Roman Ivanovich Panin

Roman Ivanovich Panin
Born	28 September 1897 St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	1 June 1949(1949-06-01) (aged 51) Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Russian SFSR Soviet Union
Service/branch	Russian Imperial Army Red Army (later Soviet Army)
Years of service	1916–1917 1919–1949
Rank	Major General
Commands held	1st Rifle Corps 42nd Rifle Corps 14th Army 2nd Reserve Army 7th Rifle Corps 99th Rifle Corps
Battles/wars	World War I Russian Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II
Awards	Order of Lenin (2) Order of the Red Banner (2) Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class

Roman Ivanovich Panin (Russian: Роман Иванович Панин; 28 September 1897 – 1 June 1949) was a Soviet major general from during World War II. An Imperial Russian Army junior officer in World War I, he joined the Red Army in 1919. Panin fought in the Russian Civil War and continued to serve after the end of the Russian Civil War. He was an advisor to the National Revolutionary Army between 1938 and 1939. Later he participated in the Soviet-Finnish war as a corps commander, and during World War II as the commander of the 14th Army, commanding the defense of Murmansk during Operation Silver Fox. Panin became commander of the 2nd Reserve Army in May 1942 and two months later became a lecturer at the Frunze Military Academy. In February 1943 he became Volkhov Front chief of combat training and in September led the 7th Rifle Corps. After participating in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive, Panin briefly led the 99th Rifle Corps. In July 1944, Panin became deputy commander of the 5th Army. Hospitalized in February 1945 during the East Prussian Offensive, Panin did not see further action. After recovering he became an instructor at the Frunze Military Academy and retired in 1949. He died shortly afterwards.