Vladimir Leonidovich Govorov (Russian: Владимир Леонидович Говоров; 18 October 1924 – 13 August 2006) was a Soviet General and military leader.

[1] He participated in the Siege of Leningrad, the offensive operations of the Soviet troops in the Baltic states, as well as the Courland Pocket.

While based in Khabarovsk, he organized Soviet cooperation with the military of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Mongolia.

Under him, a large-scale restructuring of Civil Defense services began, reorienting its activities towards peacetime.

Govorov did some social work for veterans of the Russian Ground Forces after the fall of the Soviet union in 1990.

[3] He also supervised the preparations for the celebration of the anniversaries of World War II and was a member of the Organizing Committee "Victory".

On 9 May 1995, 50 years to the day since the signing of the German Instrument of Surrender, he commanded a parade of veterans on Red Square in the presence of President Boris Yeltsin, Marshal Viktor Kulikov and Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin.