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Later, he sat on the editorial board of Soviet daily [[Pravda]] (1946-1987); he was also a columnist of the paper. Zhukov served as the newspaper's Paris correspondent in 1948-1952. From 1952 to 1957 he was the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper. |
Later, he sat on the editorial board of Soviet daily [[Pravda]] (1946-1987); he was also a columnist of the paper. Zhukov served as the newspaper's Paris correspondent in 1948-1952. From 1952 to 1957 he was the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper. |
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In 1957 he became the first Chairman of the powerful State Committee for Cultural Relations with foreign countries, an organ that took sizable portion of responsibilities from the Soviet Foreign Ministry. Zhukov would oversee preparations and signing of the first agreement on cultural exchanges with the United States (Lacy-Zarubin act, signed in January 1958) and the Soviet national exhibition in New York in summer 1959. |
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In the late 1950's he was a speechwriter for Soviet leader [[Nikita Khrushchev]]. |
In the late 1950's he was a speechwriter for Soviet leader [[Nikita Khrushchev]]. |
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- For other uses, see Yuri Zhukov of San Francisco Ballet, the Kirov Ballet, and Zhukov Dance Theater.
Yuri (Yury) Georgy Aleksandrovich Zhukov (Template:Lang-ru; also Георгий Александрович Жуков; 1908-1991) was a prominent journalist and political figure in the Soviet Union.
Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Around 1938-1945 he toured Dalkrai and wrote books on Soviet Far East and Japan.
Later, he sat on the editorial board of Soviet daily Pravda (1946-1987); he was also a columnist of the paper. Zhukov served as the newspaper's Paris correspondent in 1948-1952. From 1952 to 1957 he was the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper.
In 1957 he became the first Chairman of the powerful State Committee for Cultural Relations with foreign countries, an organ that took sizable portion of responsibilities from the Soviet Foreign Ministry. Zhukov would oversee preparations and signing of the first agreement on cultural exchanges with the United States (Lacy-Zarubin act, signed in January 1958) and the Soviet national exhibition in New York in summer 1959.
In the late 1950's he was a speechwriter for Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.
Deputy Chairmen of the Soviet Peace Committee (1962-1982) and Chairman (1982-1987).
Zhukov was also a prominent political figure in the USSR, serving as a Supreme Soviet representative from the North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. In 1957 he was appointed as Chairman of the Soviet State Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, hosting Vice President Richard M. Nixon on an unofficial visit to the Soviet Union July 23 - August 2, 1959 to open the American National Exhibition in Sokolniki Park in Moscow.
He was a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.