Mikhail Fedotovich Ovsyannikov (Russian: Михаи́л Федо́тович Овся́нников; 21 November 1915 – 11 August 1915) was a Soviet philosopher and academic who concentrated on in-depth study of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.[1] Ovsyannikov was head of the Philosophy Department at Moscow State University from 1968 to 1974.