Yuri Pavlovich Kazakov (Russian: ???? ???????? ???????) (August 8, 1927 – November 29, 1982) was a Russian author of short stories, often compared to Anton Chekhov and Ivan Bunin.
Born in Moscow, he started out as a jazz musician, but turned to publishing his stories in 1952.
He attended the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute, graduating in 1958.