A former Russian mission head directed the Ethiopia campaign against Somalia
Evidence
If the fact that the former head of the Russian military mission to Somalla, General Grigory Barislov, had directed this successful operation against them added a bitter piquancy to their defeat, stories were also current amongst the fleeing Somali survivors of the moderating influence exercised by the Russians in the treatment of prisoners. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 572
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Russia inherited a thankless task sustaining Mengistu’s Ethiopia — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 574