What would the USSR under Georgy Zhukov look like, assuming he entered politics or executed a coup and ruled as a military dictator?
But he could also get involved in Soviet politics...ASB. Zhukov the man simply didn’t have the personality or inclination or launch a coup. Whatever else can be said of him he was a committed & loyal Bolshevik.
Also the Red Army in general has no inclination to revolt. It isn’t in any way independent of the CPSU (anymore than the Cheka was), it was the fighting-arm of Bolshevism created during the Russian Civil War.
Not a pre-existing institution with a history, politics and traditions of it own. (unlike say the Reichsweher in Weimar Germany whose consistent malevolence towards democracy & socialism help engineer the rise of Nazisism)
But he could also get involved in Soviet politics...
When?
IIRC, not too long after the war, he squabbled with Stalin, and fell out of favor.
Admittedly, I'm not terribly versed in Soviet politics.
Zhukov can be likened to a dog; he was loyal to his superiors, even when they abused him. In spite fo the terrible falling out he had with Stalin after WW2, and the real shit treatment he got from Stalin, Zhukov still spent the rest of his career defending Stalin's legacy, even against Khrushchev's de-Stalinization.But he could also get involved in Soviet politics...