Before World War II
In June 1940, Zhukov was appointed Commander of the Kiev Military District. One month before this appointment, the reorganization of the Soviet military rank system had bestowed Zhukov with the rank of Army General, an equivalent of the former rank of "First-Rank Army Commander".
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