Movldi Abdul-Vakhabovich Umarov (Russian: Мовлди Абдул-Вахабович Умаров; 29 January 1921 – 11 January 1943) was a Chechen lieutenant in the Red Army during World War II who was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation in 1996.

In November that year he was drafted into the Red Army, and was initially assigned to a rifle regiment in Arkhangelsk.

[1] As an active duty officer, Umarov first saw combat in World War II on 8 July 1941, not long after the start of Operation Barbarossa.

In that position he was killed in action on 11 January 1943 while he led his company in the defense of Skugorevo village.

During the ensuing conflict he engaged in hand-to-hand combat in trenches, and continued fighting to the death even after suffering a broken arm.