On 23 November, the 8th Guards was awarded the sobriquet "Panfilovskaya" in honor of its fallen commander, and its soldiers were henceforth known as "Panfilov's Men" ("Panfilovtsy"). It took part in the Red Army's counter-offensive which drove the Wehrmacht away from Moscow during December. The division ended the Second World War in Latvia, as part of the forces besieging the German pocket in Courland.