15 February marks the 36th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.

On the eve of the memorable date of the soldiers-internationalists, the schoolchildren of Sloboda met with their fellow countryman, a native of the village of Rudnya, Slobodsky village council, a holder of two Orders of the Red Star, Sergey Krytsky.

Sergey Evgenievich told the boys about his service in Afghanistan in the mid-1980s.