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...

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

Pictured: Chuikov’s letter to his wife Valentina from Berlin, 10 May 1945. Translation: Hello, my dear Valya! I’m kissing you, my love,...

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

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: 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, 1942. (It has been a few months since I last crafted a blog entry, and during this brief...

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

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...

Pictured: from the publication Pioneerskaya Pravda of 1 February 1963. The text says the following: “The Beginning of the Path—the...

Pictured: Lieutenant-General V.I. Chuikov with one of his hands wrapped in a bandage, 1943; personal letter to military doctor A. M....

Pictured: A group of generals with Marshal of the Soviet Union V.D. Sokolovsky. From left to right: N.E. Chuvakov, M.Kh. Kaleshnik, V.I....

Pictured: The Commander of the 8th Guards Army, Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel-General V.I. Chuikov sets the combat mission, 1944....

Pictured: The Commander of the 62nd Army, Lieutenant General Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov (left) and member of the military council,...