Fyodor Ivanovich Truhin (Russian: Фёдор Иванович Трухин; 26 December 1896 – 1 August 1946) was a Soviet major general during World War II.
Following his capture during the Baltic Operation he defected to Nazi Germany becoming a leading member of the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia and the National Alliance of Russian Solidarists.
In the aftermath of the German defeat he was captured by pro-Soviet Czech partisans, who in turn transferred him to the Soviet Union where he was executed for treason.
Truhin's father Ivan was the leader of the Kostroma Governorate's nobility, and served as a state councillor after retiring from his service in the 1st Grenadier Artillery Brigade in the rank of captain.
During the course of the Russian Civil War, Truhin joined the Red Army, fighting on the Southwestern Front against the Ukrainian People's Republic, Poland and various insurgent bands.
Six days after the Soviet Union entered World War II, Truhin became deputy staff commander of the Northwestern Front.
[2] In October 1941, Truhin signed a document declaring his allegiance to Nazi Germany and joined an anti-communist collaborationist organization founded by Soviet prisoners of war, the Russian People's Labour Party, in which he later became "the head of the military department".
[3] On 15 March 1942, Truhin was transferred to the Wustrau special camp along with fellow major general Dimitry Zakutnyi, where they underwent a course for propagandists.
During a conversation with Leibbrandt, Truhin demanded that the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) be formed and insisted on the transformation of the war into a fight against the regime of Joseph Stalin.
After handing over the troops under his command to the American 26th Infantry Division, Truhin was informed of Vlasov's whereabouts and Bunyachenko's defection to the Czech partisans.
On 8 May, Truhin and KONR major general Michael Shapovalov were detained by pro-Soviet Czech partisans outside of Příbram while traveling towards Vlasov.