Quote of the day
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
Vasily Chuikov
Born: February 12, 1900
Died: March 18, 1982 (aged 82)
Bio: Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov was a Soviet lieutenant general in the Red Army during World War II, commander of the 62nd Army during the Battle of Stalingrad, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, and after the war a Marshal of the Soviet Union.