The 316th Division, that was renamed the Panfilov 8th Guards Rifle Division in honor its fallen commander, General Ivan Panfilov.
The town is named after Duyshenkul Shopokov, one of the 28 soldiers of Ivan Panfilov's Division who were reported to die heroically on November 16, 1941 while defending Moscow.
From 1942 until 1991 it was named Panfilov after Ivan Panfilov, the Russian World War II hero who died in battle in 1941.
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