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Zhukov

[zhoo-kuhf]

noun

  1. Georgi Konstantinovich 1896–1974, Russian marshal.



Zhukov

/ ˈʒukəf /

noun

  1. Georgi Konstantinovich (ɡɪˈɔrɡij kənstanˈtinəvitʃ). 1896–1974, Soviet marshal. In World War II, he led the offensives that broke the sieges of Stalingrad and Leningrad (1942–43) and later captured Warsaw and Berlin; minister of defence (1955–57)

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Zhukova is the ex-wife of Alexander Zhukov, a billionaire energy investor and Russian politician.

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Her ex-husband Alexander Zhukov is a billionaire energy investor and Russian politician.

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This isn’t the first billionaire to whom Zhukova has been engaged, who was previously married to energy investor Alexander Zhukov.

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"This project will help make municipal services in these two cities more sustainable, resilient, and less carbon-intensive," ADB Director General for Central and West Asia Yevgeniy Zhukov said in a statement.

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Zhukov said stellar wind is a phenomenon common to most, if not all, stars, though the physical mechanism may differ among various types of stars.

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