Editing Georgy Zhukov (section)

== Later life ==
=== Retirement ===
[[File:Георгий Константинович Жуков на отдыхе в Сочи.jpg|thumb|upright|Zhukov on holiday in [[Sochi]]]]
After being forced out of the government, Zhukov stayed away from politics. Many people—including former subordinates—frequently paid him visits, joined him on hunting excursions, and exchanged reminiscences. In September 1959, while visiting the United States, Khrushchev told President Eisenhower that the retired Marshal Zhukov "liked fishing". Zhukov was actually a keen [[aquarist]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title= Erinnerungen an Ornithologen, die ich kannte| journal=J. Ornithol.|volume=139| pages=325–348| year=1998| author=Nowak, Eugeniusz| issue=3| doi=10.1007/BF01653343| s2cid=28973619|language=de}}</ref> In response, Eisenhower sent Zhukov a set of [[fishing tackle]]. Zhukov respected this gift so much that he is said to have exclusively used Eisenhower's fishing tackle for the remainder of his life, referring to Soviet fishing tackle as "substandard".<ref>Korda, M. (2008) Ike: An American Hero</ref>

After Khrushchev was deposed in October 1964, Brezhnev restored Zhukov to favor—though not to power—in a move to use Zhukov's popularity to strengthen his political position. Zhukov's name was put in the public eye yet again when Brezhnev lionised Zhukov in a speech commemorating the Great Patriotic War. On 9 May 1965, Zhukov was invited to sit on the tribune of the Lenin Mausoleum and given the honour of reviewing the parade of military forces in [[Red Square]].{{sfn|Axell|2003|p=277}}

Zhukov had begun writing his memoirs, ''Memories and Recollections'', in 1958. He now worked intensively on them, which together with steadily deteriorating health, served to worsen his [[heart disease]]. It would take another decade until publication after Zhukov clashed constantly with [[Mikhail Suslov]], the Communist Party's Chief Ideologue and Second in Command in charge of Censorship, who demanded many revisions and removals, particularly his criticisms of Stalin, Voroshilov, Budyonny and Molotov. After Brezhnev came to power, Suslov made further demands to exaggerate Colonel Brezhnev's role in WWII by glorifying the little known and strategically unimportant Battles of [[Malaya Zemlya]] and [[Novorossiysk]] as a decisive turning point in the Eastern Front, both of which Zhukov refused to do.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thelman|first=Joseph|date=December 2012|title=The Man in Galoshes|url=https://jew-observer.com/istoriya/chelovek-v-galoshax/|access-date=28 February 2021|website=Jew Observer}}</ref>  In December 1967, Zhukov had a serious stroke. He was hospitalised until June 1968, and continued to receive medical and rehabilitative treatment at home under the care of his second wife, Galina Semyonova, a former officer in the Medical Corps. The stroke left him paralysed on his left side, his speech became slurred and he could only walk with assistance.

His memoirs were published in 1969 and became a best-seller. Within several months of the date of publication of his memoirs, Zhukov had received more than 10,000 letters from readers that offered comments, expressed gratitude, gave advice, or lavished praise. Supposedly, the Communist Party invited Zhukov to participate in the [[24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] in 1971, but the invitation was rescinded.{{sfn|Spahr|1993|p=411}}

=== Death ===
[[File:Kremlin Wall Necropolis - Zhukov, Georgy.jpg|thumb|Zhukov's grave in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis ]]
Zhukov died in [[Moscow]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]] on 18 June 1974 at age 77 after suffering a [[stroke]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1974-06-19 |title=Marshal Riukov is Reported Dead  |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/19/archives/marshal-zhukov-is-reported-dead-soviet-hero-led-army-into.html |access-date=2023-09-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> His body was cremated and his ashes were buried at the [[Kremlin Wall Necropolis]] alongside fellow generals and marshals of the Soviet Union during his funeral.<ref>{{Citation |title=State funeral of Soviet Hero Marshal Zhukov in Moscow_Похороны Жуков | date=15 January 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjoA0T-nL8I |access-date=2023-08-20 |language=en}}</ref>

In 1995, an equestrian statue of Zhukov was erected in front of the [[State Historical Museum]].<ref>{{cite news|last = Williams|first = C. J.|date = 2 May 1995|title = At Last, a Soviet Hero Gets Respect: Marshal Georgi Zhukov was demoted twice after leading victorious World War II forces. Now he is being honored with a medal, a monument and a museum.|url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-02-wr-61272-story.html|newspaper = [[LA Times]]|access-date = 23 July 2019|df = dmy-all}}</ref>