Talk:Aleksandr Vasilevsky

message: Can someone provide an IPA transcription of his name? 128.12.32.199 23:52, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: IPA transcription

message: Currently I don't have the time to correct the mistakes, since I'm doing a major rewrite of the russian wiki article. Just like to point this out, just in case someone would like to do more research -- Sam
: Here are some mistakes. Vasilevsky was, in fact, a son of a priest and  so had lots of problems with this and even had to severe contact with his father from 1926 to 1940. He, of course, didnt study in st.petersburg because his family was large (8 children) and quite poor. Aleksander's Military Law Academy is, actually, an infantry school ;) He joined the Red Army in 1919, not 1918. And so on, and so forth ... -- Sam 85.140.65.172 12:32, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: The articles facts are really flawed

message: Should this article have some kind of protection on account of the recent vandalism, until tommorow at least?  The entire text is being deleted about every minute. Esn 02:51, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's jus the one IP address thats doing it. Block the address, problem should go away.Kaiser matias 08:07, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Protection

message: Is it just me or is there not a single direct link to the Soviet Union in this entire featured article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.24.17.198 (talk • contribs) 18:37, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually there is, it is in the infobox, but in the article - I have not seen any using the "find in this page..." —dima/s-ko/ 18:41, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I added one to the intro sentence. Picaroon9288 19:56, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: No USSR link?

message: It's a good article:  nice work.  Is there any indication of why Vasilevsky survived the purges, and found Stalin's favor?  The article indicates that he was surprised at his promotion, and at Stalin's seeming concern with Vasilevsky's family:  do any of the sources give possible reasons for this?  Interesting. Antandrus  (talk) 19:27, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There are some sources (e.g. ), but all this is rather guesswork really. There are four important points though. First, he was possibly simply young enough to not represent an obstacle in Stalin's eyes. Second, he was Shaposhnikov favourite, with Shaposhnikov being close to Stalin in his turn. Third, as the source points out, he could be "blackmailed" into secrecy, although I doubt that Stalin needed blackmail to arrest someone by then. Fourth, he was known by then as a passive commander completely under the control of his superior (and ultimately Stalin). All this put together probably saved his neck (or at least his teeth and ribs like in the case of Rokossovsky) in 1937. But as I said, since the main protagonist is just not there to witness, it is highly probable we'll never know the true reasons. -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 14:00, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Good work, and question

message: I have no problem with the fact that the day this article is on the main page is his Vasilevsky's birthday, but since this is obviously not a coincidence, I'm just curious whose idea it was. Picaroon9288 19:56, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See here Raul654 23:16, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Oh noes, I'm discovered... :P -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 13:55, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: On the Main Page on his birthday