. 15

Original Title

[Ващенко, Юрий]

Date

1990

Level

Folder

Primary Type

Textual

Language

Russian

Notes

Junior sergeant, prisoner of war, author of memoirs. Was imprisoned in Pakistan, taken from prison to Switzerland with the assistance of the International Red Cross, escaped from the Swiss disciplinary battalion to Germany, and sought political asylum.

Context

Associated Places

Russia

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage

Russia

Collection Specific Tags

Soviet Union, Prisoners of war, War in Afghanistan