Vasily Chuikov

Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov
Lieutenant General Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov (prior to 1943)
Native name	Василий Иванович Чуйков
Nickname(s)	"The Man of Iron Will" "The Stone"
Born	12 February 1900 Serebryanye Prudy, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	18 March 1982(1982-03-18) (aged 82) Moscow, Soviet Union
Place of burial	Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd, Russia
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Years of service	1917–72
Rank	Marshal of the Soviet Union
Commands held	4th Army 62nd Army 8th Guards Army Group of Soviet Forces in Germany Kiev Military District
Battles/wars	Russian Civil War World War II Soviet invasion of Poland Battle of Stalingrad Operation Bagration Battle of Poznań Battle of Berlin Winter War Second Sino-Japanese War
Awards	(9) Order of the October Revolution Order of the Red Banner (4) Order of Suvorov, 1st class (3) Order of the Red Star Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
Other work	1961 until his death, he was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Russian Civil War
World War II

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Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov (Russian: Васи́лий Ива́нович Чуйко́в; 12 February 1900 – 18 March 1982) was a Soviet lieutenant general in the Red Army during World War II, commander of the 62nd Army during the Battle of Stalingrad, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1944, 1945), and after the war a Marshal of the Soviet Union.

Born into a peasant family in the village of Serebryanye Prudy in the Tula region south of Moscow, he was the eighth of twelve children and the fifth of eight sons. At the age of twelve, he left school and his family home to earn his living in a factory in St. Petersburg, turning out spurs for cavalry officers. Chuikov and all his brothers became soldiers and fought in the Russian Civil War.