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Georgy Zhukov

Soviet marshal who led decisive World War II victories.

Georgy Zhukov was born into a poor Russian peasant family in 1896 in Strelkovka, then part of the Kaluga Governorate of the Russian Empire.[1] Along with Alexander Suvorov, Mikhail Barclay de Tolly, and Mikhail Kutuzov, Zhukov is considered among the most notable Russian and Soviet military leaders.[2] Following Stalin's 1953 death, Zhukov backed Nikita Khrushchev's leadership campaign, served as Defence Minister from 1955, but was compelled to retire in 1957 and never held a senior position again.[2]

Quick Facts

Office
Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union
Took office
9 February 1955
Left office
26 October 1957
Predecessor
Nikolai Bulganin

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

In 1915, he was conscripted into the Imperial Russian Army, served in the 10th Dragoon Novgorod Regiment, was wounded, and received the Cross of St. George twice.[3] On 22 June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union, and Zhukov signed a directive ordering an all-out counteroffensive that failed and lowered his standing with Stalin.[4] He oversaw the defense of Leningrad, the Battle of Moscow, and later planned the Stalingrad counteroffensive with Vasilevsky.[5][6][7] After the October Revolution, he became a member of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) and participated in the Russian Civil War, finishing an officers' cavalry training course in 1920.[8]

On 20 August 1939, Zhukov began a large offensive at Khalkhin Gol; by month's end Japanese forces had been expelled from the disputed border zone, and he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.[9][10] After the war ended, Stalin removed Zhukov from his posts and assigned him to militarily unimportant commands.[11]

What the cited sources add

The Open Library record for "Stalin's general" lists Icon as publisher, 2012 as publication year, and 375 pages.[12] The Open Library record for "Changing orders" lists Facts on file as publisher, 1994 as publication year, and 352 pages.[13] The Open Library record for "Life and Times of Andrei Zhdanov, 1896-1948" lists McGill-Queen's University Press as publisher, 2004 as publication year, and 592 pages.[14]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Georgy Zhukov" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Жуков Георгий Константинович", warheroes.ru; Roberts, "Stalin's General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov", Icon Books, 2012, p. 11, 244–245; Roberts, "Stalin's General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov", Icon Books, 2012, p. 11, 244–245; Roberts, "Stalin's General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov", Icon Books, 2012, p. 11, 244–245 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Georgy Zhukov" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Сто великих полководцев – История.РФ", 100.histrf.ru (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Georgy Zhukov" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Roberts, "Stalin's General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov", Icon Books, 2012, p. 11, 244–245; Roberts, "Stalin's General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov", Icon Books, 2012, p. 11, 244–245 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Georgy Zhukov" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Chant, "Operation Barbarossa", 2020; Kashuba, "Destination Gulag", Trafford Publishing, 2013, p. 260 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Georgy Zhukov" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Zhukov 2003, p. 269 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Georgy Zhukov" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Zhukov 2003, p. 269; Zhukov 2003, p. 269 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Georgy Zhukov" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Chaney 1996, p. 212–213; Taylor, "Marshal Georgi Zhukov: Hero of the Soviet Union", Warfare History Network, July 2003; Chaney 1996, p. 212–213 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Georgy Zhukov" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Roberts, "Stalin's General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov", Icon Books, 2012, p. 11, 244–245 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Georgy Zhukov" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Coox 1985, p. 579, 590 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Georgy Zhukov" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Coox 1985, p. 579, 590; Coox 1985, p. 579, 590; Coox 1985, p. 579, 590; Roberts, "Stalin's General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov", Icon Books, 2012, p. 11, 244–245 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Georgy Zhukov" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Roberts, "The Rise and Fall of a Great Captain.", Pen and Sword Books, 2012, p. 192 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Open Library record, ISBN 9781848314436 ("Stalin's general"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
  13. Open Library record, ISBN 0816031223 ("Changing orders"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
  14. Open Library record, ISBN 9780773571730 ("Life and Times of Andrei Zhdanov, 1896-1948"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Georgy Zhukov (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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