in popular Russian jokes. See also Chapayev, a board game named after Chapayev Red Comrades Save the Galaxy, a point-and-click graphic adventure game which features a main character inspired by Chapayev Chapayevsk , a group of cruisers built for the Soviet Navy Chapaev Battalion Chapaev Peak, a mountain in Kyrgyzstan named after Chapayev Bibliography References External links Chapaev the novel a detailed summary at SovLit.net Василий Иванович Чапаев: Biography in Russian. "ГУЛЯЛ ПО УРАЛУ ЧАПАЕВ-ГЕРОЙ..." 1887 births 1919 deaths People from Cheboksary People from Cheboksarsky Uyezd Russian Social Democratic Labour Party members Old Bolsheviks Russian communists Russian military personnel of World War I Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Recipients of the Cross of St. George Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner