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Zinky Boys, also translated as Boys in Zinc is a 1989 documentary book by Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich about the Soviet–Afghan War. The title refers to zinc-plated coffins in which the fallen soldiers were transported home to the Soviet Union as "cargo 200". The book collected anonymous memoirs of soldiers and relatives.

Reception
The book was the subject of controversy, and the author was accused of "defamation" and "desecration of the soldiers' honor". The later releases of the book included excerpts from court proceedings over the Zinky Boys. Professor Jeff Jones of the UNC Greensboro argues that the representation of women in the book "reflects a changing discourse in Soviet society on the war in Afghanistan that helped pave the way for the collapse of the USSR." ==Translations==
Translations
• (English, US) Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War. W W Norton 1992 (), translated by Julia and Robin Whitby. • (English, UK) Boys in Zinc. Penguin Modern Classics 2016 , translated by Andrew Bromfield. • (German) Zinkjungen. Afghanistan und die Folgen. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1992, . • (German) New, expanded edition; Hanser Berlin, München 2014, . • (Hungarian) Fiúk cinkkoporsóban. Európa, 1999. . • (Portuguese) Rapazes de Zinco: A geração soviética caída na guerra do Afeganistão. Elsinore, 2017. . • (Turkish) Çinko Çocuklar. Kafka Yayınevi, 2018. Translated by Serdar Arıkan & Fatma Arıkan. . • (Catalan) Els nois de zinc. Raig Verd, 2016. Translated by Marta Rebón. • (Vietnamese) Những cậu bé kẽm. Nhà xuất bản Phụ nữ. 2020. Translated by Phan Xuân Loan. ==References==
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