Stepan Sgibnev

Stepan Mikhailovich Sgibnev
Sgibnev during World War II
Born	19 December 1898 Zavarzino, Tomsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	April 1987(1987-04-00) (aged 88) Tomsk, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army Red Guards Red Army
Years of service	1917 1917–1918 1919–1955
Rank	General-mayor
Commands	293rd Rifle Division
Battles/wars	Russian Civil War World War II
Awards	Order of Lenin

Stepan Mikhailovich Sgibnev (Russian: Степан Михайлович Сгибнев; 19 December 1898 – April 1987) was a Soviet Army general-mayor who held divisional command during World War II.

A Red Guard during the Russian Civil War, Sgibnev was imprisoned and forcibly mobilized by the Whites in Siberia and ended the war with a Red partisan detachment. He rose through command positions in the interwar Red Army, and spent much of World War II in the Transbaikal region. Sgibnev commanded the 293rd Rifle Division during the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, and continued to hold senior positions in the postwar army until his career ended in the mid-1950s.