8th Guards Panfilov Division (Panfilov division, Panfilov) - a military unit of the USSR, originally formed as the 316th rifle division from Russians, Ukrainians, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tatars and other peoples living in Semirechye. IV Panfilov served as military commissar of the Kirghiz SSR. The main backbone of the division was made up of residents of the city of Alma-Ata and the Semirechye Cossacks of the villages of Lyubavinskaya and Vernenskaya - 1075 rifle regiment, Cossacks of the villages of Nadezhdenskaya and Sofiyskaya - 1073 rifle regiment, as well as residents of the city of Frunze - Kyrgyz 1077 rifle regiment. She took part in the defense of Moscow in 1941, on November 18, 1941, for courage and heroism, she received the status of a guard, on November 23, 1941, she received the name of her commander who died in battle on November 19. After the collapse of the USSR, it became part of the armed forces of Kyrgyzstan, in 2003 it was disbanded.
She became famous in the battles near Moscow, stopping the advance of the Center Army Group (commander Fyodor von Bock) on Moscow in October and November 1941.
She is best known for her feat of 28 people ( Panfilov heroes and 28 Panfilov heroes) from the personnel of the 4th company of the 2nd battalion of the 1075th rifle regiment, on November 16, 1941 in the area of the Dubosekovo crossing.
The 316th Division, which was part of the 16th Army, was reinforced with two artillery regiments and a tank company. Despite this, given the fact that the division was in the direction of the main attack, it should be noted that it received an extremely wide zone of defense - more than 42 kilometers along the front. According to the 1939 charter, the division can defend the zone along the front 8-12 km and 4-6 km in depth. On the right flank of the division, the most distant from the Volokolamskoe highway, the 1077th Infantry Regiment under the command of Major ZS Shekhtman was equipped. This unit was the last to be formed and did not have time to undergo full training at the divisional training ground, so Panfilov placed it where a serious enemy strike was not expected. In the center of the division - the 1073rd regiment of Major G. Ye. Yelin, one of the attached artillery regiments - a regiment of 45 mm anti-tank guns - was located directly in the combat positions of the regiment. On the left flank, where General Panfilov was expecting a blow from the main forces of the 4th Panzer Group, the 1075th Infantry Regiment of Colonel I.V. Kaprov was deployed, together with an attached artillery regiment of 16 76 mm divisional guns and a battery of 4 ex 85 - millimeter anti-aircraft guns. The 857th Artillery Regiment of Lieutenant Colonel G. F. Kurganov was divided into divisional divisions among the rifle units. The 1st division (3 batteries of 4 - 76 mm cannons) was assigned to the 1077 rifle regiment, the second and third divisions (1 battery of 4 76 mm cannons and 2 batteries of 122 mm howitzers) were assigned to 1073 and 1075 shelves, respectively. Thus, having on average no more than 3 gun barrels per 1 km of the front, General Panfilov concentrated up to 14 barrels per 1 km of the front in the most tank-hazardous directions. The division's reserve consisted of a separate sapper battalion and a tank company of two T-34 tanks and two light machine-gun tanks. The division headquarters was located directly at the positions of the 1073 regiment, 2 kilometers from the front line.
On November 16, the division was attacked by the forces of one infantry and two German tank divisions - the 2nd Panzer Division of the 40th Motorized Corps (General of Panzer Forces G. Stumme) attacked the positions of the 316th Infantry Division in the center of defense, and the 11th Panzer Division of the 46th Motorized Corps (General of the tank forces G. von Fittingof-Scheel) struck in the Dubosekovo area, on the positions of the 1075th rifle regiment. In the south, the position, at the junction with Dovator's corps, with the support of a tank battalion of the 5th Panzer Division, attacked the 252nd Silesian Infantry Division. Parts of the division, led by Panfilov, fought heavy defensive battles with superior enemy forces, in which the personnel showed massive heroism. During the battles on November 16-20 in the Volokolamsk direction, the 316th rifle division (from November 17 to the Red Banner, from November 18 to the Guards) stopped the offensive of two tank and one infantry divisions of the Wehrmacht. For successful actions during these battles, the division, which had already become the 8th Guards Red Banner, on November 23 received the honorary title of Panfilov.
When, realizing the hopelessness and the impossibility of achieving success in the Volokolamsk direction, von Bock transferred the 4th tank group to the Leningradskoe highway, the 8th guards on November 26 was also transferred to the Leningradskoe highway in the area of the village of Kryukovo, where, like on the Volokolamskoe highway, it stopped 4th tank group of the Wehrmacht. Colonel General Erich Göpner, who commanded the 4th Panzer Group, whose strike forces were defeated in battles with the 8th Guards Division, calls it in his reports to the commander of the Center Group, Fedor von Bock, “a wild division fighting in violation of all regulations and rules of engagement, whose soldiers do not surrender, are extremely fanatical and do not fear death. "
One of the two divisions of the Soviet Army, named after their commanders - Ivan Vasilyevich Chapaev and Ivan Vasilyevich Panfilov (25th Guards Rifle Division named after V.I. Chapaev).
8th Guards Rezhitskaya of the Battle Red Banner and the Order of Suvorov, named after Hero of the Soviet Union, Major General Ivan Vasilyevich Panfilov
ORDER OF NCO USSR ON THE RESULTS OF CHECKING THE STATE OF MATERIAL SUPPORT OF THE 8th GUARDS RUNNEL DIVISION NAMED AFTER GENERAL-MAYOR PANFILOV No. 032
The audit found that the 8th Guards Rifle Division named after Major General Panfilov has a number of major economic shortcomings.
Nutrition personnel were delivered unsatisfactorily. Food prepares badly. Its taste and calorie content are very low, the cooks are poorly prepared and work with them is not organized.
Kitchens are in unsanitary condition and not equipped. Kitchen utensils are extremely scarce, and the available ones are kept in a dirty state * ... There are no layouts and no sample books. There is no control over nutrition by commanders and business executives.
For October-December 1942, the calorie content per day per soldier ranged from 1800 to 3300 calories. Due to the negligence and lack of control of the army apparatus, the division systematically received less food.
In October not received: meat - 2.1%, fats - 63%, vegetables - 47%, sugar - 4%, salt - 2.5%, tobacco - 26.8%.
In November: meat - 20.3%, fats - 52.4%, cereals - 8.7%, vegetables - 42.6%, tobacco - 29%, sugar - 23.5%, salt - 3.8%.
In December 30th Guards Rifle Regiment not received (in daily dachas): bread - 6.1, meat - 17, fats - 20, puff flour - 19, sugar - 2.5, vegetables - 29, makhorka - 11.
A similar situation with a shortfall products was in December and in other parts of the division. At the same time, there was a sufficient number of products of all assortments, which made it possible to supply uninterrupted food supplies to all units of the front. In December, the warehouses of the 3rd Shock Army had an irreducible stock of basic products from 2-6 or more days per day. There were at least 14.5 days of them in the front.
Due to the systematic shortage of food and non-delivery of them to the fighters, as well as poor organization nutrition, the division has a significant number of emaciated fighters and junior commanders.
O food disruptions the division knew perfectly well, from daily reports and seven special reports, the head of the food supply department of the 3rd shock army, military engineer 2nd rank Segal, and the head of the rear of the same army, Major General Golubev. In total for October-December in the name of tt. Golubeva and Segal sent up to thirty cipher telegrams about the poor security of the division. However, on their part, no measures were taken to provide the division with food.
Some of the soldiers and commanders still wear summer uniforms. The cotton tunics of a significant part of the soldiers are torn and dirty. Washing and repairing them is poorly organized. Continuous wear control and repair of uniforms on the part of the commanders, no. The fighters do not have needles or threads.
Accounting clothing and shipping property launched in companies, battalions and regiments. Reinforcement lists, book of form No. 2 are not kept in divisions. As a rule, the actual existence of the property with the credentials does not coincide.
Consumer service fighters and commanders are poorly organized. Change of linen and washing in the bathhouse of fighters is carried out irregularly. There are absolutely no accessories for cutting and shaving your hair.
Until now, it has not been eliminated among the personnel lice... The medical staff and command staff are accustomed to these outrages and do not conduct a proper fight against them.
Red Army dugouts are not covered. Soldiers and most commanders spend evenings in the dark. They do not have the opportunity to read statutes, books, newspapers in the evening, write a letter.
Over the past 4 months, there was no one from the front rear services directorate in the division.
The chief of the rear, Major General Smokachev, knew nothing about the poor material support. Failure to take timely measures to eliminate all outrages comrade. Smokachev explains that he did not have any signals about the division's poor support.
All this happened due to the inattentive attitude of the military council of the 3rd shock army to the case. material support combat guards division and the lack of control over the work of the commanding staff of the rear and supply.
I order:
1. The Military Council of the Kalinin Front to immediately eliminate all shortcomings and establish proper order in the 8th Guards Rifle Division named after Major General Panfilov.
2. The head of the Main Quartermaster Directorate of the Red Army fully provide the division with all the necessary quartermaster property.
3. For the interruptions in the supply of food and quartermaster property, the chief of the rear of the 3rd shock army, Major General Golubev, the chief of the food supply of the same army, the 2nd rank military engineer Segal and the front quartermaster Karnak, should be removed from their posts and appointed with demotion. For the lack of control in the supply of food to the division, the former chief of the food supply of the Kalinin Front, Colonel Klochko, is reprimanded.
To the chief of the rear services of the Kalinin Front, Major General Smokachev, I point out the weak attention to the supply of food and quartermaster property of the 8th Guards Rifle Division named after Major General Panfilov.
I draw the attention of the military council of the 3rd Shock Army to the weak control over the material security of the 8th Guards Rifle Division named after Major General Panfilov.
Deputy People's Commissar for Defense
Colonel-General of the Quartermaster Service A. Khrulev
* After the words " dirty"Crossed out (apparently by A. Khrulev) the phrase:" The food given out twice a day is brought to the front edge in dugouts in zinc cans and horse tarpaulin buckets. "
Throughout the history of the existence of the armed forces of the Soviet Union only two divisions were named after their commanders... In the civil war it was the Chapaevsk division, during the Great Patriotic War - the 8th Guards Order of Lenin Red Banner Order of Suvorov Rezhitskaya named after I.V. Panfilov rifle division.
On July 12, 1941, by order of the government in Alma-Ata, the formation of the 316th rifle division, later the heroic Panfilov division, began. Within a month, the division was replenished with teams of conscripts from different regions of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The division consisted of three rifle regiments, an artillery regiment, a communications battalion, a separate engineer battalion, a separate autorot, a medical battalion, a separate reconnaissance motorized rifle company, a field bakery, a field postal service and a herd of cattle. The military commissar of Kyrgyzstan, Major General I.V. Panfilov, formed and headed the 316th division. Personal acquaintance with Stalin allowed the general to select the best personnel during the formation of the division... So its ranks did not include young recruits, but mature family men - representatives of 28 peoples of the USSR.
Guards Major General Ivan Vasilievich P Anfilov began his military career in the First World War, in 1915, when he was conscripted into the 168th reserve battalion (Inzara, Penza province). With the rank of non-commissioned officer, he was sent to the active army on the South-Western Front in the 638th Olpa Infantry Regiment, where he rose to the rank of sergeant major (senior sergeant in modern troops).
After the February Revolution of 1917, Panfilov was elected a member of the regimental committee. Voluntarily joining the Red Army in October 1918, he was enlisted in the 1st Saratov Infantry Regiment, which later became part of the 25th Chapayevskaya Rifle Division. Commanding a platoon and a company of the legendary division, from 1918 to 1920 he fought against the formations of the Czechoslovak corps, the White Guards generals Denikin, Kolchak, Dutov and the White Poles. In September 1920, Panfilov was sent to combat banditry in Ukraine, in 1921 he led a platoon of the 183rd border battalion.
After graduating from the Kiev Higher School of the commanders of the Red Army in 1923, Panfilov was sent to the Turkestan Front, where he actively participated in the fight against the Basmachism. From 1927 to 1937 he headed the regimental school of the 4th Turkestan Rifle Regiment, commanded a rifle battalion, and then the 9th Red Banner Mountain Rifle Regiment. In 1937, he was appointed chief of a department of the staff of the Central Asian Military District, and a year later - to the post of military commissar of the Kirghiz SSR. In January 1939, Panfilov received the rank of brigade commander (since 1940 - major general).
Formed in 1941 by Panfilov 316 Infantry Division in August of the same year, she began her combat path near Novgorod, and in October she was transferred to the Volokolamsk direction. Fighting incessantly, for a month parts of the division not only held their positions, but with swift counterattacks defeated the 2nd tank, 29th motorized, 11th and 110th infantry divisions, destroying a total of up to 9,000 German soldiers and officers , more than 80 tanks and other enemy equipment. On October 27, the situation at the front no longer allowed holding the occupied line, Volokolamsk had to be abandoned. Despite the retreat, for services in the October battles The 316th division was one of the first to be called the Guards Division, number 8.
In November, the 8th Guards became famous for the feat of 28 Panfilov heroes... According to a version published in the central press in the same year, on November 16, a group of 29 tank destroyers met their death at a railway siding Dubosekovo, destroying 18 enemy tanks. The enemy struck from the south at the junction of the division and the 50th Cavalry Corps, trying to surround the Panfilov men and seize the headquarters. Despite the exceptional resilience of the soldiers of the 1075th regiment, the Germans broke through to the headquarters. Our units were drained of blood: out of 140 fighters in the 4th company, no more than 25 remained, in other companies even less. Having accepted the battle, the 8th Guards Division managed to stop the enemy in the Volokolamsk direction. A week later, reporters learned about this feat, and Krasnaya Zvezda published several articles on the events at the Dubosekovo junction.
The day after the terrible battle, the division received the Order of the Red Banner.
And on November 18, the division commander was gone - he was wounded by a shrapnel during a mortar attack. This was a real tragedy for the division fighters, who treated Panfilov very warmly, calling him Batey.
On November 23, at the request of the fighters of the division, the 8th Guards was named after Major General I.V. Panfilov.
The mass media "hyped" the story of 28 Panfilovites so much that only a few people know the real truth about it. In 1948 the military prosecutor's office checked the authenticity of the feat of 28 Panfilov's men, described in print. On the basis of the check carried out by the Chief Military Prosecutor of the USSR Armed Forces, Lieutenant General of Justice Afanasyev, on May 10, 1948, a "Reference-report" About 28 Panfilov's men "was drawn up.
However, a closer look at the document reveals the following: |
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From which it follows that the number of Panfilov's heroes in Krasnaya Zvezda on November 28, 1941 was determined approximately.
About the events after December 20, 1941, when our troops returned the temporarily lost positions, the following is said: | “When it became known that the place where the battle took place was freed from the Germans, Krivitsky, on behalf of Ortenberg, went to the Dubosekovo junction... Together with the regiment commander Kaprov, commissar Mukhamedyarov and the commander of the 4th company Gundilovich Krivitsky went to the battlefield, where they found three corpses of our soldiers under the snow. However, to Krivitsky's question about the names of the fallen heroes, Kaprov could not answer: “Kaprov did not tell me the names, but instructed Mukhamedyarov and Gundilovich to do it, who made a list, taking information from some statement or list. Thus, I have a list of the names of 28 Panfilovites who died in battle with German tanks at the Dubosekovo junction. " |
In our country, the Panfilov Red Banner Division occupies a prominent place, the composition of which was staffed by representatives of almost thirty nationalities inhabiting the USSR. Their role in protecting Moscow from the fascist hordes rushing to it is indelible in human memory. But the people of the older generation also remember the propaganda excitement that was raised around the “feat of 28 Panfilov's men”, which later turned out to be just an idle fiction of the journalist.
Ivan Vasilyevich Panfilov began to master military science during the years of the Imperialist War - in 1915 on the South-Western Front. Taking part in hostilities as part of the 638th Olpinsky regiment, he rose to the rank of sergeant major, which corresponds to the modern army. When the autocracy was overthrown in February 1917 and processes aimed at democratizing society began in the country, Panfilov became a member of the committee of his regiment.
In the very first days of the Civil War, he became a Red Army soldier. It should be noted that Ivan Vasilyevich was waiting for untold luck - the infantry regiment, in which he was enrolled, became part of the Chapaevsk division, and thus Panfilov, commanding a platoon first, and then a company, got the opportunity to gain combat experience under the command of one of the most famous and legendary military leaders in the entire history of the Red Army. This experience was useful to him in future battles.
In the period from 1918 to 1920, he had a chance to participate in battles with the formations of the Czechoslovak corps, the White Poles, as well as the armies of Kolchak, Denikin and ataman Dutov. Panfilov ended the civil war in Ukraine, heading units whose task was to fight against numerous bandit formations formed mainly from local nationalists. In addition, in those years, Ivan Vasilyevich was instructed to command one of the platoons of the border guard battalion.
In 1921, the command sent Ivan Vasilyevich to study at the Kiev school of the highest command personnel of the Red Army, which he graduated with honors two years later. By this time, Soviet power had already been established in the European part of the country, but fierce battles continued in the republics of Central Asia, and the young graduate was sent to the Turkestan Front to fight the Basmachis.
It was in Central Asia that the career of the future legendary division commander was further developed. For ten years (1927-1937) he directed the regimental school of the 4th Turkestan Rifle Regiment, commanded a rifle battalion, a mountain rifle regiment, and in 1937 became chief of staff of the Central Asian Military District. The next important step is his appointment in 1939 to the post of military commissar of Kyrgyzstan. In the last pre-war year, Ivan Vasilyevich was awarded the rank of major general for his services in strengthening the country's defense capability.
In July 1941, by order of the military commissar of Kyrgyzstan, Major General I.V. Panfilov, she began to be recruited.She soon became one of two, which in the entire history of the Red Army were named after their commanders. The first was the Chapaevskaya division, and the second was this Panfilov division. She was destined to go down in history as an example of the mass heroism of soldiers and commanders.
Formed in July 1941, the Panfilov division, whose ethnic composition included almost all representatives of the Central Asian republics, entered the battle with the Nazis in the Novgorod region a month later, and in October was redeployed to Volokolamsk. There, as a result of stubborn battles, she was able not only to defend her positions, but also by heroic counterattacks to completely defeat four German divisions, among which were two infantry, tank and motorized. During this period, Panfilov's men destroyed about 9 thousand enemy soldiers and officers, and also knocked out about 80 tanks.
Although the general situation at the front forced the division, headed by I.V. Panfilov, to abandon its defended positions and retreat in accordance with the general tactical plan of the command, it was one of the first at the front to be awarded the honorary right to be called the Guards.
A very curious document has survived to this day, reading which one involuntarily overflows with pride for those people who once blocked the path of the Nazis. This is a report from the commander of the 4th German tank brigade. In it, he calls the Panfilovites a "wild division" and reports that it is absolutely impossible to fight with these people: they are real fanatics and are not at all afraid of death. Of course, the German general was wrong: they were afraid of death, but they put the fulfillment of their duty above life.
In November of the same year, events took place that, as described by means of Soviet propaganda, made the division and its commander known throughout the country. This is a famous battle in which the soldiers managed to destroy 18 enemy tanks near the Dubosekovo junction in a short time, despite the fact that there were only 28 of them.
The Panfilov division in those days waged fierce battles with the enemy, who was trying to surround it and destroy the headquarters. According to the version widely circulated by Soviet propaganda, on November 16, the soldiers of the 4th company, commanded by political instructor V.G. Klochkov, defending the Dubosekovo crossing, located 8 kilometers from Volokolamsk, and repelling the attack of fifty enemy tanks, performed an unparalleled feat. In a battle that lasted four hours, they managed to destroy 18 enemy combat vehicles, and force the rest to turn back.
All of them, according to the same version, died the death of the brave. The political instructor Klochkov himself, dying, allegedly uttered a phrase that later became a propaganda cliché: "Russia is great, but there is nowhere to retreat: behind is Moscow!" Having fulfilled its duty, the Panfilov division stopped the further advance of the enemy in the Volokolamsk direction. On the same days, falling under heavy enemy mortar fire, the division commander himself, Lieutenant General I.V. Panfilov, was killed.
Unfortunately, this story, when examined in detail, caused some doubts among researchers. After the war, in 1948, a prosecutor's investigation of the incident was carried out. As a result, the chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR, Lieutenant General of Justice Afanasyev, was forced to state that the feat attributed to 28 Panfilov heroes is fiction.
The investigation was initiated by very curious circumstances. The fact is that a year before that, in Kharkov, they managed to arrest the traitor to the Motherland and a former accomplice of the Nazis, I. Ye. Dobrobabin. During a search, among other things, he was found to have a book, popular at that time and published in mass circulation, about the feat of 28 Panfilovites.
Turning over its pages, the investigator came across information that plunged him into amazement: it turned out that his suspect appeared in it as one of the main participants in the events. Moreover, the book said that he died heroically and was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. It is quite clear that after this "discovery" it was necessary to check the rest of the facts set forth by the authors of the popular publication.
Documents were immediately requested that made it possible to form an objective idea of the hostilities in which the Panfilov division then participated. The list of those killed at the end of November 1941, reports of all clashes with the enemy, reports of unit commanders and even intercepted German radiograms immediately fell on the table of the investigator of the military prosecutor's office of the Kharkiv region.
As a result, as mentioned above, the investigation has convincingly proved that the facts presented in the book are fiction and there is a deliberate falsification of the events that have taken place. In May 1948, Lieutenant General Afanasyev personally reported these findings to the USSR Prosecutor General G.N. Sofonov, who, in turn, drew up a document sent to him
The initiator of the historical falsification, as it was established by the investigation, was the editor of the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper Ortenberg. On his instructions, an article was published in the next issue, written by the newspaper reporter Krivitsky, in which partly unverified and partly deliberately fictional material was presented. As a result, the myth was born about a small handful of heroes who managed to stop the enemy's armada of tanks.
During interrogation, Krivitsky, who by that time had taken up one of the leading posts in the editorial office of the newspaper "Krasnoe Znamya", admitted that the famous suicide phrase of political instructor Klochkov "Russia is great, but nowhere to retreat ..." was invented by him, as well as everything else written in the book. But even without his confession, the lie was obvious: from whom could he hear those words, after all, according to his version, all the participants in the battle were killed and there were no witnesses left?
Thanks to the story he invented, the author of the falsification himself managed to create a name for himself in literary circles, write and publish several books, become the author or at least co-author of several poems and poems about the unparalleled heroism of 28 Panfilovites. And among other things, this story gave a tangible impetus to his further career growth.
What actually happened? This question is answered by further research by historians of the Patriotic War. It can be seen from them that at that time the Panfilov division really fought in this area with several German corps. Moreover, in the area of the Dubosekovo junction, they took on a particularly fierce character.
However, neither our nor even the enemy's military reports mention the battle described in the sensational newspaper article, thanks to which the Panfilov division became the center of everyone's attention then. The list of those killed in those days also does not correspond to the data given by Krivitsky. There were many killed: there were heavy battles, but they were completely different people.
The former commander of a rifle regiment stationed in that area at the time of the events described, testified that the Dubosekovo patrol was defended by a company that was completely destroyed during the fighting, but, according to him, there were 100 people, not 28. Panfilov division in those days suffered heavy losses, and this company added to their number. However, only 9 tanks were knocked out, of which 3 burned down on the spot, and the rest turned back and left the battlefield. In addition, he stressed the absurdity of the assumption that 28 lightly armed fighters could successfully resist 50 enemy tanks on flat terrain.
This myth became widespread in the post-war years thanks to Soviet propaganda. The materials of the prosecutor's check of 1948 were classified, and the attempt made in 1966 by the employee of the magazine "Novy Mir" E.V. Kardin to reveal the inconsistency of the official version in his article received a sharp rebuff from L.I.Brezhnev. The General Secretary of the CPSU called the published materials a slander against the party and the heroic history of our Motherland.
Only in the years of perestroika, when the materials of the 1948 investigation were finally declassified, was it possible, without diminishing the glory that the Panfilov division justly earned, to bring to the attention of the general public the fact of distortion of the events of the past war.
However, despite such an annoying incident, the culprits of which were overly zealous Soviet propagandists, the Panfilovites' great contribution to the victory over the Nazis should be recognized. In November of the same year, their division was officially named Panfilov. Only in the Volokolamsk direction in the period from November 16 to 21, she, in conjunction with other units and formations, stopped the advance of two German corps and one tank division.
The further combat path of the Panfilov division was difficult, full of losses, but, as before, covered with glory. In the first months of 1942, she, along with other Soviet units, participated in the battles against the SS "Dead's Head" division. The battles took place with extraordinary ferocity on both sides and caused numerous losses both in the ranks of the Panfilovites and their opponents.
Having fought with honor until 1945, that is, almost until the end of the Second World War, the Panfilov division was surrounded during an offensive on the Latvian city of Saldus. As a result, almost all of its personnel died, and only 300 people were able to break through the enemy ring. Subsequently, the surviving members of the Panfilov division were assigned to other units and, already in their composition, ended the war.
In the post-war years, the division, which the whole country knew about due to its high combat qualities and partly due to the propaganda frenzy around it, was completely restored. The place of its deployment was the territory of Estonia. However, in 1967, the leadership turned to the country's government with a request that the personnel of the Panfilov division with all weapons and equipment be transferred to them in the republic. This appeal was prompted by considerations of national security and therefore met with support in Moscow.
Having become part of the Turkestan military district, the Panfilov division, which by that time was largely replenished with conscripts from the Central Asian republics, was partly deployed in the Kirghiz SSR, and partly in the Kazakh. For a state that included various republics, this was quite normal. But in the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the history of the Panfilov division has undergone several dramatic moments.
Suffice it to say that, being part of the Northern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan, in 2003 it was completely unexpectedly abolished for everyone and completely disbanded. It is difficult to say who made such a decision and by virtue of what political or other interests. However, the illustrious division ceased to exist.
Only eight years later, when the 70th anniversary of its founding was celebrated, it was re-formed and received its former name. Today, the place of its deployment is the city of Tokmok, located not far from Bishkek. The Panfilov division, whose ethnic composition today is mainly a conglomerate of peoples inhabiting Kyrgyzstan, is serving under the command of a native of those places - Colonel Nurlan Isabekovich Kiresheev.
12.07.1941 - 1991
On July 12, 1941, by order of the command of the Central Asian Military District, the 316th Infantry Division was formed in Alma-Ata.
In August 1941 she was included in the 52nd Army of the North-Western Front. On August 27, the regiments of the division disembarked at the Borovichi station of the Novgorod region. On September 8, the division, crossing the Ust-Volma River, arrived at Kresttsy, where it took up positions in the second echelon of the army preparing for hostilities.
In early October, by order of the Supreme Command Headquarters, the division was urgently transferred to the Western Front as part of the 16th Army, to the Volokolamsk direction, and received a fairly wide defensive zone - 41 kilometers.
During the Moscow battle, she stopped the advance of the German Army Group Center on Moscow in October and November 1941. Known for the feat of 28 Panfilov heroes from the personnel of the 4th rifle company of the 2nd rifle battalion of the 1075th rifle regiment, November 16 in the area junction Dubosekovo and battles from November 30 to December 8 in the area the village of Kryukovo... In the days of the heroic defense of the capital, the division was named after its commander, Major General I.V. Panfilov, who died in battle. village Guskovo Volokolamsk region.
On November 17, 1941, the 316th Rifle Division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, and on November 18, 1941, by Order of the People's Commissar of Defense No. 339, it was reorganized into the 8th Guards Rifle Division. On November 23, by the Decree of the State Defense Committee No. 950, the division received the honorary name "Panfilovskaya" for successful actions during the battles.
On January 19, 1942, on the instructions of the Supreme Command Headquarters, the division was transferred by rail to the Bologoye station, where it became part of the 2nd Guards Rifle Corps of the 3rd Shock Army of the Kalinin Front.
On March 16, 1942, by a Government Decree for the exemplary performance of combat missions on the front of the fight against the Nazi invaders and the valor and courage shown at the same time, the 8th Guards Red Banner Division named after I.V. Panfilova was awarded the Order of Lenin.
At the beginning of February 1942, the division's transition to the offensive along the Staraya Russa - Kholm highway in the area Sokolovo - Trokhovo... 14 February encirclement of the enemy in the area Ramushevo - Demyansk... From 10 to 17 June, the withdrawal of the division for defense for the Lovat river, to its eastern shore. From 25 to 28 February 1943, battles to break through enemy defenses in the sector Novichki-Chikunovo.
Since May 1943, the division was part of the 22nd Army of the North-Western Front. From 13 to 17 October, the division made a marching march, covering a distance of 260 kilometers to the city area Velikie Luki... Since November 6, has been conducting an active defense in the area Novosokolniki.
January 8, 1944 the surrender of the defense in the area Novosokolniki other units and entry into the 97th Rifle Corps of the 2nd Baltic Front. From January 8 to 10, march from the area Novosokolniki to the area of points Horovatka, Lopatniki, New plant... From 2 to 5 February, offensive battles in the area of points Surino, Domankino, Svinovo, Slobodka, Ivantsovo, height 165.6... From February 24 to March 7, pursuit with battles of the retreating enemy in the direction of points Galtsevo, Maksimikha, Zakharino, Aksenovo... Fights for the village Andryushino and her release. March to the area Lopanevo, Heat, Sunset, Byshevo, Korostovets, Yurentsovo.
From March 7, 1944, the division was part of the 44th Rifle Corps. March 12-15 march to the area Kadkino, Bolshoe Eliseevo, Semenkino, Glukhovo... From March 26 to April 13, the divisions are fighting on the bridgehead for the Great River near Pushkin mountains... From April 13 to April 25, the division's march to the area Maslovo, Veche, Kuzovikha; march to the area New, Cooper; march to the area lakes Privetskoe, Privetok, Lopanevo.
On April 20, 1944, the division became part of the 7th Guards Rifle Corps of the 10th Guards Army of the 2nd Baltic Front. May 2 march to the area Vaskovo, Varenkino, lakes Zagornoye, Gorkovets... From 8 to 9 July march to the area Afanaskevichi, Gorka, Veretie... On July 10, a breakthrough of the enemy's defense in the area Sinyukhovo... 13 July forcing Great river near Pyskovo.
July 16 the beginning of the liberation of the Latvian SSR. From 17 to 22 July battles on the outskirts of the city Ludza... 23 july liberation of the city Rezekne (Rezhitsa) and the Order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief declaring gratitude for the liberation of the city. August 3 release M. Varna... 5 August forcing Aiviexte rivers near Stalydzen... From 6 to 14 August, battles on the outskirts of the city Madonna.
On August 8, 1944, by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the 8th Guards Rifle Red Banner Order of Lenin Division named after I.V. Panfilov was given the honorary title "Rezhitskaya".
September 21, 1944 forcing Ogre river near Yanzemi... From September 28 to October 1, fierce fighting in the area Tibores, Lejasglazpisk, Auvukregs... From 4 to 5 October march to the area Zheibany, Salivas... October 8 liberation of the city Ogre... 12 October forcing river Tenava near Tsinishi.
Assisting the troops of the 10th Army, the division by October 14, cut the railway to the north Balozhi station... After stubborn battles, the enemy was driven out of the capital of Latvia - Riga city.
On November 3, 1944, the 8th Guards Rifle Rezhitskaya Red Banner Order of Lenin Division named after I.V. Panfilova by the Decree of the Government of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command during the liberation of the Baltic States and the city of Riga, was awarded the Order of Suvorov II degree.
From 3 to 8 November 1944, fighting in the area Yulishi, Terplini, Namdari, Pumpuri, Anites... From November 23 to December 2, battles in the area Ratheniski... From 23 to 25 December, battles in the area Brammani, Laugali... From December 26 to 30, battles in the area Gergali, Yulishi.
From January to April 1945, the 8th Guards Rifle Division as part of the 2nd Baltic Front fought with the Kurland enemy grouping in the Libava-Saldus area.
Since April 1945, as part of the Leningrad Front, on May 8, 1945, after stubborn battles, the Nazi grouping pressed to the Baltic Sea surrendered.
In the post-war period, the 8th Panfilov Guards Division was stationed in Estonia (Klooga).
After the collapse of the USSR, it became part of the armed forces of Kyrgyzstan, in 2003 it was disbanded, restored on July 11, 2011 on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the creation of the division.
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