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GEN Filipp Ivanovich Golikov

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GEN Filipp Ivanovich Golikov

Birth
Kurgan Oblast, Russia
Death
29 Jul 1980 (aged 80)
Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russia
Burial
Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russia Add to Map
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He was a Soviet military commander. He is best known for not passing on to Stalin intelligence about Nazi invasion plans in June 1941, either because he did not believe them or because Stalin made it very clear he did not want to hear them. He was promoted to the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1961.
He was a Soviet military commander. He is best known for not passing on to Stalin intelligence about Nazi invasion plans in June 1941, either because he did not believe them or because Stalin made it very clear he did not want to hear them. He was promoted to the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1961.

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