Pyotr Akhlyustin

Pyotr Nikolayevich Akhlyustin
Akhlyustin in 1940
Born	12 June 1896 Kaslinsky Zavod, Yekaterinburgsky Uyezd, Perm Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	28 July 1941(1941-07-28) (aged 45) Near Propoysk, Mogilev Oblast, Belorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Russian SFSR Soviet Union
Service / branch	Imperial Russian Army Red Army (later Soviet Army)
Years of service	1915–1917 1918–1941
Rank	Major general
Commands	23rd Cavalry Division 24th Cavalry Division 13th Mechanized Corps
Battles / wars	World War I Russian Civil War World War II
Awards	Order of the Red Banner Order of the Red Star (2)

Pyotr Nikolayevich Akhlyustin (Russian: Пётр Николаевич Ахлюстин; 12 June 1896 – 28 July 1941) was a Red Army major general.

Akhlyustin fought in World War I as a cavalryman and joined the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, becoming a junior commander. He held command positions in cavalry units between the wars and commanded a cavalry division in the Soviet invasion of Poland and the Winter War. At the outbreak of Operation Barbarossa, he commanded the 13th Mechanized Corps, destroyed during the Battle of Białystok–Minsk in late June and early July 1941. Akhlyustin escaped, but was killed while trying to reach Soviet lines in late July.