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In recognition of Zhukov's key role in the war, he was chosen to accept the German Instrument of Surrender and to inspect the 1945 Moscow Victory Parade. He also served as the first military governor of the Soviet occupation zone in Germany from 1945 to 1946. After the war, Zhukov's popularity caused Stalin to see him as a potential threat. [1]
Alexander Borisovich Zhukov (Russian: Александр Борисович Жуков; born 13 June 1954) is a Russian-born British businessman. He is the founder and major owner of the international investment group Interfinance, investing in port and transport infrastructure, food industry and real estate, as well as engaged in portfolio ...
Vasily Danilovich Sokolovsky (Russian: Васи́лий Дани́лович Соколо́вский; July 21, 1897 – May 10, 1968) was a Soviet general, military theorist, Marshal of the Soviet Union, and a commander of Red Army forces during World War II. As Georgy Zhukov's chief of staff, Sokolovsky helped plan and execute the Battle of ...
A museum to Zhukov's life is located in the school. [2] In 2015 the Russian Military History Society placed a memorial plaque to Zhukov on the school, in a ceremony attended by Ivan Zhukov. [4] A portrait of Zhukov is painted on the school's facade. [4] Ivan Zhukov died in Vladimir on 10 April 2021 at the age of 86. [1] [2] [3]
Zhukov told Stalin on 29 July that the success of any German advance toward Leningrad and Moscow seemed unlikely, but that the Gomel region was the Red Army's key strategic weakness. [34] Therefore, Zhukov recommended that three armies, including one army from the strategic reserve and two armies from the Western and Southwestern Fronts, and ...
Gavriil Vasilyevich Zhukov (Russian: Гаврии́л Васи́льевич Жу́ков; 24 March 1899 - 8 January 1957) was a Soviet naval commander who served in both the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War.
Khrushchev: The Man and His Era was written by William Taubman, who serves as a professor of political science at Amherst College. [2] The book is the first in-depth biography of Khrushchev, [3] [4] [5] the publication of which was made possible by newly established access to archives in Russia and Ukraine, following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
In a 2011 article for World Affairs, Marek Jan Chodakiewicz and Tomasz Sommer listed Zhukov, among others, as an example of historians which have been embraced by "Stalin apologists". [6] In a 2012 Literaturnaya Gazeta interview, historian Gennady Kostyrchenko stated that virtually all of Zhukov's most recent historical works have had the moral ...