Effects of Zhukov dying in the Purges?

I've been goin through a few of the old threads with this question, but I haven't been able to find a definitive answer. Now, assuming Zhukov was purged, what would be the effects on the Soviets:

A) Before Barbarossa

and

B) After Operation Barbarossa starts?

Now I know that there's been a wild debate on Zhukov's preformance, importance to the Soviet war effort and general competence/personality, raging from him being a demi-god-like being of strategy to him being at best a servicable driver of the Soviet steamroller who was only competent at banging his fist on a desk and shouting at the top of his lungs. From what (addmitedly little) I know on the subject, both are hyperbole, so I would like a more comprehensive answer on the question here.
 
I've been goin through a few of the old threads with this question, but I haven't been able to find a definitive answer. Now, assuming Zhukov was purged, what would be the effects on the Soviets:

A) Before Barbarossa

and

B) After Operation Barbarossa starts?

Now I know that there's been a wild debate on Zhukov's preformance, importance to the Soviet war effort and general competence/personality, raging from him being a demi-god-like being of strategy to him being at best a servicable driver of the Soviet steamroller who was only competent at banging his fist on a desk and shouting at the top of his lungs. From what (admittedly little) I know on the subject, both are hyperbole, so I would like a more comprehensive answer on the question here.

Given the desperate shortage of talent in the Soviet officer class of the era the loss of Zhukov is going to hurt. They just didn't have enough men who could run a large force to be able to spare any, and that is before the casualties from Barbarossa.

So it is more 'how good were his potential replacements?' Were they good enough to hold things together while the Red Army grew a new crop of mid-ranking and senior commanders, which is what Zhukov actually did IOTL?

The challenge is to keep a functional rump USSR going with enough resources of people and industry. I think the alternatives were up to that.
 
So it is more 'how good were his potential replacements?' Were they good enough to hold things together while the Red Army grew a new crop of mid-ranking and senior commanders, which is what Zhukov actually did IOTL?

Vlasov might not go down in history as the Soviet Benedict Vidkun Arnold Quisling if this happens, methinks.
 
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