Portrait of Georgy Zhukov

Kotov P. I.

1889, Vladimirovka, Astrakhan Province — 1953, Moscow

Portrait of Georgy Zhukov

1945
oil on canvas
109 x 90
Ж-6446
Received in 1956 via the State Purchasing Commission, Moscow

Location in museum The St Michael’s Castle, Room 206 Open the panorama of the hall in the virtual tour
Period Early 20th century
CategoryPortrait
Keywords The Great Patriotic War | Soviet Art | парадный портрет | мужской портрет | Servicemen | military clothing | Orders and Medals
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Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1896–1974), Soviet military commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1943), four-times Hero of the Soviet Union (1939, 1944, 1945, 1956), deputy USSR People’s Commissar for defence and deputy Commander-in-Chief (from 1942). Commander-in-Chief of the group of Soviet Forces in Germany and high commander of the Soviet Administration (1945–1946). He was also a Hero of the Mongol People’s Republic. The artist painted this portrait of the outstanding commander during the period when Georgy Zhukov was Commander-in-Chief of the group of Soviet Forces and Head of the Soviet Administration in Germany.

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