Filipp Golikov
Soviet general
Died when: 79 years 365 days (959 months)Star Sign: Leo
Filipp Ivanovich Golikov (Russian: ????´?? ???´????? ??´?????;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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