December 2, 1896 - Strelkovka, 80km SW of Moscow - Birth of Georgy Zhukov
January(?) 1(?), 1903 - Strelkovka - Begins Elementary School
June(?) 1(?), 1908 - Moscow - Migrates to Moscow to work as a furrier
January(?) 1(?), 1914 - Moscow - Zhukov finishes his Apprenticeship and was earning good money as a furrier
August 7, 1915 - Maloyaroslavets (SW of Moscow) - Conscripted into the Tsar's army and assigned to the 5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment =(START)
September 1(?), 1915 - Kharkov Province - Sent with his regiment to join the 10th Cavalry Division
April 1(?), 1916 - Kharkov Province - Completes his cavalry training
April 15(?), 1916 - Kharkov Province - Selected for further training as a NCO (noncommissioned officer)
August 1(?), 1916 - River Dnestr, Moldova - Posted to combat duty
October 1(?), 1916 - River Dnestr, Moldova - Blown off his horse by a mine
October 15(?), 1916 - Kharkov - Evacuated to Kharkov to be hospitalized. Receives a 2nd St George Cross
December 30(?), 1916 - River Dnestr, Moldova - Returns to his Cavalry Regiment
March 15, 1917 - Lageri, near Balakliya - 40km SE of Kharkov - Tsar Nicholas II abdicates following military mutiny in Petrograd
November 7, 1917 - Lageri, near Balakliya - 40km SE of Kharkov - Bolsheviks overthrow the Provisional Government and seize power
November 28(?), 1917 - Moscow - Zhukov re-emerges in Moscow
December 1(?), 1917 - Strelkovka (today Zhukov(o)), Kaluga Province - Zhukov goes back to his home village, intending to have a rest before joining the Red Army
October 1, 1918 - Moscow - Joins the Red Army - 4th Regiment of the 1st Moscow Cavalry Division =(changeflag)
March 1(?), 1919 - Becomes a candidate member of the communist party
May 1(?), 1919 - near Nikolaevsk (W of Ufa?) - Division is dispatched to the southern Urals in campaign against Admiral Alexander Kolchak, a former tsarist commander who seized power in Siberia
June 1(?), 1919 - near Nikolaevsk (W of Ufa?) - Experiences first combat in Red Army
September 1(?), 1919 - Tsaritsyn (Stalingrad/Volgograd) - Sees action again in Volgograd
October 25(?), 1919 - Tsaritsyn (Stalingrad/Volgograd) - wounded in action by a grenade in the Russian civil war
November 1(?), 1919 - Saratov - In Hospital to recover. Meets Maria Volkhova
January 1(?), 1920 - ? - Reports for duty again, assigned to the 3rd Reserve Cavalry Division
March 15, 1920 - Ryazan, 100 miles SE Moscow - Enrolls in Red Commanders Cavalry Course in Ryazan
May 1(?), 1920 - ? - Becomes a full member of the communist party
July 25(?), 1920 - Ryazan - Suspended from the course for a few days for military indiscipline
August 1(?), 1920 - Ryazan - Finishes the Red Commanders Cavalry Course - joins 2nd Moscow Rifle Brigade
August 25(?), 1920 - Krasnodar - The brigade is sent to the Northern Caucassus to fight agains Baron Wrangel
October 1(?), 1920 - Voronezh(?) - Marries Alexandra Dievna. Promoted to Platoon and then Squadron Commander
December 1(?), 1920 - Voronezh - Transfered to Voronezh
March 5, 1921 - ? - Decorated for bravery, against Antonov's partisan Troops
June 1(?), 1922 - ? - Appointed squadron commander in the 38th cavalry regiment
March 1(?), 1923 - ? - Promoted to assistant commander of the 40th Cavalry Regiment
July 1(?), 1923 - ? - Appointed commander of the 39th Buzuluk Cavalry Regiment
October 1(?), 1924 - Leningrad - Attends Higher Cavalry School in Leningrad
July(?) 1(?), 1925 - Volkhov River - The course switches to tactical combat training - forced march with horses
August(?) 1(?), 1925 - Minsk - When the course ends, Zhukov covers 963km on horseback back to his regiment
January(?) 1(?), 1926 - Strelkovka (Zhukovo), Kaluga Province - Back home to visit mother and sister
December 1(?), 1928 - ? - birth of daughter Era
June 1(?), 1929 - ? - birth of daughter Margarita
December 1(?), 1929 - Moscow - Attends Frunze Military Academy
May 20(?), 1930 - Moscow - Finishes Course - Promoted to command of 2nd Cavalry Brigade of the 7th Samara Division
February 1(?), 1931 - Moscow - Appointed assistant inspector of the cavalry
April 1(?), 1933 - Slutsk, Belarus (S of Minsk) - Appointed commander of the 4th (Voroshilov) Cavalry Division
January(?) 1(?), 1935 - ? - Awarded the Order of Lenin
January(?) 1(?), 1937 - ? - Birth of daughter Ella
May 1(?), 1937 - ? - Arrest and execution of Marshal Tukhachevsky and start of military purges
July 1(?), 1937 - Belarus - appointed commander of the 3rd Cavalry Corps in Belarus
March 1(?), 1938 - Smolensk? - Transfered to the command of the 6th cossack corps
June 1(?), 1938 - Smolensk? - Appointed deputy commander of the belarusian military district
May 24, 1939 - Smolensk? - Receives orders to move to Mongolian border
May 30, 1939 - Tamtsak-Bulat - posted to the mongolian-manchurian border
June 12, 1939 - Khalkhin-Gol - appointed commander of the 57th Special Corps at Khalkhin-Gol
July 13, 1939 - Khalkhin-Gol - Deputy Defense Commissar G.I.Kulik orders Zhukov to withraw to east of the river
July 14, 1939 - Khalkhin-Gol - Kulik's orders are cancelled and Moscow and Voroshilov support Zhukov
July 19, 1939 - Khalkhin-Gol - 57th Corps reorganized into 1st Army group with zhukov in command
August 20, 1939 - Khalkhin-Gol - Launch of attack on japanese forces
August 23, 1939 - Signature of the Nazi-Soviet Pact
August 27, 1939 - Khalkhin-Gol - Zhukov issues a decree to the 1st Army Group announcing the surrounding and destruction of the japanese forces on Mongolian territory
August 30, 1939 - Zhukov is made a Hero of the Soviet Union for his victory in Khalkhin-Gol
September 1(?), 1939 - Ulan-Bator, Mongolia - After the battle, Zhukov moves the 1st Army Group HQ
September 17, 1939 - Soviet Invasion of Eastern Poland
May 1(?), 1940 - Kiev - Appointed commander of the kiev special military district
June 2, 1940 - Moscow? - First meeting with Stalin
June 5, 1940 - Promoted to General of the Army
June 28, 1940 - Bessarabia | Bukovina - Leads Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and north Bukovina
July 17, 1940 - Bessarabia | Bukovina - issues a decree cataloguing a series of deficiencies in his army for reorganization
December 25, 1940 - Moscow - Zhukov delivers report "the character of contemporary offensive operations"
January 2, 1941 - ? / Kremlin, Moscow - First War Game - until January 6th. Meeting of Conference participants with Stalin
January 8, 1941 - ? - Second War Game - until 11th
January 14, 1941 - ? - Appointed chief of the General staff
January 20, 1941 - ? - Takes part in General Staff war games
February 1(?), 1941 - ? - Elected alternate member of the central committee at the 18th Party conference
March 5, 1941 - ? - Zhukov is given additional responsabilities for military communications, fuel supplies, air defence, and the running of the General Staff Academy
May 15, 1941 - ? - Draft of Soviet plan for a preemptive strike against Germany
May 24, 1941 - Kremlin, Moscow - Zhukov and Timoshenko meet Stalin
June 14, 1941 - Kremlin, Moscow - Zhukov and Timoshenko go see Stalin to urge him to alert all border forces and deploy more troops to the border
June 21, 1941 - Kremlin, Moscow - New meeting with Stalin - directive issued to all military districts warning of possible german surprise attack on 22 or 23
June 22, 1941 - Kremlin, Moscow - Zhukov and Timoshenko meet Stalin as reports of the invasion come in
June 23, 1941 - Tarnopol - Arrives in Tarnopol as representative of the High Command
June 24, 1941 - ? - establishment of STAVKA, campaign headquarters of the supreme command
June 26, 1941 - Kremlin, Moscow - Back in Stalin's office
June 29, 1941 - Kremlin, Moscow - Zhukov is again in Stalin's office
June 30, 1941 - Fall of Minsk
July 15, 1941 - Zhukov issues a Stavka directive to all fronts on "the utilization of the experience of war"
July 29, 1941 - Vyazma - Removed as chief of the general staff and appointed to command of reserve front
August 11, 1941 - Yel'nya, near Smolensk - Leads counteroffensive in Yel'nya
August 16, 1941 - Stalin issues order No.270 (signed by Zhukov) instructing that cowards and deserters were to be eliminated
August 21, 1941 - Yel'nya - Reports to Stalin that the attack had so far failed to surround the enemy
August 30, 1941 - Yel'nya - Offensive is resumed
September 6, 1941 - Yel'nya - Zhukov captures Yel'nya. Germans are forces to withraw
September 8, 1941 - Yel'nya - Zhukov stresses the good performance of his division in a report to Stalin
September 11, 1941 - Moscow - Meets Stalin. Appointed commander of the Leningrad Front
September 13, 1941 - Leningrad - Zhukov flies to Leningrad, almost shot down over Lake Ladoga by messerschmitts
September 15, 1941 - Leningrad - Zhukov orders counterattacks
September 17, 1941 - Leningrad - Zhukov issues orders to shoot immediately anybody that abandons the front
September 18, 1941 - While in Leningrad - Stalin issues an order designating Zhukov's divisions as "Guards" Divisions
October 5, 1941 - Leningrad - Stalin phones Zhukov in Leningrad, asking him to fly to Moscow
October 7, 1941 - Moscow - With the situation stable in Leningrad, Zhukov arrives in Moscow - Stavka appoints him its representative to the reserve front
October 8, 1941 - Mozhaisk - Orders to proceed to the western front
October 11, 1941 - Moscow - Appointed commander of the Western Front
October 13, 1941 - Moscow - Zhukov uses the same methods as in Leningrad to organize and discipline the troops
November 1, 1941 - Moscow - Zhukov starts receiving reinforcements, until 15th
November 8, 1941 - Kremlin, Moscow - Zhukov meets Stalin at the Kremlin
November 20, 1941 - Odintsovo (Western Front HQ) - German offensive reaches its limit
December 5, 1941 - Beginning of the Moscow counteroffensive
January 1, 1942 - Perkhushkin (Western Front HQ) - Zhukov celebrates New Year with his family
January 7, 1942 - (reaches) Sukhinichi and Borovsk - Orders to begin the 2nd phase of the counteroffensive
January 8, 1942 - Launch of first Rzhev-Vyazma operation
January 27, 1942 - Zhukov orders the 8th airborne brigade to drop W of Vyazma
February 15, 1942 - Yukhnov - Mounts a major attack to finish off the german hedgehog at Yukhnov
March 5, 1942 - Yukhnov - The Germans are forced to abandon Yukhnov
July 5, 1942 - E of Rzhev Salient - Zhukov attacks the 2.Panzerarmee
July 17, 1942 - E of Rzhev Salient - Second Rzhev-Vyazma operation
August 5, 1942 - E of Rzhev Salient - Zhukov attacks east side of Rzhev
August 26, 1942 - E of Rzhev Salient - Appointed Stalin's deputy supreme commander. Orders to go to Stalingrad
August 29, 1942 - Stalingrad - Flies to General Gordov's HQ in the Stalingrad Front
September 3, 1942 - N of Stalingrad - Zhukov directs a strike to the narrow corridor north of Stalingrad
September 12, 1942 - Moscow - Flies back to Moscow to brief Stalin about Stalingrad
September 28, 1942 - Moscow - End of the debates within the Stavka about the offensive planning for the Autumn
November 3, 1942 - Moscow - Zhukov announces that Col. Gerasimov and Divisional Commissary Shabalov were shot for ordering an unauthorized retreat
November 19, 1942 - Operation Uranus - Red Army Counteroffensive at Stalingrad
November 25, 1942 - Rzhev Salient? - Third Rzhev-Viazma operation (operation Mars)
December 20, 1942 - Rzhev Salient? - Operation Mars ends without success
January 10, 1943 - Leningrad - Returns to Leningrad to supervise an operation by the Volkhov and Leningrad fronts
January 12, 1943 - Leningrad - Operation Iskra begins
January 18, 1943 - Leningrad - Operation Istra suceeds in reestablishing road and rail links to Leningrad. Zhukov is promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union
January 25(?), 1943 - Moscow - Flies to Moscow to begin planning operation Polar Star
January 28, 1943 - Moscow - Zhukov is decorated with the Order of Suvorov 1st class
February 1(?), 1943 - Leningrad? - Back in the North Front to supervise Operation Polar Star
February 19, 1943 - Leningrad - Zhukov is surprised to see germans evacuate Demyansk Pocket. Orders attack
February 28, 1943 - ? - Zhukov cables Stalin that Polar Star should be limited to capturing Staraya Russa
March 5, 1943 - ? - Rather than accept that "polar star" failed, Zhukov orders attack again
March 15(?), 1943 - Moscow - Zhukov is recalled to Moscow
March 16, 1943 - Moscow - Stalin orders Zhukov to go to Kursk to contain the german counteroffensive
March 20(?), 1943 - Bobryshevo, between Kursk and Belgorod - Sent to the Voronezh Front to investigate the situation
April 8, 1943 - Bobryshevo, between Kursk and Belgorod - Pens a long note to Stalin giving his estimate of the german's next move
April 12, 1943 - Moscow - In Moscow to attend a Stavka conference with Stalin
April 18, 1943 - Kuban Bridgehead - Zhukov is sent to the Caucassus Front to supervise an offensive in the Kuban bridgehead
May 1(?), 1943 - Bobryshevo, between Kursk and Belgorod - Returns to Kursk
July 4, 1943 - Central Front HQ - As Operation Zitadelle starts, Zhukov is at the Central Front HQ
July 5, 1943 - ? - Start of the Battle of Kursk. Zhukov orders Rokossovsky to fire strong artillery to disrupt Model's attack
July 12, 1943 - ? - Zhukov orders the beginning of Operation Kutuzov (to liberate Orel Salient)
July 13, 1943 - ? - Zhukov goes to Vatutin's HQ to coordinate Operation Rumyantsev
August 3, 1943 - Operation Rumyantsev starts
September 22, 1943 - Bukrin - Soviet tankers seize a bridgehead on the Dnepr at Bukrin
September 28, 1943 - ? - Appointed Stavka Coordinator of the Voronezh and Steppe Front
November 3, 1943 - Lyutezh - Vatutin conducts a breakout from Lyutezh bridgehead that routs a german corps
November 6, 1943 - Kiev - Liberation of Kiev
December 15(?), 1943 - Kremlin, Moscow - Returns to Moscow and pitches his plan to encircle Manstein at Cherkassy Salient
January 25, 1944 - ? - The offensive starts
January 28, 1944 - Korsun Pocket - Soviet armoured spearheads link up and encircle 56,000 germans
February 8, 1944 - ? - Zhukov offers surrender terms to the trapped german forces
February 12, 1944 - Lysyanka - Stalin puts Zhukov in direct command of the blocking forces around Lysyanka
February 16, 1944 - Korsun Pocket - Zhukov is surprised that the germans escape during the night fighting they way out
March 1, 1944 - After Vatutin's assassination, Zhukov is appointed commander of the 1st Ukranian front
March 4, 1944 - New offensive starts, much better organized
March 15(?), 1944 - Tarnopol? - Battle of Tarnopol
March 20, 1944 - Between Tarnopol and Proskurov - Zhukov lauches 3 tank armies against the germans
March 24, 1944 - Dniester River - 1st tank army crosses the Dniester River after advance SW
March 26, 1944 - Chernovtsy | Kaments-Podol'skiy - Zhukov overruns Chernovtsy and Kaments-Podol'skiy
March 31, 1944 - Kamenets-Podolsk - Zhukov becomes aware that germans escaped W and not SW
April 11, 1944 - 11km from Tarnopol - Zhukov blocks the german relief force to Tarnopol
April 22, 1944 - Kremlin, Moscow - Recalled to the Stavka. Meeting with Stalin
May 15, 1944 - ? - Zhukov is relieved of his "temporary" command
June 5, 1944 - ? - Zhukov arrives at Rokossovsky's HQ
June 23, 1944 - near Bobruisk - Operation Bagration Starts
July 3, 1944 - Minsk - Capture of Minsk. Germans retreat towards Poland
July 11, 1944 - ? - Zhukov arrives at Konev's HQ
July 13, 1944 - ? - Capture of Vilnius
July 15(?), 1944 - ? - Appointed stavka coordinator of the Lvov-Sandomierz Operation
July 19, 1944 - ? - Proposes to Stalin a series of operation to occupy East Prússia
July 27, 1944 - Lvov, Poland - Capture of Lvov
July 29, 1944 - Made a Hero of the Soviet Union for a second time
July 31, 1944 - Sandomierz, Poland - Zhukov gains a bridgehead over the Vistula River at Sandomierz. Zhukov graces the cover of "Life magazine"
August 1, 1944 - Warsaw Uprising
August 8, 1944 - Zhukov and Rokossovsky submit to Stavka a new plan to capture Warsaw
August 25, 1944 - ? - Zhukov arrives to Tolbukhin's HQ
September 5, 1944 - Romania Surrenders
September 7, 1944 - Bulgaria - Zhukov supervises the Soviet invasion of Bulgaria
September 15(?), 1944 - Poland - Back in Poland to coordinate the 1st and 2nd belarusian fronts
November 2, 1944 - Kremlin, Moscow - Meeting with Stalin
November 18, 1944 - Appointed commander of the 1st belarusian front
January 14, 1945 - Pulawy | Magnuszew Bridgeheads - Launch of Vistula-Oder operation - deep penetration from Pulawy
January 16, 1945 - Around Warsaw - Soviet and polish forces begin encircling Warsaw. Radom Captured
January 17, 1945 - Warsaw - Vacant Warsaw ocupied. Sochaczew captured
January 19, 1945 - Lódz - Zhukov captures Lódz
January 31, 1945 - Kienitz, Germany - Elements of Zhukov's front secure a bridgehead at Kienitz, 70km from Berlin
February 18, 1945 - Stavka halts 1st belarusian advance on Berlin
March 29, 1945 - Moscow - Called to Moscow
April 2, 1945 - Moscow - Meeting with Stalin
April 14, 1945 - Oder River - Zhukov begins probing the Oder River as a prelude to his great offensive
April 16, 1945 - Reitwein - In Reitwein as Largest artillery bombardment in history of Warfare over Seelow Heights
April 19, 1945 - Müncheberg - Zhukov captures Müncheberg
April 22, 1945 - Northern and Eastern Suburbs of Berlin
April 30, 1945 - Reichtag, Berlin - Capture of the Reichtag Building
May 1, 1945 - Reich Chancellery, Berlin - Zhukov searches for the bodies of Hitler and Goebbels
May 8, 1945 - Karlshorst, East Berlin - Zhukov present at the signing of german capitulation
May 19, 1945 - Moscow - Zhukov returns to Moscow
May 30, 1945 - ? - appointed commander of Soviet occupation forces in Germany
June 9, 1945 - Berlin - Holds a press conference in the german capital
June 15(?), 1945 - Moscow - Returns to Moscow to receive his 3rd Hero of the Soviet Union award
June 18, 1945 - Stalin's Dacha - Stalin asks Zhukov if he still remembered how to ride a horse
June 24, 1945 - Moscow - Leads Victory Parade in Red Square
July 16, 1945 - Potsdam - Attends Potsdam Conference. Stalin arrives in Berlin by train
August 2, 1945 - Potsdam - End of the Potsdam Conference
August 12, 1945 - Moscow - Attends a Physical culture parade in red Square, with Eisenhower
September 7, 1945 - Berlin - Zhukov rides again at the Victory Parade in Berlin
November 7, 1945 - Berlin - Last meeting between Zhukov and Eisenhower
February 1(?), 1946 - ? - Zhukov is elected to the Supreme Soviet
March 22, 1946 - ? - Appointed commander-in-chief of Soviet ground forces
April 1(?), 1946 - Moscow - Returns to Moscow
June 1, 1946 - Moscow - Dismissed as commander-in-chief of soviet ground forces and posted to Odessa
June 5(?), 1946 - Odessa - Arrives in Odessa?
August 1(?), 1946 - Sochi - Enjoying his first vacations with his family since the end of WW2
February 1(?), 1947 - ? - Expelled from membership of the party Central Committee
January 1(?), 1948 - ? - censured for extracting war booty from Germany
February 4, 1948 - Sverdlovsk - Transfered to the Command of the Urals Military district
January(?) 1(?), 1950 - Sverdlovsk - Meets Galina Semonova in Sverdlovsk. Reelected to the Supreme Soviet
July(?) 1(?), 1950 - Sverdlovsk - Hospitalized because of heart problems
January(?) 1(?), 1951 - Warsaw - Member of a Government delegation to Warsaw
October 1(?), 1952 - ? - Attends 19th party congress and is elected to Central Committee
March 4, 1953 - Sverdlovsk - Receives a message to phonecall Bulganin (who tells him to fly to Moscow)
March 5, 1953 - Moscow - Arrives in Moscow. Stalin dies
March 9, 1953 - Moscow - Zhukov is prominent in the military guard of honor at Stalin's funeral
March 15, 1953 - Moscow - appointed deputy defense minister
June 26, 1953 - ? - Bulganin telephones zhukov and asks him to come to the Kremlin - About Beria. He personally arrests Beria
January(?) 1(?), 1954 - Death of Zhukov's Sister Maria
September 14, 1954 - Totskoe - Oversees nuclear test and exercise
February 7, 1955 - Appointed minister of Defense
May 1(?), 1955 - Signing of the Warsaw pact
July 18, 1955 - Geneva - Attends Geneva Summit and meets Eisenhower
July 20, 1955 - Geneva - First conversation between Zhukov and Eisenhower
July 23, 1955 - Geneva - Second conversation between Zhukov and Eisenhower
February 1(?), 1956 - Elected to the Presidium at the 20th Party Congress
February 25, 1956 - ? - Khrushchev gives secret speech to 20th Party congress
October 19, 1956 - Warsaw - Flies to Warsaw with Konev
November 1(?), 1956 - Oversees soviet military intervention in Hungary
January 1(?), 1957 - India / Burma - Tours India and Burma
February 5, 1957 - Military Staff College, India - Zhukov gives a speech about the question of nuclear war
February 20(?), 1957 - Retired from the armed forces by the Presidium
March 1(?), 1957 - East Berlin - Zhukov goes to East Berlin to sign a defence agreement with the East German Government
May 1(?), 1957 - Moscow - Zhukov defends the idea of a preemptive attack against NATO in a military conference
June 19, 1957 - ? - birth of daughter Maria
June 25(?), 1957 - ? - Leads defense of Khrushchev against attempted coup by the antiparty group
October 5, 1957 - Sevastopol - Boards the cruiser "Kuibyshev" on a trip to Yugoslavia
October 8, 1957 - Zadar, Yugoslavia - The "Kuibyshev" arrives to Yugoslavia
October 16, 1957 - Belgrade - Submits a report to Moscow on his conversations with Tito
October 17, 1957 - Belgrade - Leaves Belgrade towards Albânia
October 26, 1957 - Moscow - Returns to Moscow
October 28, 1957 - Central Committee dismisses Zhukov for distancing army from the party
January(?) 1(?), 1959 - attacked at 21st Party congress by Minister of Defense Malinovsky
January(?) 1(?), 1961 - attacked at 22nd party congress by Khrushchev
October 1(?), 1964 - Fall of Khrushchev
January(?) 1(?), 1965 - Divorces Alexandra Dievna. Marries Galina Semonova
May 8, 1965 - Kremlin, Moscow - Zhukov is invited to attend a speech by new leader Brezhnev - he is given a standing ovation
November 1(?), 1966 - ? - Attends a conference celebrating the 25 anniversary of the battle of Moscow. Awarded 5th order of Lenin
December 1(?), 1967 - Death of Alexandra Dievna
January 1(?), 1968 - Arkhangel'skoe (outside Moscow) - Suffers Stroke while resting in a sanatorium
April 1(?), 1969 - Publication of 1st edition of Zhukov's memoirs
September 11, 1971 - Khrushchev dies
November 13, 1973 - Death of Galina Semonova
June 18, 1974 - Moscow - Georgy Zhukov dies in the Kremlin Hospital, aged 77 =(END)
June 1(?), 1938 - Smolensk? - Appointed deputy commander of the belarusian military district
May 24, 1939 - Smolensk? - Receives orders to move to Mongolian border
May 30, 1939 - Tamtsak-Bulat - posted to the mongolian-manchurian border
June 12, 1939 - Khalkhin-Gol - appointed commander of the 57th Special Corps at Khalkhin-Gol
July 13, 1939 - Khalkhin-Gol - Deputy Defense Commissar G.I.Kulik orders Zhukov to withraw to east of the river
July 14, 1939 - Khalkhin-Gol - Kulik's orders are cancelled and Moscow and Voroshilov support Zhukov
July 19, 1939 - Khalkhin-Gol - 57th Corps reorganized into 1st Army group with zhukov in command
August 20, 1939 - Khalkhin-Gol - Launch of attack on japanese forces
August 23, 1939 - Signature of the Nazi-Soviet Pact
August 27, 1939 - Khalkhin-Gol - Zhukov issues a decree to the 1st Army Group announcing the surrounding and destruction of the japanese forces on Mongolian territory
August 30, 1939 - Zhukov is made a Hero of the Soviet Union for his victory in Khalkhin-Gol
September 1(?), 1939 - Ulan-Bator, Mongolia - After the battle, Zhukov moves the 1st Army Group HQ
September 17, 1939 - Soviet Invasion of Eastern Poland
May 1(?), 1940 - Kiev - Appointed commander of the kiev special military district
June 2, 1940 - Moscow? - First meeting with Stalin
June 5, 1940 - Promoted to General of the Army
June 28, 1940 - Bessarabia | Bukovina - Leads Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and north Bukovina
July 17, 1940 - Bessarabia | Bukovina - issues a decree cataloguing a series of deficiencies in his army for reorganization
December 25, 1940 - Moscow - Zhukov delivers report "the character of contemporary offensive operations"
January 2, 1941 - ? / Kremlin, Moscow - First War Game - until January 6th. Meeting of Conference participants with Stalin
January 8, 1941 - ? - Second War Game - until 11th
January 14, 1941 - ? - Appointed chief of the General staff
January 20, 1941 - ? - Takes part in General Staff war games
February 1(?), 1941 - ? - Elected alternate member of the central committee at the 18th Party conference
March 5, 1941 - ? - Zhukov is given additional responsabilities for military communications, fuel supplies, air defence, and the running of the General Staff Academy
May 15, 1941 - ? - Draft of Soviet plan for a preemptive strike against Germany
May 24, 1941 - Kremlin, Moscow - Zhukov and Timoshenko meet Stalin
June 14, 1941 - Kremlin, Moscow - Zhukov and Timoshenko go see Stalin to urge him to alert all border forces and deploy more troops to the border
June 21, 1941 - Kremlin, Moscow - New meeting with Stalin - directive issued to all military districts warning of possible german surprise attack on 22 or 23
June 22, 1941 - Kremlin, Moscow - Zhukov and Timoshenko meet Stalin as reports of the invasion come in
June 23, 1941 - Tarnopol - Arrives in Tarnopol as representative of the High Command
June 24, 1941 - ? - establishment of STAVKA, campaign headquarters of the supreme command
June 26, 1941 - Kremlin, Moscow - Back in Stalin's office
June 29, 1941 - Kremlin, Moscow - Zhukov is again in Stalin's office
June 30, 1941 - Fall of Minsk
July 15, 1941 - Zhukov issues a Stavka directive to all fronts on "the utilization of the experience of war"
July 29, 1941 - Vyazma - Removed as chief of the general staff and appointed to command of reserve front
August 11, 1941 - Yel'nya, near Smolensk - Leads counteroffensive in Yel'nya
August 16, 1941 - Stalin issues order No.270 (signed by Zhukov) instructing that cowards and deserters were to be eliminated
August 21, 1941 - Yel'nya - Reports to Stalin that the attack had so far failed to surround the enemy
August 30, 1941 - Yel'nya - Offensive is resumed
September 6, 1941 - Yel'nya - Zhukov captures Yel'nya. Germans are forces to withraw
September 8, 1941 - Yel'nya - Zhukov stresses the good performance of his division in a report to Stalin
September 11, 1941 - Moscow - Meets Stalin. Appointed commander of the Leningrad Front
September 13, 1941 - Leningrad - Zhukov flies to Leningrad, almost shot down over Lake Ladoga by messerschmitts
September 15, 1941 - Leningrad - Zhukov orders counterattacks
September 17, 1941 - Leningrad - Zhukov issues orders to shoot immediately anybody that abandons the front
September 18, 1941 - While in Leningrad - Stalin issues an order designating Zhukov's divisions as "Guards" Divisions
October 5, 1941 - Leningrad - Stalin phones Zhukov in Leningrad, asking him to fly to Moscow
October 7, 1941 - Moscow - With the situation stable in Leningrad, Zhukov arrives in Moscow - Stavka appoints him its representative to the reserve front
October 8, 1941 - Mozhaisk - Orders to proceed to the western front
October 11, 1941 - Moscow - Appointed commander of the Western Front
October 13, 1941 - Moscow - Zhukov uses the same methods as in Leningrad to organize and discipline the troops
November 1, 1941 - Moscow - Zhukov starts receiving reinforcements, until 15th
November 8, 1941 - Kremlin, Moscow - Zhukov meets Stalin at the Kremlin
November 20, 1941 - Odintsovo (Western Front HQ) - German offensive reaches its limit
December 5, 1941 - Beginning of the Moscow counteroffensive
January 1, 1942 - Perkhushkin (Western Front HQ) - Zhukov celebrates New Year with his family
January 7, 1942 - (reaches) Sukhinichi and Borovsk - Orders to begin the 2nd phase of the counteroffensive
January 8, 1942 - Launch of first Rzhev-Vyazma operation
January 27, 1942 - Zhukov orders the 8th airborne brigade to drop W of Vyazma
February 15, 1942 - Yukhnov - Mounts a major attack to finish off the german hedgehog at Yukhnov
March 5, 1942 - Yukhnov - The Germans are forced to abandon Yukhnov
July 5, 1942 - E of Rzhev Salient - Zhukov attacks the 2.Panzerarmee
July 17, 1942 - E of Rzhev Salient - Second Rzhev-Vyazma operation
August 5, 1942 - E of Rzhev Salient - Zhukov attacks east side of Rzhev
August 26, 1942 - E of Rzhev Salient - Appointed Stalin's deputy supreme commander. Orders to go to Stalingrad
August 29, 1942 - Stalingrad - Flies to General Gordov's HQ in the Stalingrad Front
September 3, 1942 - N of Stalingrad - Zhukov directs a strike to the narrow corridor north of Stalingrad
September 12, 1942 - Moscow - Flies back to Moscow to brief Stalin about Stalingrad
September 28, 1942 - Moscow - End of the debates within the Stavka about the offensive planning for the Autumn
November 3, 1942 - Moscow - Zhukov announces that Col. Gerasimov and Divisional Commissary Shabalov were shot for ordering an unauthorized retreat
November 19, 1942 - Operation Uranus - Red Army Counteroffensive at Stalingrad
November 25, 1942 - Rzhev Salient? - Third Rzhev-Viazma operation (operation Mars)
December 20, 1942 - Rzhev Salient? - Operation Mars ends without success
January 10, 1943 - Leningrad - Returns to Leningrad to supervise an operation by the Volkhov and Leningrad fronts
January 12, 1943 - Leningrad - Operation Iskra begins
January 18, 1943 - Leningrad - Operation Istra suceeds in reestablishing road and rail links to Leningrad. Zhukov is promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union
January 25(?), 1943 - Moscow - Flies to Moscow to begin planning operation Polar Star
January 28, 1943 - Moscow - Zhukov is decorated with the Order of Suvorov 1st class
February 1(?), 1943 - Leningrad? - Back in the North Front to supervise Operation Polar Star
February 19, 1943 - Leningrad - Zhukov is surprised to see germans evacuate Demyansk Pocket. Orders attack
February 28, 1943 - ? - Zhukov cables Stalin that Polar Star should be limited to capturing Staraya Russa
March 5, 1943 - ? - Rather than accept that "polar star" failed, Zhukov orders attack again
March 15(?), 1943 - Moscow - Zhukov is recalled to Moscow
March 16, 1943 - Moscow - Stalin orders Zhukov to go to Kursk to contain the german counteroffensive
March 20(?), 1943 - Bobryshevo, between Kursk and Belgorod - Sent to the Voronezh Front to investigate the situation
April 8, 1943 - Bobryshevo, between Kursk and Belgorod - Pens a long note to Stalin giving his estimate of the german's next move
April 12, 1943 - Moscow - In Moscow to attend a Stavka conference with Stalin
April 18, 1943 - Kuban Bridgehead - Zhukov is sent to the Caucassus Front to supervise an offensive in the Kuban bridgehead
May 1(?), 1943 - Bobryshevo, between Kursk and Belgorod - Returns to Kursk
July 4, 1943 - Central Front HQ - As Operation Zitadelle starts, Zhukov is at the Central Front HQ
July 5, 1943 - ? - Start of the Battle of Kursk. Zhukov orders Rokossovsky to fire strong artillery to disrupt Model's attack
July 12, 1943 - ? - Zhukov orders the beginning of Operation Kutuzov (to liberate Orel Salient)
July 13, 1943 - ? - Zhukov goes to Vatutin's HQ to coordinate Operation Rumyantsev
August 3, 1943 - Operation Rumyantsev starts
September 22, 1943 - Bukrin - Soviet tankers seize a bridgehead on the Dnepr at Bukrin
September 28, 1943 - ? - Appointed Stavka Coordinator of the Voronezh and Steppe Front
November 3, 1943 - Lyutezh - Vatutin conducts a breakout from Lyutezh bridgehead that routs a german corps
November 6, 1943 - Kiev - Liberation of Kiev
December 15(?), 1943 - Kremlin, Moscow - Returns to Moscow and pitches his plan to encircle Manstein at Cherkassy Salient
January 25, 1944 - ? - The offensive starts
January 28, 1944 - Korsun Pocket - Soviet armoured spearheads link up and encircle 56,000 germans
February 8, 1944 - ? - Zhukov offers surrender terms to the trapped german forces
February 12, 1944 - Lysyanka - Stalin puts Zhukov in direct command of the blocking forces around Lysyanka
February 16, 1944 - Korsun Pocket - Zhukov is surprised that the germans escape during the night fighting they way out
March 1, 1944 - After Vatutin's assassination, Zhukov is appointed commander of the 1st Ukranian front
March 4, 1944 - New offensive starts, much better organized
March 15(?), 1944 - Tarnopol? - Battle of Tarnopol
March 20, 1944 - Between Tarnopol and Proskurov - Zhukov lauches 3 tank armies against the germans
March 24, 1944 - Dniester River - 1st tank army crosses the Dniester River after advance SW
March 26, 1944 - Chernovtsy | Kaments-Podol'skiy - Zhukov overruns Chernovtsy and Kaments-Podol'skiy
March 31, 1944 - Kamenets-Podolsk - Zhukov becomes aware that germans escaped W and not SW
April 11, 1944 - 11km from Tarnopol - Zhukov blocks the german relief force to Tarnopol
April 22, 1944 - Kremlin, Moscow - Recalled to the Stavka. Meeting with Stalin
May 15, 1944 - ? - Zhukov is relieved of his "temporary" command
June 5, 1944 - ? - Zhukov arrives at Rokossovsky's HQ
June 23, 1944 - near Bobruisk - Operation Bagration Starts
July 3, 1944 - Minsk - Capture of Minsk. Germans retreat towards Poland
July 11, 1944 - ? - Zhukov arrives at Konev's HQ
July 13, 1944 - ? - Capture of Vilnius
July 15(?), 1944 - ? - Appointed stavka coordinator of the Lvov-Sandomierz Operation
July 19, 1944 - ? - Proposes to Stalin a series of operation to occupy East Prússia
July 27, 1944 - Lvov, Poland - Capture of Lvov
July 29, 1944 - Made a Hero of the Soviet Union for a second time
July 31, 1944 - Sandomierz, Poland - Zhukov gains a bridgehead over the Vistula River at Sandomierz. Zhukov graces the cover of "Life magazine"
August 1, 1944 - Warsaw Uprising
August 8, 1944 - Zhukov and Rokossovsky submit to Stavka a new plan to capture Warsaw
August 25, 1944 - ? - Zhukov arrives to Tolbukhin's HQ
September 5, 1944 - Romania Surrenders
September 7, 1944 - Bulgaria - Zhukov supervises the Soviet invasion of Bulgaria
September 15(?), 1944 - Poland - Back in Poland to coordinate the 1st and 2nd belarusian fronts
November 2, 1944 - Kremlin, Moscow - Meeting with Stalin
November 18, 1944 - Appointed commander of the 1st belarusian front
January 14, 1945 - Pulawy | Magnuszew Bridgeheads - Launch of Vistula-Oder operation - deep penetration from Pulawy
January 16, 1945 - Around Warsaw - Soviet and polish forces begin encircling Warsaw. Radom Captured
January 17, 1945 - Warsaw - Vacant Warsaw ocupied. Sochaczew captured
January 19, 1945 - Lódz - Zhukov captures Lódz
January 31, 1945 - Kienitz, Germany - Elements of Zhukov's front secure a bridgehead at Kienitz, 70km from Berlin
February 18, 1945 - Stavka halts 1st belarusian advance on Berlin
March 29, 1945 - Moscow - Called to Moscow
April 2, 1945 - Moscow - Meeting with Stalin
April 14, 1945 - Oder River - Zhukov begins probing the Oder River as a prelude to his great offensive
April 16, 1945 - Reitwein - In Reitwein as Largest artillery bombardment in history of Warfare over Seelow Heights
April 19, 1945 - Müncheberg - Zhukov captures Müncheberg
April 22, 1945 - Northern and Eastern Suburbs of Berlin
April 30, 1945 - Reichtag, Berlin - Capture of the Reichtag Building
May 1, 1945 - Reich Chancellery, Berlin - Zhukov searches for the bodies of Hitler and Goebbels
May 8, 1945 - Karlshorst, East Berlin - Zhukov present at the signing of german capitulation
May 19, 1945 - Moscow - Zhukov returns to Moscow
May 30, 1945 - ? - appointed commander of Soviet occupation forces in Germany
June 9, 1945 - Berlin - Holds a press conference in the german capital
June 15(?), 1945 - Moscow - Returns to Moscow to receive his 3rd Hero of the Soviet Union award
June 18, 1945 - Stalin's Dacha - Stalin asks Zhukov if he still remembered how to ride a horse
June 24, 1945 - Moscow - Leads Victory Parade in Red Square
July 16, 1945 - Potsdam - Attends Potsdam Conference. Stalin arrives in Berlin by train
August 2, 1945 - Potsdam - End of the Potsdam Conference
August 12, 1945 - Moscow - Attends a Physical culture parade in red Square, with Eisenhower
September 7, 1945 - Berlin - Zhukov rides again at the Victory Parade in Berlin
November 7, 1945 - Berlin - Last meeting between Zhukov and Eisenhower
February 1(?), 1946 - ? - Zhukov is elected to the Supreme Soviet
March 22, 1946 - ? - Appointed commander-in-chief of Soviet ground forces
April 1(?), 1946 - Moscow - Returns to Moscow
June 1, 1946 - Moscow - Dismissed as commander-in-chief of soviet ground forces and posted to Odessa
June 5(?), 1946 - Odessa - Arrives in Odessa?
August 1(?), 1946 - Sochi - Enjoying his first vacations with his family since the end of WW2
February 1(?), 1947 - ? - Expelled from membership of the party Central Committee
January 1(?), 1948 - ? - censured for extracting war booty from Germany
February 4, 1948 - Sverdlovsk - Transfered to the Command of the Urals Military district
January(?) 1(?), 1950 - Sverdlovsk - Meets Galina Semonova in Sverdlovsk. Reelected to the Supreme Soviet
July(?) 1(?), 1950 - Sverdlovsk - Hospitalized because of heart problems
January(?) 1(?), 1951 - Warsaw - Member of a Government delegation to Warsaw
October 1(?), 1952 - ? - Attends 19th party congress and is elected to Central Committee
March 4, 1953 - Sverdlovsk - Receives a message to phonecall Bulganin (who tells him to fly to Moscow)
March 5, 1953 - Moscow - Arrives in Moscow. Stalin dies
March 9, 1953 - Moscow - Zhukov is prominent in the military guard of honor at Stalin's funeral
March 15, 1953 - Moscow - appointed deputy defense minister
June 26, 1953 - ? - Bulganin telephones zhukov and asks him to come to the Kremlin - About Beria. He personally arrests Beria
January(?) 1(?), 1954 - Death of Zhukov's Sister Maria
September 14, 1954 - Totskoe - Oversees nuclear test and exercise
February 7, 1955 - Appointed minister of Defense
May 1(?), 1955 - Signing of the Warsaw pact
July 18, 1955 - Geneva - Attends Geneva Summit and meets Eisenhower
July 20, 1955 - Geneva - First conversation between Zhukov and Eisenhower
July 23, 1955 - Geneva - Second conversation between Zhukov and Eisenhower
February 1(?), 1956 - Elected to the Presidium at the 20th Party Congress
February 25, 1956 - ? - Khrushchev gives secret speech to 20th Party congress
October 19, 1956 - Warsaw - Flies to Warsaw with Konev
November 1(?), 1956 - Oversees soviet military intervention in Hungary
January 1(?), 1957 - India / Burma - Tours India and Burma
February 5, 1957 - Military Staff College, India - Zhukov gives a speech about the question of nuclear war
February 20(?), 1957 - Retired from the armed forces by the Presidium
March 1(?), 1957 - East Berlin - Zhukov goes to East Berlin to sign a defence agreement with the East German Government
May 1(?), 1957 - Moscow - Zhukov defends the idea of a preemptive attack against NATO in a military conference
June 19, 1957 - ? - birth of daughter Maria
June 25(?), 1957 - ? - Leads defense of Khrushchev against attempted coup by the antiparty group
October 5, 1957 - Sevastopol - Boards the cruiser "Kuibyshev" on a trip to Yugoslavia
October 8, 1957 - Zadar, Yugoslavia - The "Kuibyshev" arrives to Yugoslavia
October 16, 1957 - Belgrade - Submits a report to Moscow on his conversations with Tito
October 17, 1957 - Belgrade - Leaves Belgrade towards Albânia
October 26, 1957 - Moscow - Returns to Moscow
October 28, 1957 - Central Committee dismisses Zhukov for distancing army from the party
January(?) 1(?), 1959 - attacked at 21st Party congress by Minister of Defense Malinovsky
January(?) 1(?), 1961 - attacked at 22nd party congress by Khrushchev
October 1(?), 1964 - Fall of Khrushchev
January(?) 1(?), 1965 - Divorces Alexandra Dievna. Marries Galina Semonova
May 8, 1965 - Kremlin, Moscow - Zhukov is invited to attend a speech by new leader Brezhnev - he is given a standing ovation
November 1(?), 1966 - ? - Attends a conference celebrating the 25 anniversary of the battle of Moscow. Awarded 5th order of Lenin
December 1(?), 1967 - Death of Alexandra Dievna
January 1(?), 1968 - Arkhangel'skoe (outside Moscow) - Suffers Stroke while resting in a sanatorium
April 1(?), 1969 - Publication of 1st edition of Zhukov's memoirs
September 11, 1971 - Khrushchev dies
November 13, 1973 - Death of Galina Semonova
June 18, 1974 - Moscow - Georgy Zhukov dies in the Kremlin Hospital, aged 77 =(END)
It's a very deep and interesting research!
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