Marshal Zhukov: His Allies and Opponents in Times of War and Peace

23 hrs. 13 min.

Language Russian

Author Vladimir Karpov

Narrator Yury Zaborovsky

The book by the well-known writer Vladimir Karpov, who spent many years collecting and analyzing documents and materials stored in Russian and foreign archives, is a monumental and majestic canvas centered on Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov. The author examines Zhukov’s relationships with I.V. Stalin as Supreme Commander-in-Chief, with other leaders of the state and the army, and with the commanders and political officers under his command. Without any omissions, the book tells of the painful years of Marshal Zhukov—years when the great commander was disgraced. Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and many of those whom he considered comrades-in-arms feared him and didn’t love him. Zhukov’s tragedy is the tragedy of a country that broke fascism, but did not defeat the oldest of evils—envy and fear. Zhukov’s greatness is not diminished; disgrace did not erase his glory, nor did it take away the love of the people.

1. Marshal Zhukov: His Allies and Opponents in Times of War and Peace 2. Zhukov on the Fronts of the Great War (narrated by Margarita Ivanova) 3. Marshal Zhukov. Disgrace (narrated by Vladimir Sushkov)