Mikhail Dukhanov

Mikhail Pavlovich Dukhanov, (Russian: Михаил Павлович Духанов; 14 July 1896 – 2 September 1969) was a Soviet Lieutenant-General (1943).

On December 22, 1939, after a series of defeats and by decision of the Headquarters, he was removed from the post of commander of the 9th Army and sent into the reserve.

In early October, under the threat of encirclement, the division withdrew to the line west of the city of Petergof.

On 6 October 1942, he became commander of the Neva Operational Group, which was converted into the 67th Army four days later.

In March 1944, he was appointed deputy commander of the 8th Guards Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, a post he would hold until the end of the War.