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| | Georgy Zhukov |
 | | Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (December 1, 1896 — June 18, 1974), Soviet military commander and politician, was one of the most successful field commanders of World War II. |
 | | Born into a peasant family in Strelkovka, Kaluga Province, Zhukov was apprenticed to work in Moscow, and in 1915 was conscripted into the army of the Russian Empire, where he served in a dragoon regiment as a private. |
 | | Zhukov, as Soviet defence minister, was responsible for the invasion of Hungary in October, 1956. |
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