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Georgy Zhukov

1896 - 1974

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Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (Russian: Георгий Константинович Жуков, pronounced [ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪdʑ‿ˈʐukəf] ; 1 December 1896 – 18 June 1974) was Marshal of the Soviet Union from 1943 to 1957. He also served as Chief of the General Staff, Minister of Defence, and was a member of the Presidium of the Communist Party (later Politburo). During World War II, Zhukov oversaw some of the Red Army's most decisive victories, after which he was appointed the military governor of the Soviet occupation zone in Germany. Born to a poor peasant family from central Russia, Zhukov was conscripted into the Imperial Russian Army and fought in World War I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georgy Zhukov has received more than 7,432,999 page views. His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2019). Georgy Zhukov is the 268th most popular politician (down from 241st in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Russia (down from 34th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Russian Politician.

Georgy Zhukov was most famous for leading the Red Army to victory in World War II.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 85

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Georgy Zhukov ranks 268 out of 19,576. Before him are Ashurbanipal, Philip V of Spain, Henry II of France, Konrad Adenauer, Philip IV of Spain, and Georges Danton. After him are Philippe Pétain, Wu Zetian, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Numa Pompilius, Elagabalus, and Brutus the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Georgy Zhukov ranks 4. Before him are F. Scott Fitzgerald, Wallis Simpson, and Jean Piaget. After him are Lev Vygotsky, Imre Nagy, André Breton, Tristan Tzara, Roman Jakobson, Paula Hitler, Konstantin Rokossovsky, and Antonin Artaud. Among people deceased in 1974, Georgy Zhukov ranks 3. Before him are Charles Lindbergh, and Oskar Schindler. After him are Juan Perón, Georges Pompidou, Amin al-Husseini, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, James Chadwick, Vittorio De Sica, Pär Lagerkvist, U Thant, and Baldur von Schirach.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Georgy Zhukov ranks 36 out of 3,761. Before him are Yuri Andropov (1914), Alexander III of Russia (1845), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873), Yul Brynner (1920), Dmitri Shostakovich (1906), and Valentina Tereshkova (1937). After him are David Hilbert (1862), E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776), Alexander II of Russia (1818), Konstantin Chernenko (1911), Vladimir Nabokov (1899), and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Georgy Zhukov ranks 14. Before him are Boris Yeltsin (1931), Kim Jong-il (1941), Alexander I of Russia (1777), Nicholas I of Russia (1796), Yuri Andropov (1914), and Alexander III of Russia (1845). After him are Alexander II of Russia (1818), Konstantin Chernenko (1911), Turhan Hatice Sultan (1627), Vyacheslav Molotov (1890), Elizabeth of Russia (1709), and Paul I of Russia (1754).

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