Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
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The Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" was a World War II campaign medal of the military established on June 9, 1945 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to satisfy the petition of the People's Commissariat for Defence of the Soviet Union.
Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" (obverse)
Reverse of the Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
Vasily Chuikov
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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.
Chuikov c. 1950s
Chuikov (front row, second from left) with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (front row, center), during his time in China as the chief Soviet military advisor, 1941.
Chuikov at the 62nd Army command post in Stalingrad in December 1942.
Chuikov presenting the guards banner of the 39th Guards Rifle Division in Stalingrad in January 1943