Filipp Golikov
Filipp Ivanovich Golikov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Golikov in the 1960s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Native name | Филипп Иванович Голиков | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 July [O.S. 15 July] 1900 Borisova, Kamyshlovsky Uyezd, Perm Governorate, Russian Empire (now Kataysky District, Kurgan Oblast, Russia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 July 1980 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Allegiance | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Branch | Soviet Army, Main Intelligence Directorate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Service years | 1918–1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Marshal of the Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commands | 6th Army 10th Army 4th Shock Army Bryansk Front 1st Guards Army Voronezh Front | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Filipp Ivanovich Golikov (Russian: Филипп Иванович Голиков; 2 July [O.S. 15 July] 1900 – 29 July 1980) was a Soviet military commander. As chief of the GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate), he is best known for failing to take seriously the abundant intelligence about Nazi Germany's plans for an invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, either because he did not believe them or because Joseph Stalin did not want to hear them. He served in subsequent campaigns and was promoted to the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1961.