Filipp Golikov

Filipp Ivanovich Golikov
Filipp Ivanovich Golikov
	Golikov in 1941
Native name	Филипп Иванович Голиков
Born	July 2 [O.S. July 15] 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, Moscow
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service/branch	Soviet Army, Main Intelligence Directorate
Years of service	1918–1980
Rank	Marshal of the Soviet Union;
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
Awards	Several others (see below)

Filipp Ivanovich Golikov (Russian: Филипп Иванович Голиков; July 2 [O.S. July 15] 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.^[1] He served in subsequent campaigns and was promoted to the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1961.

^ McCauley, Martin. Who's Who in Russia since 1900 (Routledge 1997) p 94

[1] McCauley, Martin. Who's Who in Russia since 1900 (Routledge 1997) p 94

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