a serious stroke. He was hospitalised until June 1968, and continued to receive medical and rehabilitative treatment at home under the care of his second wife, Galina Semyonova, a former officer in the Medical Corps. The stroke left him paralysed on his left side, his speech became slurred and he could only walk with assistance. His memoirs were published in 1969 and became a best-seller. Within several months of the date of publication of his memoirs, Zhukov had received more than 10,000 letters from readers that offered comments, expressed gratitude, gave advice, or lavished praise. Supposedly, the Communist Party invited Zhukov to participate in the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1971, but the invitation was rescinded. Death On 18 June 1974, Zhukov died after another stroke. His body was cremated and his ashes were buried at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis alongside fellow generals and marshals of the Soviet Union. In 1995, an equestrian statue of Zhukov was erected in front of the State Historical Museum. Family Father Konstantin Artemyevich Zhukov (1851–1921); a shoemaker Mother Ustinina Artemievna Zhukova (1866–1944); farmer from a poor family Siblings 1. Maria Kostantinovna Zhukova (1894-1954) 2. Alexei Konstantinovich Zhukov (born 1901); died prematurely Spouses 1. Alexandra Dievna Zuikova (1900–1967); common-law wife since 1920; married in 1953; divorced in 1965; died after a stroke 2. Galina Alexandrovna Semyonova (1926–1973); married in 1965; medical corps officer, at Burdenko hospital; specialized in therapeutics; died of breast cancer Children 1. Era Zhukova (born 1928); by Alexandra Dievna Zukova 2. Margarita Zhukova (1929–2010); by Maria Nikolaevna Volokhova (1897–1983) 3. Ella Zhukova (1937–2010); by Alexandra Dievna Zukova 4. Maria Zhukova (born 1957); by Galina Alexandrovna Semyonova Legacy The first monument to Georgy Zhukov was erected in Mongolia, in memory of the Battle of Khalkin Gol. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, this monument was one of the few that did not suffer from anti-Soviet backlash in former Communist states. There is a statue of Zhukov on horseback as he appeared at the 1945 victory parade on Manezhnaya Square at the entrance of the Kremlin in Moscow. Another statue of Zhukov in Moscow is located on Prospekt Marshala Zhukova. A statue of Zhukov is located in the town of Irbit, in the Sverdlovsk Oblast. Other statues of Zhukov are found in Omsk, Irkutsk and Yekaterinburg. A minor planet, 2132 Zhukov, discovered in 1975, by Soviet astronomer