Afghanistan War Memorial, Kyiv

The Afghanistan War Memorial is a monument in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, commemorating specially the Ukrainian soldiers who died fighting during the Soviet–Afghan War. Unveiled in 1994 and expanded in 1999, the monument complex features a long cobblestone alley leading to a monument of three soldiers standing on a granite pedestal surrounded by black tulips, a symbol associated with the troubles in Afghanistan. It is regularly visited by Ukrainian heads of state and other officials on 15 February, the day the final Soviet troops withdrew from the nation, and became the central design of the logo for the Ukrainian political party Veterans of Afghanistan.