Georgy Zhukov

"There are things in Russia which are not as they seem." (c) Georgy Zhukov Zhukov was stubborn, direct, and even blunt. Although that caused troubles for him throughout the career, that was also the reason why Stalin respected him a lot. Oftentimes he would speak his mind to the Great Stalin himself directly and without hesitation. He was also very bossy and even rude with his inferiors, but that was probably understandable and did not go far from the Army standards of the time.