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  Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Made commander (1942) on the southwestern front, Zhukov defeated the Germans at Stalingrad (1943) and, with Marshal Voroshilov, lifted the siege of Leningrad (St. Petersburg).
In 1946 Zhukov received command of the Soviet ground forces, but in 1947 he was demoted to command the Odessa military district.
After Stalin’s death, Zhukov became deputy defense minister (1953) and defense minister (1955).
www.bartleby.com /65/zh/Zhukov-G.html   (287 words)

  
 WaW - Biography
Zhukov was summoned to Moscow by Stalin where high level officers in December 1940 had a series of top level war-games ironically in conjunction with Hitler's secret order, Directive 21, to begin planning for the invasion of the Soviet Union.
Zhukov was equally at home in the field or in Moscow planning the overall shape of the Russian campaign and the destruction of Hitler's German Army.
Zhukov prepared very carefully, ordered reconnaissance planes to survey the area, used captured documents and prisoner interrogation reports to compile detail maps, and had a exact model of the Berlin, its suburbs and defences constructed, for that extra detail in conveying his intent to subordinate commanding officers.
worldatwar.net /biography/z/zhukov   (3631 words)

  
 ::Georgy Zhukov::
Zhukov effectively lead the attack on Berlin in April/May 1945 and throughout the whole Russian campaign was known as the ‘man who did not lose a battle’.
Zhukov was born in 1896 and he served as an officer in the Russian Imperial Army during World War One.
Zhukov was given the credit for the victory of the Russian forces over the Nazis in the Battle for Berlin.
www.historylearningsite.co.uk /georgy_zhukov.htm   (580 words)

  
 RIA Novosti - Russia - 2007 budget to focus on social policy, national economy - Zhukov
Zhukov said the government intended to raise the wages of public workers 15% and pensions more than 20% in 2007.
Zhukov also said the draft federal budget for 2007 projected a considerable increase in spending on the national economy.
Zhukov said large projects would be launched next year to develop the power sector, including nuclear, hydro and thermal power stations.
en.rian.ru /russia/20060827/53187736.html   (414 words)

  
 Georgy Zhukov Summary
By 1923 Zhukov was commander of a regiment, and in 1930 of a brigade.
In 1938 Zhukov was directed to command the First Soviet Mongolian Army Group, and saw action against Japan's Kwantung Army on the border between Mongolia and the Japanese controlled state of Manchukuo in an undeclared war that lasted from 1938 to 1939.
Zhukov's speech to the plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party was the most powerful, directly denouncing the neo-Stalinists for their complicity in Stalin's crimes, though it also carried the threat of force: the very crime he was accusing the others of.
www.bookrags.com /Georgy_Zhukov   (4524 words)

  
 The Free Information Society - Georgi Zhukov Biography
Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov was born on January 12, 1896 in Strelkova, Russia to a small family of peasants.
Zhukov was known for being strict and disciplined, but his men respected him, as did his superiors.
Zhukov returned to the front lines in Leningrad, where he completely replaced the commanding officers of the army, helping to restore confidence and morale in the troops.
www.freeinfosociety.com /site.php?postnum=49   (1396 words)

  
 Georgi Zhukov
Zhukov rose steadily in the army of the new Soviet Union during the 1920s and 1930s.
Zhukov first met the premier of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, in January 1941, after an impressive victory in a war-training game that he was not supposed to win.
Zhukov again took charge of the defenses, and between November 1942 and February 1943 he stopped the attack.
www.carpenoctem.tv /military/zhukov.html   (936 words)

  
 Biography for Georgi Zhukov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov was born on December 1, 1896, in the village of Strelkovka, Kaluga region, Russia.
Zhukov was not affected by the "Great Terror" and extermination of intellectuals by Joseph Stalin.
Zhukov attempted to convince Stalin that the city of Kiev could not be held and all troops should be evacuated.
imdb.com /name/nm0955850/bio   (862 words)

  
 Marshal Georgii Zhukov
Zhukov was Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army for most of the war and was its most respected general.
In October 1941 Zhukov was sent to assist Marshal Voroshilov in Leningrad and after the latter's failure, replaced him.
Zhukov was present at the preparations for the Battle of Kursk in July 1943 and directed the Soviet sweep across the Ukraine.
expage.com /page/wwiigen82   (444 words)

  
 Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov
It will be the Order of Zhukov, and that order will be prized by every man who admires courage, vision, fortitude, and determination in a soldier.
Zhukov was the prime commander of Allied forces in Russia.
And Georgi K. Zhukov was likely the most beneficial individual to the fall of Nazi Germany.
zhukov.mitsi.com   (338 words)

  
 Georgy Zhukov hero file   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Command of the Soviet forces is split between Zhukov in the centre (the 1st Belorussian Front), Marshal Ivan Stepanovich Konev in the south (the 1st Ukranian Front), and Marshal Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky in the north (the 2nd Belorussian Front).
Zhukov is subsequently posted to the command of the relatively insignificant Odessa Military District.
In 1945 Zhukov is reported to have said to US General Dwight D. Eisenhower, "If we come to a minefield, our infantry attacks exactly as it were not there." The shear weight of numbers eventually drove the Germans back, along with the Soviet leadership's determination not to relent, whatever the cost.
www.moreorless.au.com /heroes/zhukov.html   (4217 words)

  
 Zhukov
For Zhukov, it won him accalades from Stalin who had so badly purged his military that their morale was so low and leadership so bad that they couldn't even defeat the tiny population of Finland prior to the German invasion of Russia.
Zhukov was credited with another 'miracle' when it was weather more than he who halted the German move on Moscow.
Zhukov was a man who cared little to nothing for his men nor casualty counts.
members.shaw.ca /millerww2/ww2/history/commanders/Zhukov.html   (1365 words)

  
 Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Zhukov emphasized the fact that the Soviets will definitely be the ones to start the war, in order to take advantage of the factor of surprise.
Zhukov’s statements in the closed circle of his fellow countrymen in Berlin must be seen as a further indication that the Soviet Union had taken over the pre-emption strategy that the U.S. had already adopted in 1950 (NSC-68).
Zhukov’s choice of words indicates that he felt a need to calm some concern among the generals at the forces in East Germany.
www.isn.ethz.ch /php/documents/collection_19/texts/Zhukov.htm   (4234 words)

  
 Ted H. Kim's Weblog
Zhukov is known to many as the savior of the Soviet Union in WWII.
Zhukov is credited with a key role in defeating the Germans in the Battle for Moscow in late 1941.
As for Zhukov, he sure was not a master tactician (as for example, K.K. Rokossovski was), his value in strategic planning is not to be underestimated though.
blogs.sun.com /RandomDude/entry/zhukov_s_greatest_defeat   (1002 words)

  
 gray the bruce: Marshal Zhukov's Greatest Battles
Thus Georgi Zhukov enjoys an unusual privilege: that of being able to rebut the accusations of powerful men in the government of the Soviet Union and to tell his own story.
Zhukov was, at one time, the most powerful military man in the Soviet Union.
Zhukov tells us that everyone approved of using searchlights to help find the enemy during situations in which smoke and lighting made visibility a thing of the past.
www.graythebruce.com /Zhukov1.Cfm   (885 words)

  
 USS Zhukov - Memory Alpha - A Wikia wiki
The USS Zhukov was a 24th century Federation starship of the Ambassador-class under the command of Captain Gleason.
In 2368, the Zhukov transfered several science teams to the Enterprise-D in preparation for its mission to the Phoenix Cluster.
The Zhukov was seen only in "Data's Day." In that appearance, the registry on the hull was given as NCC-62136 and its name was misspelled as "Zuhkov." These markings were not visible on screen and were later determined to be production flubs.
www.memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/USS_Zhukov   (236 words)

  
 Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Made commander (1942) on the southwestern front, Zhukov defeated the Germans at Stalingrad (1943) and, with Marshal Voroshilov, lifted the siege of Leningrad (St. Petersburg).
In 1946 Zhukov received command of the Soviet ground forces, but in 1947 he was demoted to command the Odessa military district.
He supported Nikita Khrushchev against the "antiparty faction" that tried to oust him in 1957, and was named (June, 1957) a full member of the central committee of the Communist party.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-zhukov-g1.html   (441 words)

  
 "The Generals">>Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov.............Posted by Two Spirit
The final assault began, Zhukov a commander of armies that took on the bitter urban confined street fighting and canal crossing of the Nazi's capital city.
When Zhukov finally discovered the truth after Stalin's death he was both amazed and hurt by this pointless decption.
Zhukov does rank though as one of the greatest generals of any army.
www.unsolvedmysteries.com /usm410655.html   (3896 words)

  
 ZHUKOV'S GREATEST DEFEAT
Expressed in different terms, Zhukov lost 335,000 men in Operation Mars, which lasted less than a month, and Vasilevsky lost 485,000 men in the two and one half months of the Stalingrad strategic victory.
Those familiar with the war will recall that General Zhukov was a major hero at the end of the war for his drive on Berlin, but even then he was prepared to sacrifice soldiers to his cause.
By the time Zhukov's guns were opening fire along the Vazuza River and near Belyi and Rzhev, the armored spearheads of Vasilevsky's Southwestern and Stalingrad Fronts had already united near Kalach on the Don, locking almost 300,000 hapless German and Rumanian troops in the Stalingrad cauldron.
www.acsu.buffalo.edu /~insrisg/bookmarks/bk01/0705zhukov.htm   (1296 words)

  
 Zhukov Defends Russia at Davos
Zhukov, the highest-ranking Russian attending the World Economic Forum, appeared on a panel titled "The Russian Riddle" with two of the government's critics, independent State Duma Deputy Vladimir Ryzhkov and Lilia Shevtsova of the Carnegie Moscow Center.
Zhukov stressed that "Russia will do everything possible, will bend every effort, to ensure that it is integrated into the world economy," noting that this year it plans to bring its accounting methods up to global standards.
Zhukov countered that social reforms are "painful" but essential "to improve the lives of our citizens." He said the climate for investors "is better than in the 1990s," citing last year's nearly 7 percent economic growth.
www.themoscowtimes.com /stories/2005/01/31/002.html   (543 words)

  
 Cooper Union School of Art: Faculty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Chief of its Graphic Presentation Unit for many years, Zhukov was appointed the UN Typographic Co-ordinator in 1993, which he remained through 2003.
Zhukov has taught typographic design, lettering and calligraphy, and an introduction to international typography at the Moscow Printing Institute and Parsons School of Design.
Zhukov is a member of numerous professional societies and associations; he is the Russian delegate to, and serves on the Board of Directors of, ATypI.
www.cooper.edu /art/bio_zhukov.html   (287 words)

  
 Russian Economy, Zhukov in London - JRL 4-19-04
He reminded the forum participants that the number of federal ministries has been slashed from 23 to 14 and the staff of federal bodies of power has been reduced by 20%, while the salaries of officials have been increased by several times.
Zhukov said the 2005 budget "will include a considerable part of end-result financing elements and in a few years it will be fully based on the task setting and end-result assessment." The redistribution of powers and budgetary functions between the federal, regional and local authorities will be completed in 20025-2006.
Replying to questions after the forum, Zhukov assured journalists that there would be no de-privatisation or re-nationalisation in Russia.
www.cdi.org /russia/Johnson/8173-8.cfm   (889 words)

  
 TEMPLE OF GEORGY ZHUKOV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
During World War II, Zhukov commanded the defense of Moscow; he was involved in most other important Soviet battles and led the final attack on Berlin.
Following Stalin's death in 1953, Zhukov became first deputy minister of defense in 1955 and a member of the executive committee of the Communist Party in July 1957; three months later he was dismissed from both offices for allegedly giving military affairs priority over party concerns.
Marshal Zhukov's Greatest Battles, an English translation of articles by Zhukov that appeared in Soviet periodicals between 1965 and 1968, was published in 1969; the first American edition of The Memoirs of Marshal G. Zhukov was published in 1971.
sangha.net /messengers/zhukov.htm   (243 words)

  
 Russia Game for Space-Technology Swap
The decree to begin the RTTC, signed by Russian space agency General Director Yuri Koptev last month, could be a real landmark in the history of the Russian space program, as well as its cooperation with its Western partners.
Zhukov, a former cosmonaut candidate, has a background in engineering, particularly in advanced space-propulsion systems.
The RTTC activity will contribute not only to technology transfer and commercialization, Zhukov said, but also will strengthen Russia's missile-technology control by clearly defining the technologies that are subject to Missile Technology Transfer Regime (MTCR) regulations.
www.space.com /businesstechnology/technology/russian_technology_000706.html   (517 words)

  
 CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES MP3/WMA: Sergey Zhukov
Sergey Zhukov was born in 1951 in Zhitomir, Ukraine, where he began his music training, graduating from the Zhitomir Music College in 1973.
Zhukov has participated actively in new music festivals throughout his career, particularly in Russia, but likewise in such international festivals as the International Podium Festivals (Prague), the Charles Ives Festival (USA), and the Week van de Heden Musiek (Belgium), among others.
Zhukov is an eclectic composer, having produced a large catalogue of chamber, choral, orchestral, and theatrical works - a good number of which are found here at the Classical Archives.
www.classicalarchives.com /artists/zhukov.html   (872 words)

  
 Georgy Zhukov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born into a peasant family in Strelkovka, Maloyaroslavets Raion, Kaluga Guberniya (now Zhukovo Raion Kaluga Oblast), 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.
Immediately following the war Zhukov was the supreme Military Commander of the Soviet Occupation Zone in Germany, and became its Military Governor on June 10, 1945.
(Unknown Zhukov by boris Sokolov) — Мн.: Родиола-плюс, 2000 — 608 с.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zhukov   (4549 words)

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