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unusual facts about Panfilov's Twenty-Eight Guardsmen


Panfilovtsy

Panfilov's Twenty-Eight Guardsmen, a group of soldiers from the Division who were all awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union


Makpal Isabekova

Makpal Isabekova (Kazakh Cyrillic: Мақпал Исабекова) (Russian Cyrillic: Макпал Исабекова) (born February 21, 1984 in Panfilov, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (present Zharkent, Kazakhstan)) is a Kazakh singer who placed sixth in the 2004 edition of SuperStar KZ, the Kazakh version of Pop Idol, shown by Perviy Kanal Evraziya.

Panfilovtsy

The 316th Division, that was renamed the Panfilov 8th Guards Rifle Division in honor its fallen commander, General Ivan Panfilov.

Shopokov

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.

Zharkent

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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