Soltan Kozolov received the shock of his life when he saw his grandmother, whom he hadn't seen in years, waiting for him in his room; 'At first I thought something bad had happened, but when I got to my room - there she was,' he says
Yner reports that For any soldier serving in the Israeli military, graduating the prestigious airborne brigade course in an emotional affair, but it was more so for one lone soldier from the Paratroopers Brigade.
Soltan was raised by his grandmother, Galina, since his mother's work left her little time to take care of him. When he was a high school student in Kazakhstan, he studied with the intent of joining the Kazakhi army, but life had other plans for him.
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