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Vladik Dzhabarov (Russian: Владик Джабаров was a Soviet cyclist from Sverdlovsk. He joined the Soviet Army to fight in the Invasion of Afghanistan for two years, where he continued to keep up a relationship with his trainer, and was introduced to war correspondent Artyom Borovik.
References
Borovik, Artyom, The Hidden War, 1990. International Relations Publishing House, USSR
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