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1885 Anglo-Russian Afghan border crisis
Afghan crisis
also: Panjdeh incident
A real 1885 war scare between Britain and Russia over the Afghan border near Herat, widely covered in the Russian press and satirized in "Rasperekanalstvo!!" as a boastful soldier's exaggerated anecdote.
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- Captions for Drawings §315 500 Afghans
Refers to the 1885 Anglo-Russian war scare over the Afghan border near Herat, a major news topic satirized here as a soldier's tall tale designed to top any rival's boasting.
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