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Zhukov Memorial Statue, sculptor: V. M. KlykovZhukov Memorial Statue, sculptor: V. M. KlykovZhukov Memorial Statue, sculptor: V. M. Klykov

Zhukov Memorial Statue, sculptor: V. M. Klykov



Statue of Marshal Zhukov (World War-2 Hero) on horseback

Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, GCB (Russian: Георгий Константинович Жуков) (December 1 [O.S. November 19] 1896 – June 18, 1974) was a Soviet military commander who, in the course of World War II, led the Red Army to liberate the Soviet Union from the Axis Powers' occupation, to advance through much of Eastern Europe, and to conquer Germany's capital, Berlin.
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