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ACCIDENTAL HONOUR TO ZHUKOV BY STALIN
SARASIJ MAJUMDER
An
interesting, but hilarious incident occurred after World War—II.
Who would
take the Victory Parade in Moscow, June 1945?
After Nazi Germany had officially surrendered, Stalin
summoned Marshal Zhukov to his Dacha and told him to take the Victory Parade
about to be held at Red Square. Zhukov, not sure if Stalin really meant it or
if he was just testing him, cautiously replied that since Stalin had made the
greatest contribution to the victory, he should take the parade. However,
Stalin insisted that Zhukov should do it; he even let Zhukov ride his favourite
Arab stallion (as per Soviet tradition, a victory parade must be taken on
horseback).
The next day when Zhukov arrived at the parade rehearsal, he
met Stalin’s son Vasily who leaked him a big secret: actually, Stalin had been
preparing for weeks to take the parade on horseback. However, a few days
before, he had fallen from the horse, suffered some quite serious injuries and
could not ride in the near future. That’s why he had given Zhukov the honour.
“And which horse was he riding when he fell?” Zhukov asked.
“The very same Arab stallion that you are about to ride.”
For the whole week before the parade, Zhukov had to invest
significant effort in mastering the horse.
He rode the Stallion quite well in the parade.
The photo of Marshal Zhukov on the leading white Arab
Stallion and Marshal Rokossovsky on a black horse, Red Square, 24th of June
1945 is shown above.
Acknowledgement:-
1.0 Marshal of Victory – By
Zhukov
2.0 PHOTO-- GETTY
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