Жуков. Портрет великого полководца

'Marshal Pobedy' i 'polkovodet͡s, vyigravshiĭ Vtorui͡u mirovui͡u voĭnu', - tak gordo velichali Georgii͡a Konstantinovicha Zhukova. Udostoennyĭ vyssheĭ chesti dli͡a polkovodt͡sa - prinimatʹ Parad Pobedy na Krasnoĭ ploshchadi, - marshal Zhukov i nyne vziraet na svoikh potomkov - konnyĭ pami͡atnik marshalu vozdvignut u sten Kremli͡a.No krome pochitateleĭ ego voinskikh talantov, nakhodi͡atsi͡a i te, kto obvini͡ai͡ut ego v nekompetentnosti i zhestokosti. Kem na samom dele byl chetyrezhdy Geroĭ Sovetskogo Soi͡uza G. K. Zhukov? Kakov ego nastoi͡ashchiĭ vklad v otechestvennui͡u i mirovui͡u istorii͡u? Otvety na ėti i drugie voprosy chitateli naĭdut v novoĭ knige Viktora Ivanovicha Ustinova, kotoryĭ i sam zanimal vysokie dolzhnosti v shtabakh Sovetskoĭ Armii. On rasskazhet ne tolʹko o podvigakh, no i o krestʹi͡anskom detstve budushchego marshala Pobedy, o pervoĭ li͡ubvi i Pervoĭ mirovoĭ voĭne, o bitvakh za Stalingrad i Leningrad, o vzaimootnoshenii͡akh s I. V. Stalinym, o kapituli͡at͡sii Germanii, ob opale Zhukova i ego vozvyshenii...

'Marshal Of Victory'and 'the commander who won the Second world war' - so proudly called Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov. Awarded the highest honor for a commander - to host the Victory parade on red square - Marshal Zhukov still looks at his descendants - an equestrian monument to the Marshal was erected near the walls of the Kremlin.But in addition to admirers of his military talents, there are also those who accuse him of incompetence and cruelty. Who was the four-time hero of the Soviet Union G. K. Zhukov? What is his real contribution to Russian and world history? Readers will find answers to these and other questions in a new book by Viktor Ivanovich Ustinov, who himself held high positions in the headquarters of the Soviet Army. It will tell not only about the exploits, but also about the peasant childhood of the future Marshal of Victory, about first love and the First world war, about the battles for Stalingrad and Leningrad, about the relationship with I. V. Stalin, about the capitulation of Germany, about the disgrace of Zhukov and his rise...