Ivan Vladimirovich Tyulenev (Russian: Ива́н Влади́мирович Тюле́нев; 28 January 1892[1] – 15 August 1978[2]) was a Soviet military commander, one of the first to be promoted to the rank of General of the Army in 1940.

Tyulenvev was born into a soldier's family in the Simbirsk Governorate (now Ulyanovsk Oblast) settlement of Shatrashany.

[1] He worked in factories and as a Caspian Sea fisherman before being drafted into the Imperial Russian Army in 1913.

During World War I he fought with the Kargopolsky dragoons in Congress Poland[3][4] and was awarded the Order of St George for his courage.

Tyulenev was the author of several books of reminiscences, including Soviet Cavalry Fighting for the Fatherland (1957) and Through Three Wars (1972).