Alexey Dmitrievich Tereshkov (Russian: Алексей Дмитриевич Терешков; Belarusian: Аляксей Дзмітрыевіч Церашкоў; 17 March 1893–18 March 1960) was a Belarusian Soviet Army Lieutenant general and a Hero of the Soviet Union.

Tereshkov fought in World War I as a non-commissioned officer and then as a platoon leader.

After the February Revolution he joined the Bolshevik party and became a partisan fighting against German troops in Belarus.

Tereshkov became a Red Army officer and fought in the Russian Civil War as a company commander.

He fought in the Spanish Civil War and after Operation Barbarossa, was commander of the 413th Rifle Division in the Far East.

He was awarded the title "Hero of the Soviet Union" for his leadership in the Vistula–Oder Offensive.

From the time he was a child, Tereshkov helped his father in carpentry, then became a bricklayer.

After his recovery, Tereshkov graduated from short courses and became a senior non-commissioned officer.

[2] After the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, Tereshkov was appointed commander of the newly formed 413th Rifle Division in the Far East.

The division was ordered to take up defenses on the line of Nizhnye Prisady, Sergeyevsky, and Trushkino.

The 413th Division withdrew to the north bank of Shat River defending Marvino and Petrovo.

During the Minsk Offensive the corps rapidly advanced and captured Chavusy and Chervyen’.

On 6 April 1945, Tereshkov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin for his leadership during the offensive.

On 20 June 1949 Tereshkov was awarded a fourth and last Order of the Red Banner.