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Meaning 1
A transliteration of the Russian surname Жу́ков (Žúkov).
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name
A transliteration of the Russian surname Жу́ков (Žúkov).
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Marshall Georgy Zhukov, a Soviet Russian career officer in the Red Army, was one of the most decorated generals in the history of the Soviet Union and Russia.
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A town in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, named after Georgy Zhukov.
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noun
Soviet general who during World Warr II directed the counteroffensive at Stalingrad and relieved Leningrad and captured Berlin (1896-1974)
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Synonyms: Georgi Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov
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Broader terms: general, full general
History
From Russian Жу́ков (Žúkov), from жук (žuk, “beetle”) + -ов (-ov, “genitive possessive ending”).
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