Roman Ivanovich Panin (Russian: Роман Иванович Панин; 28 September 1897 – 1 June 1949) was a Soviet major general from during World War II.

In February 1943 he became Volkhov Front chief of combat training and in September led the 7th Rifle Corps.

In October 1916, he was drafted into the Imperial Russian Army and became a cadet at the Pavel Military School, graduating with the rank of praporshchik in February 1917.

[1] At the outbreak of the Russian Civil War he joined the Red Army in June 1919, serving as adjutant of the 1st Petrograd Regimental District.

From September of that year, Panin served as a company commander of the Red Army detachment on the staff of the Moskovsky-Narvsky district of Petrograd.

Between July 1938 and October 1939 he served as a military advisor to the National Revolutionary Army in China.

[3] After returning from China, Panin was appointed commander of the 1st Rifle Corps at Pskov in the Leningrad Military District on 21 October 1939.

The attack pushed the defending Finnish troops back from the border and captured Suoyarvi on 2 December.

[7] The 56th Rifle Division, after the capture of Suoyarvi, attacked the Finnish positions on the Kollaa and was unable to break through.

Panin became commander of the 7th Rifle Corps of the 59th Army in September, leading it in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive and the capture of Novgorod.

One month later he became deputy commander of the 5th Army, participating in Operation Bagration and the East Prussian Offensive.