Georgy Zhukov - Marshal of Victory: The Autobiography of General Georgy Zhukov

First published in Russian in 1974

This edition published in Great Britain in 2013 by

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Copyright main text estate of Georgy Zhukov, 1974

Copyright editorial text Geoffrey Roberts, 2013

ISBN 978-1-78159-291-5

eISBN 9781473831834

The right of Georgy Zhukov to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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The second English edition of Zhukovs memoirs is reproduced with the permission of his daughter Maria.

Geoffrey Roberts would like to acknowledge the collaboration of his co-translator Svetlana Frolova and the editorial input of his partner Celia Weston. He would also like to thank Rupert Harding and his team at Pen & Sword for taking on this project and making Zhukovs memoirs available again to a new generation of readers.

The preparation of this volume was aided greatly by the financial support of the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, University College Cork, Ireland.