Dmitry Ivanovich Rodin (Russian: Дмитрий Ильич Родин; 21 July 1912 – 6 June 1992) was a Red Army junior lieutenant and Hero of the Soviet Union.

[1] In July 1941, Rodin volunteered for the Red Army and served in a Moscow Narodnoe Opolcheniye (People's Militia) battalion.

Returning to command of the platoon, he was wounded in the leg on 21 July and spent until November in a Saratov hospital.

In November and December, Rodin was a platoon commander in the 18th Separate Rifle Regiment of Reserve Officers.

Between June and July Rodin was a platoon commander again in the 18th Separate Rifle Regiment of Reserve Officers.

On 20 July Rodin reportedly led his platoon across the Bug River west of Liuboml, captured German trenches and a bridgehead.

[5] On 24 March 1945, Rodin was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin[2] for his leadership.

[1] Between 1946 and 1962, Rodin was a worker, supply agent, head of the fire protection squad, foreman and fabric and merchandise painter at the Prikladnoye iskusstvo (Arts and crafts) Industrial Production Coopereative.

From 1965 he was an engineer and assistant chief of repair expeditions at the Ministry of Railways Transelectroproject Design and Research Institute.