Mikhail Alexandrovich Mukhin (Russian: Михаил Александрович Мухин; 19 February 1948 – 4 May 1977) was a Soviet-Kazakh chess master.

His father was a mining engineer, for many years he was the chief specialist in non-ferrous metals in Kazakhstan.

The young talent progressed rapidly and in 1965 won the Youth USSR Championship.

In the very strong 1972 USSR Chess Championship, held at Baku, Mukhin made a real sensation and shared the 3-5th place with Vladimir Savon and Gennady Kuzmin (with Mikhail Tal and Vladimir Tukmakov sharing the first place).

At the super-tournament in Sukhumi (1972) Mukhin finished fourth, defeating Alexander Belyavsky, Robert Hubner and other strong chess masters.