Military officer.
The most glorified military commander in Russia. He was the supreme commander of Red Army that defeated Nazi Germany in World War II and conducted the victorious Red Army march in Berlin.
Background
Lived: 1896-1974.
Zhukov, nicknamed “Victory Marshal” was born to the peasant family.
Zhukov’s career started as a conscript to cavalry in 1915. He then volunteered to participate in the Russian Civil War and thereafter took part in the Spanish Civil War.
Career
In 1939, Zhukov defeated the Japanese army in Manchuria at the Khalkin-Gol battle. He was the conductor of the invasion of Bessarabia the next year.
Great Patriotic War
Nazi Germany attacked Russia on 22 June 1941. Georgy Zhukov was appointed to command the defence of Leningrad and Moscow.
In Stalingrad (1942-43), he managed to put a halt to the German invasion and conducted an effective counter attack. He became the Supreme Deputy Commander of the Red Army and was promoted Field Marshal. In the 1943 Kursk offensive the Germans were made to withdraw and Zhukov conducted the liberation campaign to the west till the final assault of Berlin.
Stalin was greatly jealous of Zhukov’s enormous popularity as the “Victory Marshal” and war hero. He sent Zhukov to distant missions far away from Moscow.
After Stalin
Zhukov’s position decided the power balance in the 1953 coup against Beria. He personally took Beria into custody and was awarded to be the Minister of Defence in 1955. However, Khrushchev had him dismissed two years later, but Breznev rehabilitated Zhukov again. He died in 1974 and his ashes lie in the Kremlin Necropolis.
Georgy Zhukov
Military officer.
The most glorified military commander in Russia. He was the supreme commander of Red Army that defeated Nazi Germany in World War II and conducted the victorious Red Army march in Berlin.
Background
Lived: 1896-1974.
Zhukov, nicknamed “Victory Marshal” was born to the peasant family.
Zhukov’s career started as a conscript to cavalry in 1915. He then volunteered to participate in the Russian Civil War and thereafter took part in the Spanish Civil War.
Career
In 1939, Zhukov defeated the Japanese army in Manchuria at the Khalkin-Gol battle. He was the conductor of the invasion of Bessarabia the next year.
Great Patriotic War
Nazi Germany attacked Russia on 22 June 1941. Georgy Zhukov was appointed to command the defence of Leningrad and Moscow.
In Stalingrad (1942-43), he managed to put a halt to the German invasion and conducted an effective counter attack. He became the Supreme Deputy Commander of the Red Army and was promoted Field Marshal. In the 1943 Kursk offensive the Germans were made to withdraw and Zhukov conducted the liberation campaign to the west till the final assault of Berlin.
Stalin was greatly jealous of Zhukov’s enormous popularity as the “Victory Marshal” and war hero. He sent Zhukov to distant missions far away from Moscow.
After Stalin
Zhukov’s position decided the power balance in the 1953 coup against Beria. He personally took Beria into custody and was awarded to be the Minister of Defence in 1955. However, Khrushchev had him dismissed two years later, but Breznev rehabilitated Zhukov again. He died in 1974 and his ashes lie in the Kremlin Necropolis.
Konstantin Rokossovsky