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In 1938, Zhukov was assigned to command Soviet forces operating with the Mongolian People's Army against Japan’s Kwantung Army
Zhukov took command in Mongolia in 1939, not 1938.
Full reasoning
This date is too early. The Presidential Library biography says that from July 1938 Zhukov was deputy commander of the Belorussian Special Military District, and only the following summer did he take command of the 57th Special Corps / 1st Army Group in Mongolia. An encyclopedia reference also states that he became commander of Soviet Forces in Mongolia in 1939. So the article’s statement that he was assigned to that command in 1938 is incorrect.
2 sources
- Георгий Константинович Жуков (1896-1974) | Президентская библиотека имени Б.Н. Ельцина
С июля 1938 года Г. К. Жуков стал заместителем командующего войсками Белорусского Особого военного округа по кавалерии. Летом следующего года он вступил в командование 57-м особым корпусом, затем 1-й армейской группой советских войск в Монголии.
- Zhukov, Georgy Konstantinovich | Encyclopedia.com
... became deputy commander of the Belorussian Military District in 1938 and commander of Soviet Forces in Mongolia in 1939.
about 62 miles (100 km) east of Moscow
Strelkovka is southwest of Moscow, not east of it.
Full reasoning
The directional part of this location claim is wrong. A modern research reference on Zhukov places Strelkovka southwest of Moscow, not east. Another biographical source likewise describes his birthplace as approximately 100 kilometers southwest of Moscow. The distance is in the right ballpark, but the compass direction is reversed.
2 sources
- Georgy Zhukov | History | Research Starters | EBSCO Research
Strelkovka is approximately one hundred miles southwest of Moscow.
- Georgy Zhukov | Historical Parallax
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov was born on December 1, 1896 ... in the village of Strelkovka ... approximately 100 kilometers southwest of Moscow.
Order of the Red Star (1921)
This cannot be right: the Order of the Red Star was created in 1930, and Zhukov’s early civil-war decoration was the Order of the Red Banner.
Full reasoning
This award/date combination is impossible. The historical document library entry for the Statute of the Order of the Red Star says it was approved on 5 May 1930, so Zhukov could not have received that order in 1921. A Kaluga regional history/tourism page for Zhukov’s birthplace instead identifies his first award as the Order of the Red Banner, awarded in 1922. So both the order name and the year are wrong here.
2 sources
- Статут ордена «Красная Звезда» (Утв. Президиумом ЦИК Союза ССР 5 мая 1930 г.)
Статут ордена «Красная Звезда» (Утв. Президиумом ЦИК Союза ССР 5 мая 1930 г.)
- Стрелковка | Туристический портал Калуги и Калужской области
... точную копию первой награды - ордена «Красное Знамя», которым полководец был награжден в 1922 году ...
CPSU (1917–1957)
These party-membership dates are wrong: Zhukov joined in 1919, not 1917, and remained a party member for the rest of his life.
Full reasoning
A research reference on Zhukov states that he joined the Communist Party in March 1919 and remained a member the rest of his life. That means both dates shown here are incorrect: the start date should not be 1917, and the end date should not be 1957.
1 source
- Georgy Zhukov | History | Research Starters | EBSCO Research
He had joined the Communist Party in March, 1919, and was a member the rest of his life.