Boys in Zinc
Boys in Zinc
Svetlana Alexievich · 1991 · 304 pages
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Zinky Boys, also translated as Boys in Zinc is a 1989 documentary book by Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich about the Soviet–Afghan War. The title refers to zinc-plated coffins in which the fallen soldiers were transported home to the Soviet Union as "cargo 200".
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