The collection presented to the reader includes materials from the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Soviet Union in Afghanistan," held in the city of Perm in February 2019 and timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. The archival and source section of the collection contains documents stored in the Perm State Archive of Socio-Political History and covering various aspects of the stay of Soviet military personnel and civilian specialists in Afghanistan in the period 1979? 1989