Vladimir Alexeyevich Saprykin (Russian: Влади́мир Алексе́евич Сапры́кин; 24 August 1916 – 24 April 1990) was a Red Army captain and a Hero of the Soviet Union.

Saprykin became a Red Army officer and was a regimental assistant chief of staff when he was caught in the Spas-Demensk pocket in October 1941.

During December 1943 in battles in eastern Belarus, Saprykin and a small group of soldiers from his battalion reportedly repulsed numerous counterattacks of superior German forces.

After its liberation by British troops, Saprykin emigrated to Canada to avoid imprisonment if he returned to the Soviet Union.

[1] Vladimir Saprykin was born on August 24, 1916, in Sukhodol, Tambov Governorate (now Krasninsky District), to a humble peasant family.

On 15 June 1942 he was sentenced by the military tribunal of the 16th Rifle Division under Article 193 of the RSFSR Criminal Code to ten years imprisonment.

[1] On 8 March 1943, Saprykin fought in battles for the village of Krivopuskovo in Tumanovsky District of Smolensk Oblast.

He reportedly conducted a personal reconnaissance despite a German firing position and decided to attack the village from the rear.

He was believed killed and posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin on 3 June 1944.

Saprykin graduated from a university with an engineering degree and got a job in the Admiral company, becoming a quality control specialist.