Compromising Marshal Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov

Abstract

Background. The relevance of the study is determined by the need for a compre-hensive and objective analysis of the relationship between state leaders in the struggle for power. The purpose of the study is to reflect the activities of the state security agencies un-der the leadership of Minister V.S. Abakumov in compromising G.K. Zhukov. Materials and methods. The implementation of research tasks was achieved through the use of docu-ments from the Russian State Archive of Contemporary History, the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History, the Archive of the President of the Russian Federation and pre-viously published materials on the research topic. The methodological potential includes the philosophical principles of dialectics, namely, objectivity, scientific character, compre-hensiveness, unity of the historical, logical, etc. Results. Based on the documents, the mechanism of falsifying the testimony of those arrested from the marshalʼs close circle in order to compromise him is considered. At the same time, it should be noted that the facts of Zhukov’s looting in Germany, his moral character and the facts of his exaltation really took place. Conclusions. The compromise of G.K. Zhukov was carried out on the initiative of G.M. Malenkov and L.P. Beria and quite obviously with the consent of A.A. Zhdanov, who, thanks to their influence on I.V. Stalin, removed competitors from the political Olym-pus, clearing their way to power. The executor of their will was the Minister of State Secu-rity V.S. Abakumov, who, in addition to Stalin, was guided in his work by his protégé, Beria.

Keywords

• g.k. zhukov
• compromise
• looting
• ministry of state security of the ussr
• i.v. stalin
• v.s. abakumov
• l.p. beria