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Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (Russian: Георгий Константинович Жуков; 1 December 1896 – 18 June 1974) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union. He also served as Chief of the General Staff, Minister of Defence, and was a member of the Presidium of the Communist Party (later Politburo).
Jun 14, 2024 · Georgy Zhukov (born December 1 [November 19, Old Style], 1896, Kaluga province, Russia—died June 18, 1974, Moscow) was a marshal of the Soviet Union, and the most important Soviet military commander during World War II.
May 30, 2019 · Marshal Georgy Zhukov (December 1, 1896–June 18, 1974) was the most important and most successful Russian general in World War II. He was responsible for the successful defense of Moscow, Stalingrad, and Leningrad against German forces and eventually pushed them back to Germany.
Marshal Georgi Zhukov, Hero of the Soviet Union, led the Red Army to victory against the Nazis. This article appears in: July 2003. By Blaine Taylor.
Georgy Zhukov fought back the Nazis and captured Berlin, but the great marshal fared worse in the dirty power struggle between communist bosses that came after the war.
Georgy Zhukov, (born Dec. 1, 1896, Kaluga province, Russia—died June 18, 1974, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.), Soviet army commander in World War II. He joined the Red Army in the Russian Civil War and rose to become head of Soviet forces in Manchuria (1938–39).
ZHUKOV, GEORGY KONSTANTINOVICH. (1896 – 1974), marshal of the Soviet Union (1943), four-time Hero of the Soviet Union, and the Red Army's "Greatest Captain" during the Soviet Union 's Great Patriotic War ( World War II ).
