Yefim Grigoryevich Pushkin (Russian: Ефим Григорьевич Пушкин; 28 January 1899 – 11 March 1944) was a Red Army lieutenant general and a Hero of the Soviet Union.

Yefim Grigoryevich Pushkin was born on 28 January 1899 in the stanitsa of Novotroitskaya [ru], Labinsky otdel, Kuban oblast.

After the end of the war, between January and July 1921, Pushkin completed the three-month cavalry refresher courses at the headquarters of the 16th Army in Mogilev, then returned to the regiment as a platoon commander.

[2][1] In April 1922, Pushkin, by then an assistant squadron commander, and his regiment were sent to the Turkestan Front for the fight against the Basmachi revolt in Western, Middle, and Eastern Bukhara.

From May to September 1932 he completed the Leningrad Armored Commanders' Improvement Courses, then was appointed chief of staff of the 14th Mechanized Regiment of the 14th Cavalry Division in Novograd-Volynsky.

After Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began on 22 June 1941, Pushkin continued to command the division on the Southwestern Front.

Having suffered heavy losses, the remnants of Pushkin's command were broken up to assist in the formation of new tank brigades.

The recommendation read:[4]Comrade Pushkin with his decisive actions ensued the decision of the assigned objective, located at his command post under a hurricane of enemy fire, directed the battle, as a result of which the enemy suffered losses of 56 disabled tanks and two towed out of battle in the course of three days.

Comrade Pushkin repeatedly, placing his life in danger, himself personally brought units into battle, routing the Fascist bandits and ensuing the advance forward.

[2][1] Pushkin took command of the 23rd Tank Corps on 12 April, which he led in the Second Battle of Kharkov as part of the 6th Army of the Southwestern Front.

[1] In the second half of January, Pushkin led the corps in the Voroshilovgrad Offensive, during which it liberated Krasnodon, Sverdlovsk, and Rovenky.

As part of the 3rd Guards Army of the Southern Front (the 4th Ukrainian from October), the corps fought in the Melitopol offensive.