ANCHORAGE, AK, 2025
A beautiful evening sunset panorama of Anchorage can be viewed from several locations, offering stunning views of the mountains, water, and city skyline. Popular spots include Earthquake Park, Point Woronzof Park, and the boardwalk at Potter Marsh.
For Putin-Trump summit they booked the entire Northern Lights Grand Hotel with a miniature golf-course in the courtyard.
AFGHANISTAN, 1981
The term Mujahideen meant by anti-Soviet side “the friendly jihadists”. The Mujahideen are nicknamed “Dushman” (which means Enemy in some local languages) by the Soviets. The friendly, loyal to the Soviets Afghanis was called Shuravi (the friends)
…I grew up and became a Soviet officer. In 1981, already Captain, I was fighting mujahideen basmachi dushmani in the mountains of Afghanistan, and that was our international duty, I was proud of it, I earned 5 medals and orders, eventually for my heroism and knowledge I was promoted to the Lt. Colonel rank. Then the war ended in a complete, total chaos and disaster in the form of Gorbachev’s Perestroika.