serviceyears branch death_date children allegiance nationality ethnicity blankname width birth_date signature birthname term_end commands death_place profession battles term_start spouse namedata image rank caption predecessor birth_place awards party office successor religion article_title
1915 -- 1957 russian imperial army soviet army 18 june 1974 era zhukova -lrb- born 1928 -rrb- russian empire russian empire russian premier 230px 1 december 1896 georgi zhukov signature.svg georgy konstantinovich zhukov Гео́ргий Константи́нович Жу́ков 26 october 1957 29 october 1957 29 june 1957 kiev front leningrad front western front 1st belorussian front odessa military military district district chief of the general staff reserve moscow , russian sfsr , soviet union soldier world border war -lrb- battles of khalkhin gol -rrb- soviet occupation war of bessarabia and northern bukovina great patriotic war i russian civil war soviet -- japanese 9 february 1955 29 june 27 february 1956 alexandra alexandrovna semyonova -lrb- 1965 -- 1973 -rrb- dievna zuikova -lrb- 1920 -- 1953 -rrb- galina nikolai bulganin rian archive 2410 marshal zhukov speaking.jpg marshal of the soviet union zhukov . speaking in moscow , soviet union in 1941 nikolai bulganin strelkovka , russian empire 1939 1944 1945 1956 communist party of the soviet union minister candidate member of the 20th politburo of defence full member of the 20th politburo rodion malinovsky russian orthodox georgy zhukov

georgy zhukov

georgy konstantinovich zhukov -lrb- ; -- 18 june 1974 -rrb- , was a soviet career officer in the red army who , in the course of world war ii , played the most pivotal role in leading the red army drive through much of eastern europe to liberate the soviet union and other nations from the occupation of the axis powers and , ultimately , to conquer berlin .
he is the most decorated general officer in the history of the soviet union and russia .
amongst many notable generals in world war ii , zhukov was placed at the top due to the number and scale of victories , and his talent in operational and strategic command was recognized by many people .
many famous military leaders in the world such as bernard montgomery and dwight d. eisenhower recognized zhukov 's great contributions in many important victories in the second world war .
his combat achievements significantly improved humanity 's military knowledge , exerting great influence on both the soviet and the whole world 's military theory .
