Zhukov, Georgy Konstantinovich
- Date of birth:
- December 1st, 1896 (Strelkovka/Kaluga Oblast, Russia)
- Date of death:
- June 18th, 1974 (Moscow, Soviet Union)
- Buried on:
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis
- Nationality:
- Soviet
Biography
Marshall of the Soviet Union. Hero of the Soviet Union.
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Medal "Zolotaya Zvezda" (Geroi Sovetskogo Soyuza)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Komkor (Corps Commander)
- Awarded on:
- August 29th, 1939
- Rank:
- General Armii (Army General)
- Awarded on:
- August 29th, 1939
Orden Respubliki
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General armii (Army General)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy voiskami Zapadnogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief Western Front)
- Awarded on:
- March 3rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General armii (Army General)
- Awarded on:
- December 22nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General armii (Army General)
- Awarded on:
- December 22nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Awarded on:
- January 18th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Awarded on:
- January 18th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Awarded on:
- July 28th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy voiskami 1 Ukrainskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief 1st Ukrainian Front)
- Awarded on:
- April 10th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy voiskami 1 Ukrainskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief 1st Ukrainian Front)
- Awarded on:
- May 1st, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy voiskami 1 Ukrainskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief 1st Ukrainian Front)
- Awarded on:
- May 1st, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Awarded on:
- July 29th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marschall of the Soviet Union)
- Awarded on:
- November 3rd, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marschall of the Soviet Union)
- Awarded on:
- February 21st, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy voiskami 1 Belorusskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief 1st Byelorussian Front)
- Awarded on:
- March 30th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy voiskami 1 Belorusskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief 1st Byelorussian Front)
- Awarded on:
- May 9th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy voiskami 1 Belorusskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief 1st Byelorussian Front)
- Awarded on:
- June 1st, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy voiskami 1 Belorusskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief 1st Byelorussian Front)
- Awarded on:
- June 9th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy voiskami 1 Belorusskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief 1st Byelorussian Front)
- Awarded on:
- June 9th, 1945
Grand Cross of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (GCB, military division)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marschall of the Soviet Union)
- Awarded on:
- July 12th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Awarded on:
- September 30th, 1945
Legion of Merit - Chief Commander (LoM - CC)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1945
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Awarded on:
- 1945
With Palmes
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Wielki z Gwiazda
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Awarded on:
- 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Awarded on:
- 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Awarded on:
- May 7th, 1965
Baatryn "Altan tavan" khoshuu medal
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
Ceskoslovenský vojenský rád "Za svobodu" 1st Class
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1968
- Awarded on:
- 1973
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