What country did the Soviet Union invade in 1979?
1979 in Afghanistan had been. In one of his first speeches, he denounces Amin as an agent of U.S. imperialism. At year's end reports from Kabul indicate that some 40,000 Soviet troops are fanning out through the country in an apparent attempt to crush the Muslim rebels. On December 31 U.S. Pres. Jimmy Carter declares it is imperative that world leaders immediately make it clear to the Soviet Union that its actions will have "severe political consequences." 1979 in Afghanistan The following lists events that happened during 1979 in Afghanistan. A mutiny in the Herat garrison by Afghan army officers is crushed. In
1979 Soviet Union legislative election 1979 Soviet Union legislative election Elections to the Supreme Soviet were held in the Soviet Union on 4 March 1979. Candidates had to be nominated by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) or by a public organisation. However, all public organisations were controlled by the party and were subservient to a 1931 law that required them to accept party rule. The CPSU itself remained the only legal one in the country. Voters could vote against the CPSU candidate, but could only do so by using polling booths, whereas votes for the party could be cast simply by submitting