Panfilov Biography of the Second World War

The information board in Moscow Panfilov Ivan Vasilievich is the commander of the 8th Guards Rifle Red Banner Division of the West Front, the Major General Guard. Due to the early death of his mother, he could not graduate from the four-class city school of the city of Petrovsk, he worked in a shop for a loaf from a year. In the year he was drafted into the Russian imperial army.

He served in a m -resort battalion of Inzar of the Penza province. A participant in the First World War: in March, after graduating from a training team, in the rank of non-commissioned officer, he was sent to the current army to the South-Western Front to the Olpinsky Infantry Regiment. Subsequently, he rose to the title of sergeant. After the February Revolution of the Year, he was elected a member of the regimental committee.

He entered the Red Army voluntarily in October. He was enrolled in the 1st Saratov Infantry Regiment, which was subsequently part of the Chapaevsky division. He participated in the civil war, in years he fought as part of the Chapaevsky Rifle Division, commanding a platoon and company, fought against the formations of the Czechoslovak corps, the White Guards under the command of Generals Dutov, Kolchak, Denikin and Belopolyakov.

Since September, he participated in battles against banditry in Ukraine, in the year - the commander of the platoon of the GO border battalion. After the end of the Civil War, he continued to serve in the Red Army. Since October, the commander of the platoon and company of the Yaroslavl rifle regiment. A volunteer left for the Turkestan front. Since April, he has been the commander of the rifle company, since October - the head of the regimental school of the 1st Turkestan Rifle Regiment on the Turkestan Front.

Since August, the commander of the rifle company, since August, - the head of the regimental school of the 4th Turkestan Rifle Regiment Pamir. Since April, - commander of the rifle battalion of the 6th Turkestan Rifle Regiment of the Central Asian Military District. He took part in the fight against basmachis for a year inclusive. Since June, he has been the commander and commissar of the 8th separate rifle battalion of the local troops of the Central Asian Military District.

Since December, the commander of the 9th Red Banner Mountain Rifle Regiment in the same district. Since August, he has been the head of the Prosemaster department of the headquarters of the Central Asian Military District. Since October - military commissar of the Kyrgyz SSR. With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, from July to August, the brigade commander personally engaged in the formation of the Rifle Division in the Central Asian military district in the city of Alma-Ata based on the military-liable reserve of the district.

He was in the position of commander of the Rifle Division since July 12. In October, the division arrived in the acting army to the Western Front and in the next months immortalized its banner with heroic participation in the defensive battles of the Moscow battle in October-November of the year. For more than two months, the Panfilovites beat off the attacks of the tank and infantry units of the enemy in the Volokolamsk direction, showing mass heroism and perseverance in the battle of personnel.

He died on November 19, in the area of ​​the village of Gosenovo, Volokolamsk district of the Moscow region, having received mortal wounds from fragments of a closely exploding German mortar mine. He was buried in Moscow at the Don cemetery, later reburied in the Novodevichy cemetery. By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 12, for the exemplary implementation of the command missions of the command at the front of the fight against the German invaders and the majority of Major General Panfilov Ivan Vasilievich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously.

Major General was awarded the Order of Lenin by his name, the city of Jarkent is now the city of Panfilov and one of the villages in Kazakhstan, the village of Staro-Nicolaevka in Kyrgyzstan, the streets of many cities and the villages of the former USSR, steamboats, factories, factories, collective farms. His name was assigned to many schools in Central Asia. In the city of Moscow, the name of the hero is worn avenue and street.

For the exemplary execution of combat missions of the command, the mass heroism of the personnel, the rifle division by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 17 was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, and the next day on November 18 was transformed into the 8th Guards Rifle Division. The name of I. Panfilov was assigned to the division after the death of the general himself, later the division was awarded the honorary name “Koritskaya” Augustus, awarded the orders of Lenin and Suvorov of the 2nd degree.

During the Great Patriotic War, over 14 thousand warriors of the division were awarded orders and medals, 33 officers and soldiers were awarded the high rank of Hero of the Soviet Union. In the post-war period, the regiments of the 8th Guards Panfilov Rifle Division were deployed in Estonia the city of Klogoga. Subsequently, I. Panfilov attributed himself one year and began to indicate in the profiles the date of birth on January 1 of the year.

In the first half of October, I arrived in the army of the Russian Rifle Division and took up defense on a wide front on the outskirts of Volokolamsk. General Panfilov for the first time widely used the system of deeply echeloned artillery anti -tank defense, created and skillfully used mobile barriers in battle.The stamina of our troops increased significantly due to this, and all attempts by the 5th German army corps were unsuccessful to break through the defense.

Within seven days, the division, together with the cadet regiment S. Malentsev and attached parts of anti -tank artillery successfully repulsed the enemy’s attacks. Attaching importance to the capture of Volokolamsk, the Hitler command threw another motorized corps into this area. Only under the pressure of superior enemy forces, part of the division were forced to leave Volokolamsk at the end of October and take defense east of the city.

Under Volokolamsk, a fierce battle boiled again. On this day, 28 Panfilov soldiers under the command of Politruk V. Klochkov repelled the attack of enemy tanks, and held the border occupied. The enemy tanks were also unable to break through in the direction of the villages of Mykanino and Strokovo. The division of General Panfilov firmly held their positions, its warriors stood to death.

Zhukov, - Comrade Panfilov always retained the leadership and management of units. In continuous monthly battles on the outskirts of Moscow, units of the division not only held their positions, but also with rapid counterattacks, they defeated the 2nd tank, Ugorized, 11 and south infantry divisions, destroying enemy soldiers and officers, more than 80 tanks, many guns, mortars and other weapons.

"For exemplary execution of combat missions of the Command, Mass The heroism of the personnel on November 17 was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, and the next day, November 18, was transformed into the 8th Guards Rifle Division. Heroes of the Soviet Union: Br. Rumyantsev N. people of legendary feat. International Patriotic Internet project "Heroes of the country".