Ivan Panfilov
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Ivan Vasilyevich Panfilov was a Soviet general and a posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union, known for his command of the 316th Rifle Division during the defense of Moscow at the Second World War.
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Panfilov's bust in Almaty.
Panfilov Park, Bishkek
The 8th Guards Motor Rifle Panfilov Division originally the 316th Rifle Division, is a motorized infantry division of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic. Formed as a Soviet Red Army division duri
Ivan Panfilov
…January [O.S. 20 December 1892] 1893 – 18 November 1941) was a Soviet general and a posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union, known for his command of the 316th Rifle Division during the defense of Moscow at the Second World War. Panfilov was born in Petrovsk. After the death of his mother in 1904, the child was forced to…
A gun and carriage of the division's 19th Guards Rifle Regiment near the front, 1943.
The parade contingent from the division on Red Square in 2010.