Margarita Georgievna Zhukova (russian: Маргарита Георгиевна Жукова; 6 June 1929 – 13 May 2010) was a Soviet and Russian
educator
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and scientist.
She was also a member of the Russian Union of Journalists and wrote many publications about her father, Marshal
Georgy Zhukov
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov ( rus, Георгий Константинович Жуков, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ˈʐukəf, a=Ru-Георгий_Константинович_Жуков.ogg; 1 December 1896 – ...
.
Biography
Margarita Georgievna Zhukova was born in
Minsk
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on 6 June 1929. Her mother was Maria Nikolaevna Volokhova (1897—1983), and her father was Georgy Zhukov. Her parents weren't married, but both of them are mentioned in the
birth certificate
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of their daughter.
In 1948, Zhukova entered the Law Faculty of
Moscow State University
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and graduated from there in 1953. At the same time she graduated from a school at Moscow State University where teachers of
political economy
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were trained. After her graduation she started working in the Department of Political Economy at
Moscow Power Engineering Institute
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. Over the next 35 years she spent nine years at the Power Engineering Institute and 26 years at the Moscow Metallurgical Institute, where she was an
associate professor
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. From 1963, she was a member of the educational society "''Znanie''" (Knowledge).
From 1974, she was engaged in military work.
In August 1993, at its inaugural meeting, Zhukova was elected president of ''Marshal Zhukov Foundation''. She was also a leader of the movement "''Russia and Life''". In 1994, she took part in an
Orthodox
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Religion
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pilgrimage
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mission on the frigate "''Druzhba''", where she read a lecture about her father.
In November 1999, she was registered as a candidate for membership in the
State Duma
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in
Mytishchi
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constituency as an independent candidate. She was a Laureate of Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov State Prize of the Russian Federation.
Margarita Zhukova died in
Moscow
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on 13 May 2010.
References
External links
An interview with Margarita Zhukova
About Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov State Prize of the Russian Federation
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Moscow Power Engineering Institute faculty
1929 births
2010 deaths
Moscow State University alumni