Pavel Grigoryevich Kuznetsov (Russian: Павел Григорьевич Кузнецов; 24 December 1901 – 19 May 1982) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general who held divisional and corps command during World War II.

He continued to command the corps as part of the Soviet occupation force in Bulgaria for the rest of the war and served in the army until the early 1950s.

Returning to the Soviet Union, Kuznetsov, then a colonel, was appointed commander of the 26th Rifle Division of the 1st Red Banner Army of the Far Eastern Front on 14 April 1941.

In September the division was sent to the Northwestern Front, where it was assigned to the 11th Army and took part in defensive fighting on the approaches to Leningrad in the Valdai region and on the Novgorod axis.

He was positively assessed in a performance evaluation:[1] Kuznetsov is a tactically prepared commander, ably organizes the control of his subordinate units...He works to advance his professional knowledge.

He was appointed acting deputy chief of staff of the Northwestern Front for the auxiliary command post on 22 March, and was promoted to major general on 21 April.

[2] The recommendation read:[5] In the offensive battles in which the corps, forcing a crossing of the Dnieper, established and expanded a bridgehead on its right bank, Major General Kuznetsov skillfully directed his troops.

In a difficult situation, waging intense battles, units of the corps under the command of Comrade Kuznetsov successfully accomplished the objective to expand the Dnieper bridgehead.

In these operations the corps fought over 350 kilometers, crossing the Ingulets, Ingul, Southern Bug and Dniester, taking part in the liberation of Krivoy Rog, Voznesensk and Tiraspol.

In the offensive battles the divisions of the corps inflicted a serious defeat on the 15th and 62nd Infantry Divisions of the enemy... For his skillful organization of the battle to break through the strongly fortified enemy defensive zone in the region northeast of Krivoy Rog and the capture of the city of Krivoy Rog, I recommend Major General Kuznetsov for the Order of the Red Banner.

Upon graduation, Kuznetsov was appointed deputy chief of the Directorate of Military Training Institutions of the Rifle Troops of the Ministry of the Armed Forces.