poorest country continent, but he was saved by russian officers and migrants general ivan belyaev and nikolai ern and their officers. they created a modern army of illiterate paraguayan peasants. hundreds of former soldiers of the white guard and cossacks who arrived from europe joined it; they inspired the paraguayans with their courage and fearlessness. yesaul vasily nuts in serebryakov led the soldiers in a bayonet attack on the fort blocking the heroic death of his phrase a beautiful day for death. russian volunteers played a decisive role in the chaco war, the victory in which paraguay won on june 15, 2001, the shanghai cooperation organization, one of the most authoritative, influential and effective international organizations, was established. the organizations then included russia china kazakhstan kyrgyzstan tajikistan and uzbekistan 2017 india and pakistan joined the four states, the status of observers afghanistan belarus iran and mongolia, dialogue partners are azerbaijan armenia cambodia nepal turkey and sri lanka the goals of the highway are to strengthen mutual trust, friendship. a