On this day, 83 years ago, August 26, 1942 (July 15, 1942, the lunar calendar), Zhukov was appointed as the supreme deputy commander of the Soviet army. Marshal of the Soviet Union Zhukov (1896-1974) Geors-Konstantinovich-Zhukov, Marshal of the Soviet Union and strategist. Born on December 1, 1896, from Kaluga Province. In 1915, he was drafted into the Tsar's Cavalry Corps. He joined the Red Army in 1918 and joined the Bolshevik Party the following year. After the end of the civil war, he served successively as commander of cavalry, brigade commander, division commander, military adviser stationed in China, and deputy commander of the military region. In 1939, he served as commander of the First Army in the Far East, commanding the Soviet army to defeat the Japanese army on the Halshin River. In 1941, he served as Deputy National Defense People's Commissar and Chief of General Staff. During the Anti-Fascist Patriotic War, Zhukov demonstrated his ability to command large regiments and was appointed as the Supreme Deputy Commander of the Red Army on August 26, 1942. He also served as a member of the headquarters of the Supreme Command, the First Deputy People's Commissar for National Defense, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Front Army, and successively commanded the battles of Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk, Belarus and Berlin. On May 8, 1945, he accepted Germany's unconditional surrender on behalf of the Soviet Union. After the war, he served as commander-in-chief of the Soviet Army stationed in Germany and the highest administrator of the Soviet-occupied areas. In 1955, he served as Minister of Defense. He was dismissed in October 1957. Zhukov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union four times. He died of illness on June 18, 1974. Zhukov is deploying Soviet defenses in the direction of Kursk