In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Denisovich and the family name is Bobkov.
Filipp Denisovich Bobkov
Bobkov in 2012
Native name
Филипп Денисович Бобков
Nickname(s)
KGB's Brain
Born
(1925-12-01)1 December 1925 Chervona Kam'yanka, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Died
17 July 2019(2019-07-17) (aged 93) Moscow, Russia
Allegiance
Soviet Union
Service/branch
Red Army (until 1945) NKGB (1945–1946) MGB (1946–1953) KGB (1953–1992)
Years of service
1942–1992
Rank
Army General
Commands held
Fifth Main Directorate of the KGB
Battles/wars
Second World War
Operation Büffel
Battle of Smolensk (1943)
Baltic offensive
Battles of the Courland Bridgehead
Awards
Filipp Denisovich Bobkov (Russian: Фили́пп Дени́сович Бобко́в; 1 December 1925 – 17 June 2019) was a Soviet and Russian KGB functionary, who worked as the chief of the KGB subunit responsible for repressing dissent (Fifth Main Directorate), which was responsible for suppression of internal dissent in the former Soviet Union. He was widely regarded the chief KGB ideologist or "KGB brain".[1]
^Жирнов, Евгений (Zhirnov, Evgeny) (12 May 2000). Одна жизнь Филиппа Денисовича. One life of Filipp Denisovich (in Russian). Kommersant. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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