Filipp Golikov
Filipp Ivanovich Golikov (Russian: Фили́пп Ива́нович Го́ликов; July 30, 1900 – July 29, 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.
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| Native name | Филипп Иванович Голиков |
| Born | July 16 [O.S. July 29] 1900 Borisova, Kamyshlovsky Uyezd, Perm Governorate, Russian Empire (now Kataysky District, Kurgan Oblast), Russia |
| Died | July 29, 1980 (aged 80) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Buried | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Service/ | Soviet Army, Main Intelligence Directorate |
| Years of service | 1918–1980 |
| Rank | Marshal of the Soviet Union (1961-1980) |
| Commands held | 6th Army 10th Army 4th Shock Army Bryansk Front 1st Guards Army Voronezh Front |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Lwów (1939) Battle of Voronezh (1942) Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh Offensive Voronezh–Kastornoye operation Operation Star Third Battle of Kharkov |
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