Vladimir Ivanovich Zhdanov (Russian: Владимир Иванович Жданов; 29 April 1902 – 19 October 1964) was a colonel-general of tank troops in the armed forces of the Soviet Union.

He was a major general in the Soviet Red Army during World War II.

He also served as the Deputy Commander in Chief of the Southern Ural Military District and the Soviet Central Group of Forces.

In 1964, he was the Commandant of the Military Academy of the Tank Forces in the Soviet Union.

Soviet Marshal Sergey Biryuzov was also killed in the crash.