Family
- Father: Konstantin Artemyevitch Zhukov (1851–1921), a shoemaker. Konstantin was an orphan who was adopted by Ms. Anuska Zhukova at the age of two.
- Mother: Ustinina Aktemievna Zhukova (1866-?), a farmer descended from a poor family. According to Zhukov his mother was a person with considerable strength who could carry five put (about 80 kilograms) of wheat on her shoulder. Zhukov thought he had inherited his strength from his mother.
- Elder sister: Maria Kostantinovna Zhukova (b. 1894).
- Younger brother: Alexei Konstantinovich Zhukov (b. 1901), died prematurely.
- First wife: Alexandra Dievna Zuikova (1900-1967), common-law wife since 1920, married in 1953, divorced in 1965. Died after a stroke.
- Second wife: Galina Alexandrovna Semyonova (1926 - November 1973), Colonel, military officer in the Soviet Medical Corps, worked at Burdenko Hospital, specialized in therapeutics. Married in 1965. Died of breast cancer.
- First daughter: Era Zhukova (b. 1928), mothered by Alexandra Dievna Zuikova.
- Second daughter Margarita Zhukova (1929-2011), mothered by Maria Nikolaevna Volokhova (1897-1983).
- Third daughter: Ella Zhukova (1937-2010), mothered by Alexandra Dievna Zuikova.
- Fourth daughter: Maria Zhukova (b. 1957), mothered by Galina Alexandrovna Semyonova.
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