Kuznet︠s︡ov, P. G.

Pavel Grigoryevich Kuznetsov (Russian: Павел Григорьевич Кузнецов; 24 December 1901 – 19 May 1982) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general who held divisional and corps command during World War II. Conscripted into the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, Kuznetsov rose through command and staff positions during the interwar period and served as a military advisor in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Returning to the Soviet Union, he commanded the 26th Rifle Division from 1941 to 1943, but was relieved of command. Redeeming himself through performance as a brigade commander, Kuznetsov commanded the 82nd Rifle Corps during the Soviet advance through Ukraine and into the Balkans during 1943 and 1944. He continued to command the corps as part of the Soviet occupation force in Bulgaria for the rest of the war and served in the army until the early 1950s.