Liberation from Banishment. Afterword to the multiserial film "Zhukov"
The drama series 'Zhukov' broadcast on the First channel of Russian TV in January 2012 has caused the author to recollect not widely known episode in the biography of the famous Soviet military leader. It was the decision, made at the beginning of 1965 by the chief editor of 'the Military Historical Journal' N.G. Pavlenko, to suggest G.K. Zhukov that he writes an article marking the 20th anniversary of the Great Victory in the World War II. That was a time when Zhukov held not in great esteem by the Soviet authorities and his name was almost forgotten. Zhukov sent to the editor a fragment from his memoir: the chapter about the Battle for Moscow, which had been published in spite of the negative opinion voiced by the Communist party authorities. After the publication the name of Zhukov gradually started appearing in the mass media.