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Twice Hero of the Soviet Union Marshal of the Soviet Union
Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov

12 February 1900 - 18 March 1982
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Myth Versus Reality: The "White-Gloved" General Chuikov

Maria A. Kithcart

Feb 11
5 min

Myth Versus Reality: The "White-Gloved" General Chuikov

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

Maria A. Kithcart

Nov 12, 2023
2 min

A Soviet Marshal at the Pentagon

Pictured: The Battle for Stalingrad, inscribed by Marshal V. I. Chuikov, which reads, "General Wheeler (spelled Уиллер in Cyrillic), with...

Gen. Chuikov and the Ingenious Gen. Vainrub: Affirming Jewish Leadership in the 8th Guards Army

Maria A. Kithcart

Feb 7, 2022
4 min

Gen. Chuikov and the Ingenious Gen. Vainrub: Affirming Jewish Leadership in the 8th Guards Army

Pictured clockwise: Promotional evaluation of Col. Matvey Vainrub to the rank of Major General, 2 March 1944. Marked "SECRET", the...

Maria A. Kithcart

1 hour ago

Authentic Situational Awareness

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

Maria A. Kithcart

Sep 2

Facing A Difficult Truth

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

City Fighting and Regrouping in a Crisis

Maria A. Kithcart

Sep 2

City Fighting and Regrouping in a Crisis

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

Maria A. Kithcart

Sep 2

The Battle for Stalingrad: The Movie

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

Maria A. Kithcart

Sep 2

The Importance of the Leadership Team

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

A Tale of Two Generals: Chuikov and Köstring

Maria A. Kithcart

Aug 22

A Tale of Two Generals: Chuikov and Köstring

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

Organizational Silos and the Civil Defense

Maria A. Kithcart

Aug 18

Organizational Silos and the Civil Defense

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

Maria A. Kithcart

Aug 1

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...

The Use of Formal and Informal Organizational Structures in Chuikov’s 62nd/8th Guards Army

Maria A. Kithcart

Jul 21

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...

Marshal Chuikov’s Effective Leadership, Part 2: Outstanding Leadership Theory

Maria A. Kithcart

Jul 9

Marshal Chuikov’s Effective Leadership, Part 2: Outstanding Leadership Theory

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

Maria A. Kithcart

Jul 9

What If There Was No WW2?

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

A Night Offensive: The Liberation of Zaporozhye, 1943

Maria A. Kithcart

Jul 9

A Night Offensive: The Liberation of Zaporozhye, 1943

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

Learning Leadership: Observing and Analyzing the Enemy’s Behavior

Maria A. Kithcart

Jun 30

Learning Leadership: Observing and Analyzing the Enemy’s Behavior

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

A Bridge-Building General: Leadership in Action

Maria A. Kithcart

Jun 30

A Bridge-Building General: Leadership in Action

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

Maria A. Kithcart

Jun 30

A Dancing Cadet Who Won Their Respect

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

Maria A. Kithcart

Jun 29

Bigger Is Better: The 115mm Tank Gun

Pictured: Lieutenant-General V. I. Chuikov and Major-General K. A. Gurov, Stalingrad. There are times when leaders must face precarious...

Maria A. Kithcart

Apr 21

Passing the Torch

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

Maria A. Kithcart

Feb 11

Myth Versus Reality: The "White-Gloved" General Chuikov

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

Maria A. Kithcart

Feb 6

A Love for the Common Soldier

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....

Maria A. Kithcart

Dec 24, 2023

A Warning from Stalin

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

Maria A. Kithcart

Dec 17, 2023

Authenticity Versus Arrogance

Pictured: (far left) A. A. Grechko, L. I. Brezhnev, E. Honecker, Commander-in-Chief of the GSVG E. F. Ivanovsky, and V. I. Chuikov (far...

Maria A. Kithcart

Dec 16, 2023

"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,...

Voicing a Grave Concern in a Scathing Letter

Maria A. Kithcart

Dec 15, 2023

Voicing a Grave Concern in a Scathing Letter

In researching Nikita Khrushchev’s ouster in 1964, I discovered that Soviet researcher Joseph Torigian cited an intriguing...

Maria A. Kithcart

Dec 13, 2023

The Courage to Be Authentic

Pictured: image from Marshal V. I. Chuikov's visit to Mongolia in the 1970s, from the Venevsky Museum of Local Lore. (A brief entry to...

Twice Hero of the Soviet Union Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov 12 February 1900 - 18 March 1982 12 12

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Twice Hero of the Soviet Union Marshal of the Soviet Union
Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov

12 February 1900 - 18 March 1982
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