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INDEX

INTRODUCTION

2. RUSSIAS IN AFGANISTAN

1. MARILYN MONROE

2.1 The start of the war 2.2 the crash of war 2.3 the course of the war 2.4 END OF THE WAR

1.1 Who was Marilyn monroe? 1.2 BEginig of her career 1.3 her famous moment 1.4 Final of her life

COnCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction

I only know some things about Marilyn Monroe, I know who she is and a little of what she did, but on the other hand, I don't know anything about the Soviet–Afghan War, and I would like to be able to talk about what it is about or knowing what the causes that led to the war to start were.

MArilyn monroe

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Who was Marilyn monroe?

Marilyn Monroe was born in June 1926 and died in August 1962. was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became a major sex symbol starring in a number of commercially successful films during the 1950s, and is considered a pop culture icon.

BEginig of her career

Marilyn Monroe was originally named Norma Jeane Mortenson and later took her mother’s name, Baker. Her mother was frequently confined in an asylum, and Norma Jeane was educated by 12 successive sets of adoptive parents and, for a time, in an orphanage. In 1942 she married a man that worked in an aircraft factory, but they divorced soon after World War II. She became a popular photographer’s model, in 1946 she signed a short-term contract with Twentieth Century-Fox, taking as her screen name Marilyn Monroe. After a few brief appearances in movies made by the Fox and Columbia studios, she was again unemployed, and she returned to modeling for photographers.

MArilyn monroe and her famous moment

In 1950 Monroe played a small uncredited role in The Asphalt Jungle that created a mountain of fans. An appearance in ‘’All About Eve’’ won her another contract from Fox. In a succession of movies, she advanced until she became a star thanks to her image as a “love goddess.” With performances in’’ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’’ , ‘’How to Marry a Millionaire’’ , and ‘’There’s No Business Like Show Business’’ , her fame grew continuously and spread all over the world. In 1954 she married the baseball star Joe DiMaggio, and publicity was enormous. With the end of their marriage less than a year later she began to be discontented with her career.

Final of her life

In 1962 Monroe began filming the comedy ‘’Something’s Got to Give’’. However, she was frequently absent from the set because of illnesses, and in May she traveled to New York City to attend a gala where she famously sang “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy, with whom she was supposedly having an affair. In June Monroe was fired from the film. Although she was later rehired, work never resumed. After several months as a virtual recluse, Monroe died from an overdose of sleeping pills in Los Angeles. However, some believed that she had been killed after threatening to reveal her relationship with the Kennedy brothers—she was also rumored to have had an affair with the U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.

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Russians in afganistan

The start of the war

The Soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anti-communist Muslim guerrillas during the Afghan War (1978–92) and remained in Afghanistan until mid-February 1989. In April 1978 Afghanistan’s centrist government, headed by Pres. Mohammad Daud Khan, was defeated by left-wing military officers led by Nur Mohammad Taraki. After that power was shared by two Marxist-Leninist political groups, the People’s Party and the Banner Party—which had earlier emerged from a single organization, the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan—and that later after they had reunited in an uncomfortable allianz.

the crash of war

The new government, which had little popular support, forged close ties with the Soviet Union, launched purges, and began social reforms that were provoqued resentment of the Muslim and anti-communist population.They came up with insurgencies against the government among both tribal and urban groups, and all of these known collectively as the mujahideen. These uprisings, along with internal fighting and coups d'etat in the government between the People’s and Banner factions, led the Soviets to invade the country on the night of December 24, 1979, sending in some 30,000 troops and ending with the short presidency of People’s leader Hafizullah Amin. The aim of the Soviet operation was to consolidate their new state, now led by Banner leader Babrak Karmal, but Karmal was unable to achieve significant popular support. Helped by the United States, the rebellion grew, spreading to all parts of the country.

the course of the war

The Afghan War quickly settled down into a stalemate, with more than 100,000 Soviet troops controlling the cities and larger towns. Soviet troops tried to crush the uprisings by various tactics, but the guerrillas generally evaded their attacks. Then the Soviets attempted to eliminate the mujahideen’s civilian support by bombing and depopulating the rural areas. These tactics provoqued a massive flight from the countryside; by 1982 some 2.8 million Afghans had sought asylum in Pakistan, and another 1.5 million had run away to Iran. The mujahideen were eventually able to neutralize Soviet air power through the antiaircraft missiles supplied by the Soviet Union’s Cold War adversary, the United States.

END OF THE WAR

The mujahideen were fragmented politically into independent groups, and their military efforts remained uncoordinated throughout the war. However, the quality of their arms and combat organization gradually improved, due to experience and to the large quantity of arms and other war material sent to the rebels, via Pakistan, by the United States and other countries. In addition, an indeterminate number of Muslim volunteers traveled from all parts of the world to join the opposition. The war in Afghanistan became a quagmire for what by the late 1980s was a disintegrating Soviet Union. The Soviets suffered more than 15,000 deaths and many more injured. Despite having failed to implement a sympathetic regime in Afghanistan, in 1988 the Soviet Union signed an accord with the United States, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and agreed to withdraw its troops. The Soviet withdrawal was completed on February 15, 1989, and Afghanistan returned to nonaligned status.

COnCLUSION

At the beginning of this project I only knew a little about Marilyn Monroe, but now I am able to talk about many more things that happened through her life and even some curious facts. Speaking about the war, before I didn't know what it was about, but now I can say that I know the reasons why it started, who participated and how it ended. Having done this project has take me to realize that there are many topics I don't know about and that are very interesting and I would like to learn more about them.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marilyn-Monroe https://www.biography.com/actors/marilyn-monroe https://www.britannica.com/event/Soviet-invasion-of-Afghanistan

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