Filipp Golikov
Filipp Ivanovich Golikov was a Soviet military commander. As chief of the GRU, 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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- Born in
- Borisova
- Educated at
- Command staff improvement coursesM.V. Frunze Military Academy
- Awards
- 🏆 Order of Lenin🏆 Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"🏆 Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"🏆 Order of the Red Banner🏆 Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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"There are also many instances where people hostile to the Soviet state are attempting by means of deceit and provocation to poison the minds of our citizens and compel them to believe in monstrous lie…"
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1900
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Birth1980
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