Pyotr Maximovich Zykov (Russian: Пётр Максимович Зыков; 14 January 1890 – 22 September 1960) was a Red Army major general.

Zykov left his native village to work as a gold miner and was drafted into the Imperial Russian Army in 1911, becoming a non-commissioned officer.

He held this position until late 1944, when he was transferred to a noncombat post as military district deputy commander due to health issues.

Upon the outbreak of World War I in 1914 and the dissolution of the regimental training detachment, Zykov was appointed a feldfebel in the 7th company of the 5th Siberian Reserve Rifle Battalion, formed in Berezovka.

[6] The day after the beginning of Operation Barbarossa on 22 June 1941, Zykov led the 121st Rifle Division as it took defensive positions on the eastern bank of the Shchara River in the Slonim area as part of the 13th Army.

From 24 June it fought in heavy defensive battles, retreating to Baranovichi, Slutsk, Osipovichi, the village of Boyarshchina, and Starye Dorogi.

The division was transferred to the 60th Army on 28 June and fought in attacks in the Battle of Voronezh and by 4 July reached the area of Zemlyansk, but was forced to retreat to the line of Medvezhye and Chistaya Polyana, covering the crossings of the Don.

Due to frequent illness and poor health, Zykov was placed at the disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate in October 1944 and a month later became the deputy commander of the troops of the Lvov Military District, a noncombat post.

[4][1] Zykov was a recipient of the following awards and decorations:[4][1] He was elected a deputy of first convocation of the rubber-stamp Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR from the Toropets electoral district in 1938.