OREANDA-NEWS. February 17, 2009. An evening consecrated to the memory of internationalist-soldiers took place at the Information-Analytical Center of Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant on the eve of the 20th anniversary of withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.

Residents of Udomlia, schoolchildren and artists came to meet with the veterans of the war in Afghanistan.

Governor of Udomlia district Valentina Markova, Mayor of Udomlia Aleksey Chernigin, Director of Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant Leonid Martynovchecnko, member of the Legislative Assembly of Tver region Vasily Aksenov, Chairman of the Union of Veterans Valery Mikhaylov thanked the veterans for their heroism.

“You are real heroes. You did what you had to do: you defended yourselves, your friends, your country,” Martynovchenko said.

Over 40 participants in the Afghani war were granted medals “20th Anniversary of the Withdrawal of Soviet Troops from Afghanistan.”