Vasily Chuikov

Soviet marshal (1900–1982)

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Lived 1900–1982, aged 82

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1900–1982
Aged 82

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Updated 2026-05-29

Soviet marshal who became the face of Stalingrad's defense in 1942, then accepted Berlin's surrender three years later. Chuikov's visibility peaked during WWII's bloodiest urban warfare, then again at the war's symbolic end.

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Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov 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.

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