Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te hokinga ki te Soviet Union i te marama o Tihema 1937, i whakahau a Batov i te 10th Rifle Corps me te 3rd Rifle Corps, ko te whakamutunga i arahina e ia i te mahi a te Soviet o te rawhiti o Poland i te marama o Hepetema 1939. I muri mai ka whakawhitihia te roopu ki te aroaro o Finnish, ka whawhai i te waahanga tuarua (Peperewera <unk> Maehe 1940) o te
Ko te Pakanga a Ruhia-Pinihi i te rohe o Karelia i raro i te ope taua 13. Mo ana mahi i Finland, i whakawhiwhia a Batov ki te Order tuarua o Lenin, i whakatairangahia ki te rangatira wehenga ("Komdiv") ana, i te Pipiri, ki te rangatira rangatira. Na ka tohua ia hei kaiawhina rangatira o te rohe hoia o Transcaucasus. Ko te pakarutanga o te pakanga ki a Tiamana ka kitea ia i te tonga o te USSR.