Filipp Denisovich Bobkov (Russian: ????´?? ????´????? ?????´?; December 1, 1925 – June 17, 2019) was a 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".