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  1. 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).

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  3. Georgy Zhukov - Wikipedia

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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).

  4. Georgy Zhukov | Soviet Marshal & WWII Hero | Britannica

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    Georgy Zhukov marshal of the Soviet Union, the most important Soviet military commander during World War II. Having been conscripted into the Imperial Russian Army during World War I, Zhukov joined the Red Army in 1918, served as a cavalry commander during the Russian Civil War, and afterward.

  5. Biography of Georgy Zhukov, World War II Soviet General -...

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    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.

  6. 10 Facts About Marshal Georgy Zhukov | History Hit

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    13 Jan 2023. In January 1941, with Nazi forces just miles away from Moscow, Marshal Georgy Zhukov was given command of the Russian armies. This would prove to be an inspired appointment. Less than 4 years later, Zhukov – considered by many to have been the most brilliant commander of World War Two – would be planning his own assault on the ...

  7. Zhukov: What Made Him Great? - HistoryNet

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    by Roger Reese 8/29/2017 Tough, tenacious and a master of combined-arms warfare, he was also adept at politics and publicity. What made Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov a great general?

  8. How Georgy Zhukov, the Soviet Union’s greatest military leader...

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    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. When Georgy Zhukov, the...

  9. Georgy Zhukov summary | Britannica

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    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).

  10. Stalin's General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov by Geoffrey Roberts...

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    S talin's deputy supreme commander Georgy Zhukov may have been the greatest general of the second world war. He was key to the defences of Leningrad, Stalingrad and Moscow, while his victory at...

  11. Georgii Zhukov - Military History - Oxford Bibliographies

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    Introduction. Conscripted into the Tsarist cavalry in 1915 to fight in the First World War, Georgy (also Georgii, Georgi) Konstantinovich Zhukov (b. 1896–d. 1974) joined the Red Army and the Communist Party after the 1917 Russian Revolution. He made his name as a general in a battle with Japan’s Kwantung Army in August 1939 at Khalkhin-Gol ...

  12. Zhukov, Georgy (1896–1974) | Encyclopedia.com

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    ZHUKOV, GEORGY (1896–1974) BIBLIOGRAPHY. 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.