(1896–1974), Soviet military leader, born in Russia; full name Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov. In the course of the Second World War he defeated the Germans at Stalingrad (1943), lifted the siege of Leningrad (1944), and led the final assault on Germany and the capture of Berlin (1945). After the war he commanded the Soviet zone in occupied Germany.
Definition of Zhukov, Georgi in US English:
Zhukov, Georgi
proper nounˈZHo͞oˌkôf
(1896–1974), Soviet military leader, born in Russia; full name Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov. During World War II, he defeated the Germans at Stalingrad in 1943, lifted the siege of Leningrad in 1944, and led the final assault on Germany and the capture of Berlin in 1945.