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Arkady Babchenko

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in Moscow, Russian Federation

March 18, 1977

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Arkady Babchenko fought as an 18-year-old conscript in the first Chechen War in 1996-8 and then volunteered to return for six months in 2000 during the second Chechen War. A law graduate, he currently works in Moscow as a journalist on the oppositional newspaper "Novaya Gazeta". ...more

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Путин будет воевать до конца

Хороший эфир получился.
Легкий такой.

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	One Soldier's War in Chechnya by Arkady Babchenko, Аркадий Бабченко, Nick Allen (Translator), Derek Perkins (Narrator) 4.08 avg rating — 1,954 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rasskazy: New Fiction from a New Russia by Mikhail Iossel (Editor), Francine Prose (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Jeff Parker (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.72 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Война by Arkady Babchenko, Аркадий Бабченко 4.25 avg rating — 68 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War & Peace: contemporary Russian Prose by Natasha Perova (Compiler), Joanne Turnbull (Compiler), Arkady Babchenko 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chtenia 07: To the Caucasus (Chtenia: Readings from Russia, 7) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Soldier's War 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Fear is exhausting.”
― Arkady Babchenko, One Soldier's War in Chechnya

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“Den tunga röda solen sänker sig långsamt bakom horisonten. Tillsammans med solen dör också vi. Vi har ingen ålder, vårt liv är en dag långt. Vi föds som spädbarn i gryningen, vi är vuxna kring lunch och dör på kvällen. Vi jäktar, flänger omkring och lever upp livet. Idag är vi redan åldringar. Vi är 22 timmar och 15 minuter gamla.”
― Arkadij Babtjenko

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“The military operation to overthrow the Dudayev regime was launched on 11 December 1994. It was poorly planned—recall the then minister of Defense General Grachyov’s announcement that he would ‘capture Grozny with two regiments in two hours.’ From the outset, the army was betrayed by the high command. Its soldiers were insufficiently trained, depressed and demoralized; they did not understand the aims of this war, and they were treated as cannon fodder.”
― Arkady Babchenko, One Soldier's War

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