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| Born | January 25, 1895 Grishovo village, Tyrnovskaya Volost, Peremyshlsky Uyezd, Kaluga Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | March 28, 1958 (aged 63) Moscow, Soviet Union |
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| Allegiance |  Russian Empire (1916–1917) Soviet Union (1918–1958) |
| Service | Imperial Russian Army Red Army (later the Soviet Army) |
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| Rank | Colonel general |
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Nikolay Pavlovich Pukhov (Russian: Никола́й Па́влович Пу́хов; January 25 [O.S. January 13] 1895–March 28, 1958) was a Soviet Army colonel general and a Hero of the Soviet Union who commanded troops during World War II.
Pukhov fought in World War I as a junior officer, afterwards joining the Red Army and fighting in the Russian Civil War, rising to become chief of staff of a division. During the interwar period he served as an instructor at several military academies, and following the Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, he was given command of the 304th Rifle Division. In January 1942 Pukhov was promoted to command the 13th Army, which he led for the rest of the war. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for his leadership of the army during the Battle of the Dnieper in September and October 1943. Postwar, Pukhov commanded the 8th Tank Army and several military districts before becoming the head Soviet advisor to the Romanian People's Army, the last position he held before his death.