Key facts
- Nicknames
- Dad, Aqsaqal
- Born
- ( 1893-01-01 ) 1 January 1893, Petrovsk , Saratov Governorate, Russian Empire
- Died
- 18 November 1941 (1941-11-18) (aged 48), Guseniovo, Volokolamsky District , Soviet Union
- Buried
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- Allegiance
- Russian Empire (1915–1917), USSR (1918–1941)
- Service years
- 1915–1941
- Rank
- Major General
- Commands
- 316th Rifle Division
- Conflicts
- World War I , Russian Civil War , Polish–Soviet War , Basmachi Revolt , World War II
- Awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union , Order of Lenin , Order of the Red Banner (3), Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ivan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Petrovsk
- Occupation
- military officer
- Educated at
- Odesa Military Academy
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Conflict
- Basmachi movement
- Military branch
- Red Army
- Military rank
- major general
- Image
- Photo of Ivan Panfilov.jpg
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- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1893-01-01
- date of death
- 1941-11-18
- Commons category
- Ivan Panfilov
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- 316th Rifle Division
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
- military casualty classification
- killed in action
- start of work period
- 1915-00-00
- ethnic group
- Russians
- end of work period
- 1941-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Ivan Vasilyevich Panfilov (Russian: Иван Васильевич Панфилов; 1 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.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ivan Panfilov” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.