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20th Anniversary of Russian Troops Leaving Germany

Two decades ago, the last Russian soldier left Germany after the Berlin Wall came down.

By Richard Cosgrove
Published 07 September 2014, 4:10 PM BST
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A mural relief showing a soldier is pictured inside a building at the former headquarters of the Soviet army in Wuensdorf. Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
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Visitors stand in front of a bunker built for the German Wehrmacht and used after 1945 until 1994 by the Soviet Army as a communications base. Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
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A general view of a bunker used after 1945 until 1994 by the Soviet army. Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
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Russian soldiers stand in front of a building during the farewell parade at the headquarters of the CIS troops of former East Germany, in Wuensdorf; June 1994. Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
A guide walks next to a heavily fortified door to a bunker used after 1945 till 1994 by the Soviet army as the so-called RANET communications room in Wuensdorf, south of Berlin August 30, 2014. Twenty years ago the last Soviet soldier left Germany aft
A guide walks next to a heavily fortified door to a bunker used after 1945 until 1994 by the Soviet army, as the so-called 'RANET' communications room in Wuensdorf, south of Berlin. Twenty years ago the last Soviet soldier left Germany after one of the biggest peacetime military manoeuvres in history, a triumph of organisation that ended the Soviet Cold War presence in the former East Germany. Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
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Visitors look at communication equipment found in a bunker used after 1945 till 1994 by the Soviet army. Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
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Russian soldiers march during a farewell parade at the headquarters of the CIS troops of former East Germany, in Wuensdorf, in June 1994. Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
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The former headquarters of the Soviet army in Wuensdorf, south of Berlin, in September this year. Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
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A mural inside a building at the former headquarters of the Soviet army in Wuensdorf, south of Berlin. Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
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A swimming pool is pictured inside a building at the former headquarters of the Soviet army in Wuensdorf, south of Berlin. Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
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