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Konstantin Dmitryevich Golubev
Born 27 March 1896Petrovsk, Saratov Governorate, Russian Empire (modern Petrovsk, Saratov Oblast)
Died 9 June 1956 (1956-06-10) (aged 60)Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance Russian EmpireSoviet Union
Branch Imperial Russian ArmySoviet Red Army
Rank lieutenant general
Commands 10th Army (Soviet Union)13th Army (Soviet Union)43rd Army (Soviet Union)
Battles / wars World War I Russian Civil War World War II Operation Barbarossa Battle of Smolensk (1943)

Konstantin Dmitryevich Golubev (Russian: Константи́н Дми́триевич Го́лубев; 27 March 1896 – 9 June 1956) was a Soviet general and army commander.

He was born in Petrovsk, Saratov Governorate (in present-day Saratov Oblast). He fought in World War I in the Imperial Russian Army before going over to the Bolsheviks. He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of Kutuzov, the [Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"](/wiki/Medal%5F%22For%5Fthe%5FDefence%5Fof%5FMoscow%22 "Medal "For the Defence of Moscow""), the [Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"](/wiki/Medal%5F%22For%5Fthe%5FVictory%5Fover%5FGermany%5Fin%5Fthe%5FGreat%5FPatriotic%5FWar%5F1941%E2%80%931945%22 "Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945""), the [Medal "For the Victory over Japan"](/wiki/Medal%5F%22For%5Fthe%5FVictory%5Fover%5FJapan%22 "Medal "For the Victory over Japan""), the [Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"](/wiki/Jubilee%5FMedal%5F%22XX%5FYears%5Fof%5Fthe%5FWorkers%27%5Fand%5FPeasants%27%5FRed%5FArmy%22 "Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army""), the [Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"](/wiki/Jubilee%5FMedal%5F%2230%5FYears%5Fof%5Fthe%5FSoviet%5FArmy%5Fand%5FNavy%22 "Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"") and the [Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"](/wiki/Medal%5F%22In%5FCommemoration%5Fof%5Fthe%5F800th%5FAnniversary%5Fof%5FMoscow%22 "Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow""). He also received the Virtuti Militari and the Order of the Cross of Grunwald from Poland. He died in Moscow.