• Made Marshal of the Soviet Union January 18, 1943
  • Chief of the General Staff January 14, 1941 - July 30, 1941
  • Commander in Chief Leningrad Front September 13, 1941 - October 10, 1941
  • Commander in Chief Western Front October 13, 1941 - August 26, 1942
  • Deputy Commander in Chief Soviet Armed Forces August 26, 1942 - 1945
  • Commander in Chief Soviet Group of Forces in Germany June 11, 1945 - March 20, 1946
  • Minister of Defense February 9, 1955 - October 26, 1957
  • Born December 2, 1896. Died June 18, 1974
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Photo of Marshal Zhukov shortly after being awarded his third Hero of the Soviet Union. The top two ribbons on bar are the Order of Victory. Bottom row of bar shows US awarded, Legion of Merit and British Order of the Bath
M-1943 Service Uniform 
of Marshal of the Soviet Union
Georgii Konstantinovich Zhukov
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General Zhukov on the cover of Time magazine - December 14, 1942. One month prior to being promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union
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Marshal Zhukov signing the instrument of the German surrender in Berlin, May 9, 1945