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Dec 5, 20242 min read
Sculptor Evgeny Vuchetich: Capturing Courage and Fortitude
The author of the monument-ensemble to the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad, Evgeny Vuchetich, tells the participants of the battle,...
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Aug 1, 20244 min read
Dismissive Behaviors at the Front
Pictured: Major General K.A. Gurov (left) with Lieutenant General V.I. Chuikov (center), Stalingrad, 1943. Before he was promoted to the...
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Jul 21, 20244 min read
The Use of Formal and Informal Organizational Structures in Chuikov’s 62nd/8th Guards Army
Pictured: Lieutenant-General V.I. Chuikov, 1942. (It has been a few months since I last crafted a blog entry, and during this brief...
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Dec 16, 20233 min read
"There Is No Land Beyond the Volga..."
Pictured: The Commander of the 62nd Army, Lieutenant General Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov (left) and member of the military council,...
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Nov 30, 20232 min read
Complexity Theory and the Synergy of Sturm Groups
Pictured: Lieutenant-General V.I. Chuikov at an observation post in Stalingrad, 1942. Photo by Georgy Zemla. In today’s global business...
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Nov 22, 20233 min read
The Commander’s Angst
Pictured: Lieutenant-General V.I. Chuikov on the banks of the Volga, 1943. A Red Army soldier on the Eastern Front during the Great...
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May 5, 20232 min read
General Batyuk's Active Leadership
Pictured: General Batyuk (left) and General Chuikov at an observation post in Stalingrad, early 1943. On 19 September 1942, Batyuk's...
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Jan 2, 20233 min read
An Interview with the Commander
Pictured: Lieutenant-General V. I. Chuikov with his soldiers in Stalingrad on the banks of the Volga, late 1942 or early 1943. Famous...
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Dec 12, 20223 min read
Flattening the Hierarchy: A Flexible Structure
Pictured: Twice Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel-General V. I. Chuikov (center) with General of the Army Andrey Yeremenko, 1945. Before...
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Sep 15, 20222 min read
Protodyakonov--A Hero without a Title
Pictured: Marshal V. I. Chuikov (center) flanked by G. D. Protodyakonov to the left, and Soviet sniper V. Zaitsev and Yakov Pavlov (of...
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Jul 13, 20223 min read
The Summer of 1942...
Pictured: Lieutenant-General V. I. Chuikov, Stalingrad, 1943. Eighty-two years ago, during the summer of 1942, the Germans were engaged...
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Feb 1, 20222 min read
Remembering—Lest We Forget...
Pictured: Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal V. I. Chuikov Authentic leadership involves being self-aware and drawing from personal...
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Jan 30, 20222 min read
The Victorious Red Army and the Defeated German Foe
Pictured: Lieutenant-General V. I. Chuikov inspecting German soldiers; Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper dated 2 February 1944 featuring an...
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Jan 26, 20222 min read
A Personally Delivered Order
Pictured: Meeting of participants of the Stalingrad battles with Yakov F. Pavlov, Vasily G. Zaitsev, and Marshal V. I. Chuikov on the...
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Jan 21, 20222 min read
A Little Salted Herring Goes a Long Way
Pictured: (L-R) 62nd Army Commissar, Major-General K. A. Gurov; 62nd Army Commander, Lieutenant-General V. I. Chuikov; 64th Army...
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Jan 1, 20223 min read
Women Warriors in Stalingrad
Photo inscribed on the back with the words “Bandage on the move”—Lieutenant-Colonel V. I. Chuikov stands with a battlefield nurse...
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Dec 28, 20213 min read
Army of Mass Heroism: Pavlov’s House and Pozharsky’s Artillery
Pictured: (L-R) An envelope with a description of Marshal V. I. Chuikov’s book, Army of Mass Heroism; the book’s cover art; and a...
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Dec 23, 20213 min read
The Commander’s Timely Rescue
Pictured: Document for Guards Private Nikolai Efimovich Yakushchenko. The document "For the Capture of Berlin" was signed by Hero of the...
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Dec 1, 20213 min read
Empowering Others to Take Charge in the Leader’s Absence
Pictured: Red Army sappers removing mines from the grounds around Stalingrad, 1943 After the final surrender of the Germans in...
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