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Key facts
- Native name
- Филипп Иванович Голиков
- Born
- 2 July [ O.S. 15 July ] 1900, Borisova [ ru ] , Kamyshlovsky Uyezd , Perm Governorate , Russian Empire , (now Kataysky District , Kurgan Oblast , Russia )
- Died
- 29 July 1980 (1980-07-29) (aged 80), Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Buried
- Novodevichy Cemetery , Moscow
- 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
- Conflicts
- World War II Battle of Lwów Battle of Voronezh Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh Offensive Voronezh–Kastornoye operation Operation Star Third Battle of Kharkov
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- military officer
- Employer
- Red Army
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Conflict
- Battle of Stalingrad
- Military branch
- infantry
- Military rank
- Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Image
- Filipp Golikov.jpg
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- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1900-07-29
- date of death
- 1980-07-29
- Commons category
- Filipp Golikov
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- Political Directorate of the Soviet Army and Soviet Navy
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
- name in native language
- Филипп Иванович Голиков
- start of work period
- 1918-00-00
- end of work period
- 1962-00-00
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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.
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