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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...
Jan 2, 20233 min read
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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...
Dec 12, 20223 min read
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The Leader Who Manages
Lieutenant-General V. I. Chuikov, Stalingrad, summer 1942. When considering topics to write about for this blog, one guiding principle is...
Dec 2, 20222 min read
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Reading Between the Lines: Strategic Communication with Colonel Lyudnikov
Pictured: Colonel Ivan Lyudnikov in Stalingrad; In the Commander's dugout, 62nd Army. From left to right: K. A. Gurov, V. I. Chuikov. N....
Nov 10, 20223 min read
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A Patriotic Publishing Partnership
Pictured: Marshal V. I. Chuikov with I. G. Paderin (left), 1964. When I began researching Marshal Chuikov’s life and work in early 2020,...
Oct 30, 20222 min read
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Operation Anadyr: Selecting the Command Staff
Identifying the best person for a particular position is known in HR terms as employee placement . Organizational management success...
Oct 22, 20223 min read
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An Authentically Approachable Hero
Pictured: Colonel-General V. I. Chuikov hunting in Germany, accompanied by his daughter Irina and his sister-in-law Vera (wife of Fedor),...
Oct 16, 20223 min read
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Marshal Chuikov’s Effective Leadership, Part 1: Path-Goal Theory
Pictured: Colonel-General V. I. Chuikov, Commander of the 62nd-8th Guards Army, 1943. Over the past year, I have shared various anecdotes...
Sep 19, 20225 min read
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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...
Sep 15, 20222 min read
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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...
Jul 13, 20223 min read
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When the Germans Invaded the Soviet Union in 1941…
Pictured from left to right: adviser N.T. Fedorenko, military attaché N. V. Roshchin (Ruzankov), plenipotentiary A. S. Panyushkin, chief...
Jun 22, 20223 min read
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Taking the Fortress at Poznan, Poland
Pictured: Colonel-General V. I. Chuikov, Poland, 1945. In a previous blog entry, I focused on the supply chain situation leading up to...
Jun 11, 20224 min read
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Conflict on the Chinese Eastern Railway, 1929
Pictured: Group of military advisors in China, 1927. V. I. Chuikov is seated third from left, bottom row. In a previous blog entry , I...
May 30, 20222 min read
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A Marshal’s Final Request
Pictured: Marshal Chuikov’s obituary; photo of his gravesite and special carnations, taken 23 March 2022. Marshal Chuikov was a leader...
May 20, 20222 min read
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Chuikov's Order to End the Berlin Blockade
Pictured: General of the Army V. I. Chuikov and the President of the German Democratic Republic Wilhelm Pieck during Pieck’s 75th...
May 10, 20224 min read
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A Demotion and a Life Lesson
Pictured: Lieutenant-General V. I. Chuikov, Commander of the 62nd Army in Stalingrad, 1942. As a professor of business and leadership...
May 7, 20223 min read
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A Father’s Advice to a Young Leader
Pictured: an article titled «Ровесник Века» (“Rovyesnik Vyeka”), translated as “Contemporary of the Century,” written by I. Paderin to...
Apr 23, 20222 min read
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Chuikov and Khrushchev: An Uneasy Relationship
Pictured: Commander of the 62nd Army of the Stalingrad Front, Lieutenant-General V. I. Chuikov; Commander of the 64th Army,...
Apr 19, 20223 min read
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Torgau and Tempelhof: 25-26 April 1945
Pictured (clockwise): Photo of American and Red Army officers and soldiers meeting on the Elbe River near Torgau; Colonel-General V. I....
Apr 19, 20222 min read
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Leadership and Rulership: Noting the Difference
Pictured: Anatoly Merezhko at the age of 20 in 1941, a year before his participation in the battle for Stalingrad; A. Merezhko (far...
Apr 16, 20222 min read
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