Georgy K. Zhukov (1896-1974) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union, four-time Hero of the Soviet Union.
During the Great Patriotic War, he approved himself as a talented military leader who played a crucial role in the defeat of Nazi forces in the battles of Leningrad and Moscow, in breaking through the Siege of Leningrad, in the battles of Stalingrad and Kursk, in the military advance in Right-Bank Ukraine, as well as in Belorussian, Vistula-Oder and Berlin operations. On May 8, 1945, Georgy K. Zhukov enacted the Germany surrender, and on June 24, 1945, he inspected the Victory Parade on the Red Square in Moscow.
The postal stamp features painting Portrait of Marshal Zhukov by P.I. Kotov (1945, the State Tretyakov Gallery).
| Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the stamp |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + security system |
Comb 11¼:12 |
37 × 50 mm |
144 thousand stamps |