mikhail shakh, accompanied by an officer of the border service adjik dzhuget, came out of the gate touments from those who wanted to go to russia. they walked here a five-meter concrete fence, a barbed wire camera security system, every 10 m. afghanistan, several hundred meters and several minutes separated the embassy staff from death. having waited, when ours approached the crowd , the suicide bomber pressed the button of the explosive device, the man bomb was loaded to the eyeballs by the victims. explosion became about 25 people mikhail shakh died on the spot adyzhikazhuet died on the way to the hospital from his wounds. on that day, work on smolenskaya square in moscow began with a minute of silence perished. our two comrades mikhail shakh is a special figure in the russian embassy, he is like the strugatsky stalker was a guide and link between the diplomatic mission and the current afghan leadership. he was born in afghanistan in the family of an afghan diplomat and a russian teacher for 57 years. the father called the boy, mahmut, and the mother learned several languages as