Stepan Fyodorovich Shutov (Belarusian: Сцяпа́н Фё́даравіч Шу́таў, Russian: Степан Фёдорович Шутов; 30 January 1902 – 17 April 1963) was a Red Army Colonel and double Hero of the Soviet Union.

For his leadership of the brigade in the Battle of Kiev (1943), he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

In September 1944, he became 9th Guards Mechanized Corps deputy commander but a few days later was seriously wounded, resulting in the amputation of his arm while in the hospital.

[1] Shutov was born on 30 January 1902, on the Skubeykovo estate near the village of Dvarets in Minsk Governorate to a poor peasant family of Belarusian ethnicity with eight children.

In the summer of 1920 he joined the 200th Rifle Regiment of the 16th Army as a cavalry scout, but only served for a brief period as he caught typhus and was demobilized upon recovery.

Between August 1927 and September 1929, he led a platoon in the 58th Separate Reserve Squadron, a special unit whose mission was to persuade peasants to collectivise.

[2] After graduating from the Lenin Military-Political Academy in 1930, Shutov became a political commissar in the 1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment.

In December he was appointed deputy commander of the 36th Tank Brigade, part of the Moscow Military District and later on the Southwestern Front.

[3][4] In 1943 he graduated from the academic courses of improvement at the Military Academy of Armored and Mechanized Forces.

On 10 January 1944 Shutov received the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin for his actions.

During the Uman–Botoșani Offensive in March and April 1944, the 20th Guards Tank Brigade was among the first to cross the Prut and advance to the Romanian border.

During the offensive to break the Axis line at the Focșani Gate the brigade advanced over 100 kilometers in two days by the end of 27 August.

On 13 September, Shutov received a second award of the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin.

A few days later, Shutov was seriously wounded during a night battle in the Southern Carpathians, resulting in the amputation of his arm while in hospital.