Vasily Chuikov

Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov (; 12 Februari 1900 – 18 Mac 1982) adalah seorang Jeneral Soviet dalam Tentera Merah semasa Perang Dunia II, merupakan Panglima Tentera Darat Ke-62 sewaktu Pertempuran Stalingrad, dua kali mendapat anugerah Wira Kesatuan Soviet (1944, 1945), dan selepas perang menjadi Marsyal Kesatuan Soviet.

Memoir yang diterjemahkan
The Beginning of the Road: The Story of the Battle for Stalingrad, London, 1963.

Dalam budaya popular
Chuikov was briefly featured in the 2004 German-Austrian movie Downfall (Der Untergang), dealing with the fall of Berlin in 1945. He was portrayed by a Russian actor Aleksandr Slastin.
In Dana Kramer-Rolls' novel Home Is the Hunter, Star Trek character Pavel Chekov refer to Chuikov as his ancestor (although "Vasily" is spelled as "Vassili").
Chuikov is a character in Robert Conroy's Red Inferno: 1945. The novel follows his career alongside Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov in a fictional situation where the Soviet Union attacks America and the remaining Allied nations. Towards the end, an American Boeing B-29 Superfortress drops a nuclear bomb near the city of Paderborn, Germany, where he is stationed, killing him,  Zhukov, and a large portion of the Soviet military's elite forces.

Pingat dan Darjah Kebesaran
Soviet Union

Asing

Rujukan

Bibliografi

Pautan luar

 Memoirs by Vasili Chuikov: Сражение века Battle of the Century – Describes his experiences during the Battle of Stalingrad.
 Memoirs by Vasili Chuikov: Конец третьего рейха The End of the Third Reich – Describes his experiences during the last months of the war, ending with the Battle of Berlin.
 Biography on the website dedicated to the Heroes of the Soviet Union/Russia.

Kelahiran 1900
Kematian 1982
Tentera Soviet
Rusia
Kesatuan Soviet
Komunis