Stalin’s rival for the leadership - Georgy Zhukov.

So here we have the Russian ruble, nominal - 2. The year of issue of this coin is 1995, Mint: Moscow, Russia. Total circulation – 200.000. The issue of the coin coincides with 50th anniversary of victory in the World War II in 1941 – 1945.

Georgy Zhukov, born December 1, 1896, Kaluga province, Russia — died June 18, 1974, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. Soviet army commander in World War II. He joined the Red Army in the Russian Civil War and rose to become head of Soviet forces in Manchuria in 1938 – 1939.

In World War II he was chief of staff of the Red Army and organized the defense of Leningrad and Moscow in 1941. He directed the offensive that broke the siege in the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943 and was named a marshal of the Soviet Union. After helping win the Battle of Kursk, he directed the Soviet offensive through Belorussia (now Belarus) and commanded the final assault on Berlin in 1945.

After the war Zhukov’s great popularity caused him to be regarded as a potential threat by Joseph Stalin, who assigned him to obscure regional commands. When Stalin’s death he was appointed minister of defense in 1955 and attempted to make the army more autonomous, but opposition from Nikita Khrushchev caused his dismissal in 1957.