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Vasily Chuikov

1900 - 1982

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Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov (Russian: Василий Иванович Чуйков, pronounced [vɐˈsʲilʲɪj t͡ɕʉjkof]; 12 February [O.S. 31 January] 1900 – 18 March 1982) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He is best known for commanding the 62nd Army which saw heavy combat during the Battle of Stalingrad in the Second World War and for being the commanding general to receive the surrender of the German troops defending Berlin. Born to a peasant family near Tula, Chuikov earned his living as a factory worker from the age of 12. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, he joined the Red Army and distinguished himself during the Russian Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasily Chuikov is the 132nd most popular military personnel (down from 116th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 121st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Vasily Chuikov was a Soviet general who led the Soviet Union's 62nd Army in the Battle of Stalingrad, which was the turning point of World War II.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Vasily Chuikov ranks 132 out of 2,058. Before him are Akechi Mitsuhide, Stilicho, Muhammad bin Qasim, Semyon Timoshenko, Cimon, and Louis-Nicolas Davout. After him are Hermann Hoth, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Axel von Fersen the Younger, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, and Narses.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Vasily Chuikov ranks 23. Before him are Spencer Tracy, Heinrich Müller, Eyvind Johnson, Giorgos Seferis, Adlai Stevenson II, and Margaret Mitchell. After him are Urho Kekkonen, Adolf Dassler, Jacques Prévert, Maria of Yugoslavia, Sándor Márai, and Richard Kuhn. Among people deceased in 1982, Vasily Chuikov ranks 18. Before him are Arthur Rubinstein, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Khalid of Saudi Arabia, Philip K. Dick, William Giauque, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. After him are Karl von Frisch, Erving Goffman, Stanford Moore, Louis Aragon, Gilles Villeneuve, and Glenn Gould.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Chuikov ranks 132 out of 3,761. Before him are Sergey Kirov (1886), Vasili IV of Russia (1552), Mily Balakirev (1837), Andrey Kolmogorov (1903), Pavel Cherenkov (1904), and Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878). After him are Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857), Valery Legasov (1936), Alexei Kosygin (1904), Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893), Alexei Rykov (1881), and Georgi Plekhanov (1856).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Vasily Chuikov ranks 9. Before him are Stanislav Petrov (1939), Vasily Arkhipov (1926), Ivan Konev (1897), Alexander Suvorov (1730), Mikhail Tukhachevsky (1893), and Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961). After him are Pyotr Bagration (1765), Semyon Budyonny (1883), Felix Steiner (1896), Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895), Gotthard Heinrici (1886), and Andrey Vlasov (1901).

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