Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Petrov te rangatira o te 3rd Squadron o te 68th Fighter Aviation Regiment i te
Te Pakanga hotoke. He maha ana kerēme wikitoria i te wā o te pakanga. I te 17 o Hui-tanguru 1940, i runga i te roto o Muola-Jarvi, i patua te paerata N. Kosichkin ka hinga ki runga i te huka. I heke a Petrov ka herea a Kosichkin ki nga ski o tana I-15bis i raro i te pupuhi Finnish. I te taunga o Petrov ki tōna turanga, e 100 ngā rua i roto i te rākau o tōna waka rererangi. I te Paenga-whāwhā 7, 1940, i whakawhiwhia a Petrov ki te taitara Toa o te Soviet Union me te Order o Lenin, ko ia te tangata tuatahi i whanau i Karelia ki te whiwhi i te rereketanga.