The division was recreated at Vjasniki in July 1942, fought in the early battles around Stalingrad and was disbanded in November 1942.

On 12 July 1941, the 316th Rifle Division was established in Alma Ata, the capital of the Kazakh SSR.

Major General Ivan Panfilov, the military commissar of the Kyrgyz SSR, was appointed its commander.

Intense fighting against the Germans already took place in the region, as part of the campaign to defend Leningrad from the attack of Army Group North.

[7] The first formation of the 316th, and specifically one battalion of the 1073rd Rifle Regiment, commanded by Senior Lieutenant Bauyrzhan Momyshuly, in the battles before Moscow, was immortalized in Aleksandr Bek's novel Volokolamsk Highway.