Pictured (clockwise): Photo of American and Red Army officers and soldiers meeting on the Elbe River near Torgau; Colonel-General V. I....

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: 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: 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: Lieutenant-General V. I. Chuikov after the victory at Stalingrad, displaying the Guards designation badge along with his two...

Pictured: Commander of the 62nd Army, Lieutenant-General V. I. Chuikov and Kommisar Major-General K. A. Gurov in Stalingrad. As an...

Pictured: An attestation document for Major Kuzma Ignatevich Korolev for promotion to the rank of Polkovnik (Colonel); the second page...

Pictured: An award list for Colonel Sergey Borisovich Vil’din, a Belarussian who served in Lieutenant-General Pozharsky’s artillery of...

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