Matvey Kuzmich Shaposhnikov (; November 29, 1906, settlement Alexeyevka, Voronezh Province — June 25, 1994, Rostov-on-Don) was a Soviet military commander, Lieutenant General and Hero of the Soviet Union. During the Novocherkassk massacre in 1962, as the first deputy commander of the North Caucasian Military District, he refused to comply with the order to attack the demonstrators with tanks.