Ivan Timofeyevich Mokrousov (Russian: Иван Тимофеевич Мокроусов; 4 August 1919 – November 1972) was a Red Army soldier during World War II and Hero of the Soviet Union.

Mokrousov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin for his actions during the Chernigov-Pripyat Offensive in September 1943.

[1][2] Ivan Mokrousov was born on 4 August 1919 in Rakhmanivka village in Kerensky Uyezd of the Penza Governorate[3] to a peasant family of Russian ethnicity.

On the night of 12 September, during the Chernigov-Pripyat Offensive, Mokrousov crossed the Desna River near Novhorod-Siverskyi.

[5] On 15 January 1944, Mokrousov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union[6][7] and the Order of Lenin for his actions during the battle on the Desna.