Word: chuikov
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ukraine, filtrating through the great marshlands, fighting, always fighting, in winter blizzard or in blistering summer heat, the Red army recaptured half a million square miles of territory in two years, and liberated Soviet Russia. New names had come up beside Zhukov's: Konev, Rokossovsky, Vatutin, Tolbukhin, Malinovsky, Chuikov, Govorov, Voronov and others, almost all men less than 40 years of age. One name that did not make the headlines was that of Secret Police Commissar Serov, who came close in the wake of Zhukov's victories. His assignment : to liquidate all anti-Soviet elements...
...those mysterious bits of sleight of hand they love so well, the Russians last week switched their occupation of East Germany from military to civilian control-something the Western allies did four years ago. The brass-heavy Soviet Control Commission was abolished, and General Vasily Chuikov, top man in East Germany for nearly four years, was nominally reduced to mere command of Soviet occupation troops in East Germany...
...occupation boss, or "supreme commissar," Moscow appointed bald Vladimir Semenov, a personable or non-Vishinsky type of diplomat, until recently chief political adviser to Chuikov and Soviet ambassador to the East German puppet government. A polished veteran of diplomacy although he is only 50, Semenov once taught philosophy, Soviet-style. He speaks German and some English. Across the negotiating table he gives the impression of at least comprehending points of view other than...
...Berlin, Soviet Supreme Commander General Vasily I. Chuikov invited R.A.F. officers to sit down with their Russian opposite numbers to discuss ways of preventing "regrettable incidents" in the air. He later invited the U.S. and France to join in the talks, which took place in a setting stage-dressed with cigars, champagne and World War II camaraderie. Chuikov also addressed a letter to a West German Communist front declaring that "your wish for a [Big Four] conference ... on a peace treaty for Germany, and its reunification, corresponds fully with the point of view of the Soviet government...
...response to British protests, General Vasily Chuikov, the Soviet military boss in East Germany, was remarkably polite. He regretted the British loss of lives and suggested a conference looking toward prevention of future air clashes. The fact is that both Communist and allied air arms have invaded the other side's air space numerous times (the Reds over Alaska and northern Japan as well as in Europe, the U.S. over the Chinese mainland). In jet-age speeds, if a pilot flying from 400 to 600 m.p.h. drifts one degree off course he can be miles off that course...