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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.
Jan 13, 2023 · Marshal Georgy Zhukov oversaw the defence of the city in the siege of Leningrad in 1941, and planned the Stalingrad counteroffensive where together with Aleksandr Vasilevsky, he oversaw the encirclement and surrender of the German Sixth Army in 1943.
Marshal Georgi Zhukov died on June 18, 1974, at age 77, and his ashes were buried in the Kremlin Wall in Moscow. Wrote his friend Marshal Vasilevsky, “One can only envy a man who so closely identified his life with that of the people.”
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).
Soviet military commander. Born a peasant, Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov became the Soviet Union 's leading commander during World War II before a stormy career in postwar Soviet politics.
Marshal Georgi Zhukov is one of military history's legendary names. He played a decisive role the battles of Moscow, Stalingrad, and Kursk that brought down the Nazi regime. He was the first of the Allied generals to enter Berlin and took the German surrender.
Stalin's closest wartime military confidant, Georgy Zhukov was a superb strategist and practitioner of operational art who nonetheless displayed frequent tactical blemishes. Unsparing of himself, his subordinates, and his men, he was renowned for his iron will, strong stomach, and defensive and offensive tenacity.
Zhukov led the final Soviet assault on Germany in 1945, capturing Berlin in April and becoming a world-famous figure. He then commanded the Soviet occupation forces in Germany.
