Yuri Zhukov (politician)

Yuri Zhukov (Russian: Юрий Жуков), born Georgy Aleksandrovich Zhukov (Russian: Георгий Александрович Жуков; 23 April 1908, Almazna – 31 May 1991, Moscow) was a Soviet journalist, publicist and political figure.

Later, he sat on the editorial board of Soviet daily Pravda (1946-1987); he was also a columnist of the paper.

Zhukov would oversee preparations and signing of the first agreement on cultural exchanges with the United States (Lacy-Zarubin act, signed in January 1958) and the Soviet national exhibition in New York in summer 1959.

He also hosted Vice President Richard Nixon on an unofficial visit to the Soviet Union July 23 - August 2, 1959 to open the American National Exhibition in Sokolniki Park in Moscow.

He was a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.