Word: zhukov
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Fearful Civilians. With Zhukov refusing to accept a face-saving reassignment, Khrushchev was left with only two alternatives: either he must back down or he must utterly crush Zhukov...
...More Promotions. Clearly, Khrushchev planned to kick Zhukov upstairs to some such post as Deputy Premier, thus depriving him of control of the armed forces but at the same time avoiding the risk of a public showdown. Communist newspapers in Europe blossomed out with obviously inspired stories that the marshal was slated for "an important new post." On the afternoon of Zhukov's return to Moscow, Tass and Radio Moscow reported his arrival with all the flowery detail they reserve for VIPs...
...Zhukov went straight from the airport to a meeting of the Presidium. By late that afternoon it was clear that he had refused to accept the proffered "promotion," and that the showdown Khrushchev had hoped to avoid was under way. So lengthy was the debate that Khrushchev and other Presidium members who had accepted invitations to an Iranian embassy reception were twice obliged to postpone the hour of their arrival. When they finally did show up, all that came out of the Presidium was the curt announcement that Zhukov had been replaced as Defense Minister by Marshal Rodion Malinovsky...
Ever since the Finnish War of 1939, Zhukov had been struggling to reduce the power of the political commissars in the armed forces. Only last April he had finally succeeded in establishing the principle that the commissars must not interfere in purely military decisions. The suggestion that Zhukov was trying to establish personal dominance of the Soviet army was likely to find ready acceptance with Communist Party bureaucrats, ever fearful of a military coup. Khrushchev, having used the threat of Zhukov's military power to destroy his civilian rivals, was now appealing to the civilian majority of the Central...
Other Work. After a week of ominous silence, the Central Committee delivered its verdict in the ritualistic phrases of Communist inquisition: "Comrade Zhukov has violated the Leninist party principles . . . pursued a policy of abolishing the leadership and control of the party over the army and navy . . . proved to be a politically unsound person, inclined toward adventurism...