Filipp Ivanovich Golikov, a Marshal of the Soviet Union

Filipp Ivanovich Golikov, (July 30, 1900 - July 29, 1980) was a Soviet military commander, promoted Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1961. Marshal of the Soviet Union ( Marshal Sovietskovo Soyuza Советского Союза'' was the de facto highest military rank of the Soviet Union. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Marshal of the Soviet Union ( Marshal Sovietskovo Soyuza Советского Союза'' was the de facto highest military rank of the Soviet Union. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Golikov saw service during the Russian Civil War. The Russian Civil War (1917–1923 was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed Immediately before the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, he commanded the 6th Army during the Soviet invasion of Poland, and was later in charge of the Soviet Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) (1940-41), personally leading Soviet military missions in Great Britain and United States. The term Great Patriotic War (Великая Отечественная война Velikaya Otechestvennaya Vojna) is used in Russia and some other The 1939 Soviet invasion of Poland was a military operation that started without a formal declaration of war on 17 September 1939 during the early stages of World War II, sixteen The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 GRU is the English transliteration of the Russian Acronym ГРУ, which stands for "Гла́вное Разве́дывательное See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands The United States of America —commonly referred to as the During the World War II, he commanded the Bryansk Front (1942) and Voronezh Front (1942-43), before being appointed Assistant Minister of Defense (April 1943), at which post he was responsible for the repatriation of Soviet citizens. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Bryansk Front was a Front (ie a military formation of roughly Army Group size of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. The Voronezh Front (Воронежский Фронт was a front (military subdivision of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War Repatriation (from late Latin repatriare - to restore someone to his homeland is the process of return of Refugees or Soldiers to their homes The war over, he held various offices in the Ministry of Defense.

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• Biography of Marshal of Soviet Union Filipp Ivanovich Golikov