Soviet general (1896–1974) who led the defeat of the Germans at Stalingrad and the entry into Berlin during World War II. DS, in Russian, one page both sides, 8.25 x 11.25, December 10, 1947. Attestation of the Head of one of the Departments of the Political Headquarters of the Odessa Military District, Nikifor Ulyanovich Plokhotnyuk. Signed on the back in red ink by Zhukov. Uniform toning, expected stamps and notations, and marginal binding holes to left edge, otherwise fine condition. RRAuction COA.