Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I whakawhiwhia ki te hohipera mo te maimoatanga mate mai i te 13 o Poutu-te-rangi ki te 4 o Paenga-whawha 1942, ka hoki mai a Lebedenko ki te whakahau i te 50th i muri i tana whakaora. I roto i tenei wa, i mau te wehenga i nga turanga paruru ki te hauauru o Gzhatsk. I te marama o Akuhata ka tukuna ki te ope taua 33rd ka angitu i te mahi whakaeke a te ope taua. I te tīmatanga o Hui-tanguru 1943 i nekehia te wehenga ki te Rohe ki te Hauauru ki te Hauauru ka uru atu ki te 1st Guards Army, e tiaki ana i te raina o te Seversky Donets. Mai i te marama o Hurae, hei waahanga o te 33rd Rifle Corps, i whawhai te wehenga i roto i te Izyum <unk> Barvenkovo whakaeke
, te whakaeke rautaki o Donbas, me te Pakanga o te Dnieper. Ko tetahi o nga waahanga tuatahi ki te whakauru ki Zaporozhye i te wa o te whakaeke Zaporozhye, i whakawhiwhia te wehenga ki te ingoa o te taone hei honore i te 15 o Oketopa. I muri mai, i whawhai te 50 i nga whakaeke ki Kirovograd, te whakaeke Kirovograd, me te whakaeke Uman<unk>Botoșani.