Pictured: (L-R) Marshal of Aviation V.A. Sudets, Marshal of the Soviet Union V.I. Chuikov, and Colonel General V.A. Belyavsky in Odessa...

The author of the monument-ensemble to the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad, Evgeny Vuchetich, tells the participants of the battle,...

Pictured: Colonel General V.I. Chuikov with Major General M.G. Vainrub (right). For more on Chuikov's relationship with Vainrub, see this...

Pictured: Marshal V.I. Chuikov (center) during one of his visits to the GDR, 1974. He was awarded the first class gold version of the...

Pictured: Colonel-General V.I. Chuikov (left) talking with Marshal K.K. Rokossovsky in Poland, 1944. General Chuikov’s brother Nikolai...

Pictured: a plaque commemorating Marshal Chuikov, General Altunin, and General Govorov as leaders of the Civil Defense of the Soviet...

Pictured: V.I. Chuikov, mid-1938. On the reverse side of the photo: signature of Marshal Chuikov from 25 December 1958, given to author...

Pictured: Image from D. A. Volkogonov’s work titled Triumph and Tragedy: Stalin; Book 2, Part 1 depicting Komkor Chuikov studying a map...

Pictured: Commander Chuikov and Commissar Gurov at the 62nd Army HQ, Stalingrad; Original orders dated 25 September 1942 signed by the...

Pictured: On the set of the Soviet feature film "The Battle of Stalingrad." General Chuikov, screenwriter Nikolay Virta, and performer of...

Pictured: Summer 1943, Commander of the 8th Guards Army, Lieutenant-General V. I. Chuikov sitting with Member of the Military Council F....

Pictured: Marshal V.I. Chuikov in the GDR, 1974. When exploring the remarkable life and achievements of a military leader who played a...

Pictured: (Stalingrad soldiers and relatives) A. Ya. Ochkin, A. M. Davydova, Marshal of the Soviet Union V. I. Chuikov, N. I. Smorodin....

Pictured: Major General K.A. Gurov (left) with Lieutenant General V.I. Chuikov (center), Stalingrad, 1943. Before he was promoted to the...

Pictured: Lieutenant-General V. I. Chuikov in Stalingrad, 1943. From the Tsvigun family photo archive. Previous blog posts have focused...

Pictured: S. K. Tsvigun (second from right), Marshal of the Soviet Union V. I. Chuikov (third from left), Marshal of the Soviet Union I....

Pictured: The Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Zaporozhye City Council, Volodymyr Ploshchenko, showing the construction...

Pictured: Military Council for the 62nd Army in Stalingrad. (L-R) Major-General K. A. Gurov, Major-General N. I. Krylov, and Commander...

Pictured: Article featuring General of the Army V. I. Chuikov and his appointment in Berlin in The Vancouver Daily Province, 30 March...

An excerpt from Marshal V.I. Chuikov’s memoirs titled “Youth Tempered in Combat” appeared in the November 1968 issue of Soviet Literature...