Vasily Grigoryevich Kabanov (Russian: Василий Григорьевич Кабанов; 25 March 1908 – 18 April 1945) was a Red Army major and Hero of the Soviet Union. Drafted into the Red Army in 1930, Kabanov fought in the Battle of Lake Khasan and the Battles of Khalkhin Gol as a tank company Politruk. After being seriously wounded in fighting around Leningrad, he took refresher courses at the Red Army Military Academy of Mechanization and Motorization. Kabanov returned to the front in January 1945 as a tank battalion commander and fought in the Vistula–Oder Offensive, where his battalion helped take Skierniewice. For his leadership, Kabanov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. He was mortally wounded during the Battle of Berlin.