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Explanation: Marshal Zhukov, a Soviet hero of WW2 and an instrumental leader in the defeat of the Nazi menace, was introduced to Coca-Cola by his American counterpart, General Eisenhower, once the Nazis had been crushed. As Coca-Cola was seen as a symbol of the capitalist West, Zhukov had a variant without food coloring made to drink more 'subtly'.
Let a hero of WW2 have his little pleasures, comrades!
Which is a bit ironic considering how much effort Coca Cola spent trying to keep their sales up in Nazi Germany
https://web.archive.org/web/20180819063914/https://timeline.com/fanta-coca-cola-nazi-845ee7e513af