Mikhail Mikhailovich Meshcheryakov (Russian: Михаил Михайлович Мещеряков; 20 November [O.S. 8 November] 1896 – 13 May 1970) was a Red Army major general and Hero of the Soviet Union. Drafted into the Imperial Russian Army in World War I, Meshcheryakov became a non-commissioned officer and was decorated for his actions. He became a machine gun instructor in 1917 and joined the Red Army, fighting in the Russian Civil War. Demobilized in the mid-1920s, Meshcheryakov was a worker and a teacher during the interwar period. He was called up again and became a Red Army officer after Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union. He led a battalion and a regiment, and took command of the 136th Rifle Division in June 1944. Meshcheryakov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union