Daughters Zhukov Biography

The same dad as other children is kind, strong, loving, ”said his youngest daughter Maria about the famous marshal of the victory of George Konstantinovich Zhukov. Maria Georgievna was born in the year when Zhukova was already sixty. At that time, Georgy Konstantinovich served as Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union. Huge employment and permanent trips did not allow him to spend a lot of time with a newborn baby.

But in letters to his wife, Galina Alexandrovna Zhukova, he always asked about his daughter. The first time after the birth of Maria Marshal was so rarely at home that he was interested in his wife, whom the girl becomes like her dad or mother? And he admitted: “I would like it to be more like me, but certainly with your eyes, which I really, really love.” And soon a difficult period came in Zhukov’s life.

The Marshal suddenly underwent harsh criticism from the party and government. He was unfounded of mistakes that he allegedly made during the Great Patriotic War, deprived of a government office. Marshal was very worried about this. However, in his disgrace, he saw a positive side: now he could spend all the time with his family, to educate his daughter.

Maria Georgievna recalls this time as the happiest in her life. The Zhukovs lived in Rublevo near Moscow, in a house surrounded by forest. In the morning, he and his father went there for mushrooms and berries. Once Georgy Konstantinovich gave his daughter spinning and took fishing with him. Marshal himself that day did not catch anything. But Masha returned home with a catch - she caught three large zander.

Marshal Zhukov is often represented by a harsh warrior. But at home, next to her beloved daughter, there was no trace of this severity. Georgy Konstantinovich Baloil Masha, with great hunting took part in her games and children's fun. For example, once the girl decided to write dad's portrait from nature, and Marshal posed for her for quite some time and completely seriously. Maria Georgievna recalled: “You run headlong to him, you will clamp in your hand some kind of pierbica egg found in the forest, he will always be happy, stroke on the head, say something affectionate.” And although the details of this trip were not preserved in the memory of Maria Georgievna, she remembered the feeling of a joyful, bright holiday.

At home, Zhukovs arranged evenings in classical music - they started a gramophone, put records with arias from operas. Or started a tea party with a real Russian samovar in the garden. Days and years flew in an atmosphere of good family traditions, warmth, love, care for each other. In the year, on the eve of his daughter, Georgy Konstantinovich suffered a heart attack, after which he could not get to his feet.

He was sick for a long time, and all this time Maria Georgievna was next to her father. Understanding that the end is close, Zhukov tried to console his daughter: “I will die soon, but I will watch you and come in difficult times,” he said. On her pages, she shared with readers a piece of the love that her beloved dad gave her - strong, courageous, heroic. And at the same time - the most ordinary.

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