Dmitry Timofeyevich Kozlov (Russian: Дми́трий Тимофе́евич Козло́в; October 23 (November 4) 1896, Razgulyayka, now in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast – December 6, 1967, Minsk) was a Soviet military commander.
Born in the village of Razgulyayka, he left school in 1915 and joined the Russian Army at the rank of Praporshchik.
Next, he became a general tactical lecturer at the RKKA Military Academy in December 1935, deputy commander of the troops in Odessa Military District in April 1940, and head of the Main Directorate of Red Army Air Defence in December 1940.
Kozlov headed Kharkiv's defence and was one of the last Russians to leave it before the Germans recaptured it on 14 March 1943.
From 14 to 21 March 1943 Soviet divisions were constantly withdrawing through the woods northeast of Mokhnachev, and Kozlov took the same route away from Kharkiv.