Georgy Zhukov: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Georgy Zhukov, Vospominaniya i razmyshleniya, 2 vol. (1974), is a revised and expanded version of Zhukov’s original memoirs that was published the year of his death; its official English translation was published in Russia as G. Zhukov, Marshal of the Soviet Union: Reminiscences and Reflections, 2 vol. (1985). An English version of the original memoirs was published in the West as The Memoirs of Marshal Zhukov (1971).

Two well-received biographies in English are Geoffrey Roberts, Stalin’s General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov (2012), by a British historian; and Otto Preston Chaney, Zhukov, rev. ed. (1996), by an American historian.

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Anniversary information added. Jun 14, 2026
Modified link of Web site: HistoryNet - Zhukov: What Made Him Great? Feb 27, 2026
Anniversary information added. Nov 27, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Review of Stalin's General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov by Geoffrey Roberts (PDF). Mar 29, 2025
Add new Web site: Hoover Institution - Zhukov: The Soviet General. Oct 29, 2024
Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Marshal Georgi Zhukov: Hero of the Soviet Union. May 28, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 23, 2024
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Zhukov: What Made Him Great? Jan 04, 2024
Add new Web site: Presidential Library - Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov was born. Oct 11, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Georgy Zhukov (1896 � 1974). Dec 05, 2022
Add new Web site: World War II Database - Georgy Zhukov. Sep 20, 2022
Changed article title from Georgy Konstaninovich Zhukov to Georgy Zhukov. Sep 27, 2016
Add new Web site: RT Russiapedia - Biography of Georgy Zhukov. Apr 25, 2013
Add new Web site: History Learning Site - Georgy Zhukov. Apr 25, 2013
New bibliography added. Dec 05, 2012
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of G. K. Zhukov. Nov 25, 2008
Media added. Oct 15, 2008
Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Georgi Zhukov.
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Apr 23, 2007
New article added. Aug 09, 1999
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