In the life of the great commander Marshal Zhukov, there were many heavy, tragic, and sometimes terrifying pages—when he had to defend his honor against slander, libel, and hatred. Neither Stalin, nor Khrushchev, nor Brezhnev, nor dozens of other political figures of lower rank could forgive the marshal’s outstanding strategic gifts, his strength of character, and his independence. The second book by the well-known writer Vladimir Karpov, who for many long years worked on collecting and analyzing documents and materials about Marshal of the Great Victory Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, is a part of a trilogy about the great commander.