Pictured: Anatoly Merezhko at the age of 20 in 1941, a year before his participation in the battle for Stalingrad; A. Merezhko (far...

Pictured: Handwritten letter from Lieutenant-General V. I. Chuikov to his wife; Cover art for a book commemorating the 62nd Army and the...

Pictured: Colonel-General Chuikov’s 62nd (8th Guards) Army on the streets of Odessa in April 1944. A large group of Soviet soldiers,...

Pictured: Commemorative badge and citation honoring veterans of the 62nd (8th Guards) Army presented to Polycarp Dmitrievich Ovchinnikov,...

Pictured: Cover of The Beginning of the Path ( Nachalo Puti ); reviews for Marshal Chuikov’s books (in a Russian language publication...

Pictured: The Military Council of the 62nd Army, along with Major-General A. I. Rodimtsev (top photo, second from right; bottom photo,...

Pictured: Personal effects from Marshal V. I. Chuikov's office gifted by his family to the Museum of the Cadet Corps of the Investigative...

Pictured: an undated photo of Marshal V. I. Chuikov with two Red Army generals. Authentic leadership is characterized by sincerity,...

Pictured: Personnel review for the period from July 1948 to October 1949 for the head of the printing department of the 9th Mechanized...

Pictured: Lieutenant-General V. I. Chuikov, Commander of the 62nd Army in Stalingrad; N. V. Orlov, a young Red Army scout and soldier who...

Pictured: Colonel-General V. I. Chuikov briefing the 8th Guards Army on battle plans for an upcoming offensive, Poland, 1944. Management...

Pictured: Marshal V. I. Chuikov enjoying a game of chess in an undated photo featured in Ivan Paderin’s book The Earth Does Not Tolerate...

Pictured: Soviet leaders photographed at the Kremlin, 1960s. Three Marshals of the Soviet Union appear in this photo, all on the front...

Pictured: Marshal V. I. Chuikov was celebrated as an honorary citizen of the city of Lepel, Belarus in 1979, and a long street in the...

Pictured: Commander-in-Chief of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Army General V. I. Chuikov at a meeting with GDR President Wilhelm...

Pictured: Colonel-General V. I. Chuikov (left) on the Seelow Heights during the Berlin operation. Nearby are Generals Pronin, Byalyatsky,...

Pictured: The 1st Belorussian Front Command Staff planning the final assault on Berlin, 1945. In the years following the Great Patriotic...

Pictured: Colonel-General V. I. Chuikov, 1945. He was photographed wearing the Victory Day Parade ceremonial uniform. The Distinguished...

Pictured: Marshal V. I. Chuikov in attendance at the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in Moscow, February 1981;...

Pictured: A medal commemorating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the German Democratic Republic (1949-1979); Inspector...