What is Georgy Zhukov?
{{nosources|date=September 2009}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Georgy Zhukov | image = Zhukov-LIFE-1944-1945.jpg | width = | caption = | nationality = [[Soviet people|Soviet]] | office = [[Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union]] | term_start = 9 February 1955 | term_end = 26 October 1957 | 1blankname = Premier | 1namedata = [[Nikolai Bulganin]] | predecessor = [[Nikolai Bulganin]] | successor = [[Rodion Malinovsky]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1896|12|1|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Zhukov (town)|Strelkovka, Kaluga]], [[Russian Empire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1974|6|18|1896|12|1|df=y}} | death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | spouse = | profession = | signature = Georgi Zhukov Signature.svg | party = [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] | allegiance = {{flag|Russian Empire}}<br/>{{flag|USSR}} | branch = [[Russian Imperial Army]]<br>[[Soviet Army]] | serviceyears = 1915–1957 | rank = [[Marshal of the Soviet Union|Marshal]] | commands = | battles = [[World War I]], [[Russian Civil War]], [[Battle of Khalkhin Gol]] ([[Nomonhan]]), [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Great Patriotic War]] | awards = | | native_name = {{No bold|Геoргий Жyков}} }} '''Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov''' (December 1, 1896 – June 18, 1974) was a [[Soviet]] general during [[World War II]]. He first became famous for stopping a [[Japan]]ese [[invasion]] in [[Mongolia]]. During [[Operation Barbarossa]], he arrived in [[Moscow]] with his army in just enough time to defend the city. Later in the war he led Soviet forces to victory at the [[Battle of Stalingrad]] and [[Battle of Kursk|Kursk]], broke the [[Siege of Leningrad]], destroyed the [[Germany|German]] center i