Vladimir Yakovlevich Kolpakchi (Russian: Владимир Яковлевич Колпакчи, Ukrainian: Володимир Якович Колпакчи; 7 September 1899 in Kiev – 17 May 1961 in Moscow) was a Soviet general during World War II.

For his role in the successful Vistula-Oder offensive he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 6 April 1945.

[1][2] He was the first commander of what became the famed Soviet 62nd Army, holding the post between July and August.

He also lead the 30th Army between November 1942 and April 1943, Participating in the 1943 Battles of Rzhev, and the 69th Army from April 1944 to May 1945, participating in the Lublin-Brest Offensive and the Vistula-Oder Offensive, and finishing the War at the Battle of Berlin.

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