Vladimir Vasilevich Kirpichnikov (Russian: Владимир Васильевич Кирпичников; 7 July 1903 – 10 October 1950) was a Soviet general of the Red Army.

After graduating from school, in 1915 Kirpichnikov worked in a printing house in Simbirsk, and from May 1916, as an apprentice telegraph operator on the Moscow-Kazan Railway.

In 1925, he began service as a platoon leader and later as a major and a colonel in the 11th Rifle Division of the Leningrad Military District.

At the final stage of the war, Kirpichnikov's division crossed the Vyborg Bay and captured the islands of Suonionsaari and Ravansaari.

Having lost control of the troops, Kirpichnikov was shell-shocked and, while trying to leave the encirclement with a small group of soldiers in an unconscious state (as he claimed during interrogations after returning to the Soviet Union), he was captured on 1 September 1941, near the village of Porlampi.

Though Kirpichnikov did not agree to work for Finland, he wrote several notes about the possibility of a coup in the Soviet Union, the popularity of the White movement among the population of the USSR, the war of the USSR with Germany and its allies, the work of the NKVD, family and life in the Soviet Union, and a number of other topics.

He was verified at the Podolsk inspection and filtration camp, where he was checked by employees of the 2nd department of the Main Directorate of Counterintelligence (GUKR) "SMERSH".

Based on the results of the inspection on 16 May 1945, the head of SMERSH, Viktor Abakumov, approved Kirpichnikov's arrest, which was authorized by the deputy chief military prosecutor of the Red Army on 18 May 1945.

At this hearing, Kirpichnikov was found guilty, convicted on the charges brought by the investigation, and sentenced to capital punishment – execution with confiscation of property.

This proved that there was no treason in the form of going over to the side of the enemy, but Kirpichnikov's written report to the Finnish command dated 3 September 1941 contained information that constituted military and state secrets.

On this basis, in January 1964, rehabilitation was denied, and the prosecution of General Kirpichnikov under Article 58-1 "b" of the Criminal Code of the Russian SFSR was considered justified.