General of the Army Vladimir Anatolyevich Boldyrev (Russian: Владимир Анатольевич Болдырев; born January 5, 1949) was the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces (2008–2010).

Boldyrev was born on 5 January 1949 in Krasnoyarsky, Volgograd Oblast.

He graduated the Moscow Higher Military Command School in 1971, and Frunze Academy in 1978.

He served in various command positions in the Belorussian Military District, and later served in senior staff for operations department in the Transbaikal Military District.

He transferred to the position of the Commander of the North Caucasus Military District in December 2002.