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Photographer Alexey Nikolaev wanted in Afghanistan of former Soviet soldiers who converted to Islam and refused to return to the USSR.

Sergey (Nurmamadu) Krasnoperova 49 years. Born in Barrow, he served in Afghanistan for almost two years, but at the end of the period - in 1985 - left part because of the hazing, was captured Mujahideen, married, and after the withdrawal of Soviet troops stayed in an unnamed village 20 kilometers from Chaghcharan - the capital of Ghor province. By local standards Krasnopyorov - a successful wealthy man: he has two motorcycles and a car.

Sergei Krasnopyorov. Registration card from the archive of the Committee for the soldiers-internationalists.

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"I was born in Kurgan. I still remember his home address: Street Bazhov house 43. Caught in Afghanistan, and at the end of life, when I was 20 years old, went to dushmans. He left because he did not converged character with his colleagues. They are all united, I was all alone - I have offended, I could not answer. Although it did not bullying, because all of these guys have been with me from one call. I did, in general, and did not want to run, wanted only to those who make fun of me, punished. And the commanders did not care. I did not even have weapons, but it would be immediately killed them. But the spirits who were close to our side, I took ».

Sergei motorbike returns from Chaghcharan in his village



"However, not taken at once - 20 days I was locked up in some small room, but it was not a prison, even though the doors were guards. At night, shackled, and a day shooting - even if you find yourself in the valley, still do not understand where to go next. Then came the commander of the mujahideen, who said that if I did come, and then he can go, and shackles, I do not need guards. Although part of me would still be unlikely to come back - I think that I would be immediately shot. Most likely, their commander because I felt ».

Lunch in the brigade workers, installers, which runs concurrently Sergei.
Its principal place of business - small local hydropower plant, where Krasnopyorov responsible for electrical engineering.



"The first three or four months I have not spoken in Afghanistan, and then gradually began to understand each other. The Mujahideen constantly walking the mullahs, we started talking, and I realized that, in fact, God is one, just Jesus and Muhammad - the messengers of different faiths. Mujahideen I did nothing - sometimes helped with the repair of machines. Then I was assigned to a single commander who fought with other tribes, but it soon was killed. Against the Soviet soldiers I fought - only clean weapons, especially from the area where I was, the troops withdrew rather quickly ».

Brigade Sergei mounts a line about the production of crushed stone in the quarry near Chaghcharan



"The Mujahideen realized that if I marry, then I'll stay with them. And so it happened. He married a year later, then took off with me at all supervision, before one will not start up. But I still did nothing, had to survive - had several of some deadly disease do not even know what ».

Sergei on his way home from work



Boy on a fence at home, Chaghcharan



Women with shopping bags near a stone quarry, which employs a team of Sergei.



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