Tag: Kyrgyzstan War

By Syed Jawwad Razi About 3,60,000 Kyrgyzstanis participated in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, more than 90000 did not return from the front. 150000 soldiers of Kyrgyzstan were awarded orders and medals, 29 of them became full holders of the Order of Glory, 73 received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. The famous 316th Infantry Division was formed in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. It was commanded by Major General I.V. Panfilov, the former military commissar of the Kyrgyz SSR. In the fall of 1941, in battles for Moscow, the...