Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daga 11 ga Maris sai Laftanar Kanar Kozhanov ya umurci Rundunar 'Yan bindiga ta 1196 na Rukunin' Yan bindiga na 359, yana jagorantar ta a Yaƙin Rzhev, Kholm-Zhirkovsky, da Yartsevo. A lokacin rani da kaka rundunar ta kasance a kan tsaro a arewa maso gabashin Rzhev. A ranar 5 ga Fabrairun 1943 an nada Kozhanov mataimakin kwamandan rundunar 'yan bindiga ta 220, wanda ya yi yaƙi da shi a cikin Rzhev-Vyazma Offensive. A watan Yuni an tura shi karatu a Makarantar Sojoji ta Voroshilov. Bayan kammala karatun da aka hanzarta a watan Afrilun 1944 an tura Kozhanov zuwa 3rd Belorussian Front kuma a ranar 8 ga Mayu ya dauki umurnin 91st Guards Rifle Division. Daga ranar 23 ga Yuni ya yi yaƙi a matsayin wani ɓangare na Rundunar Sojoji ta 39 a cikin Vitebsk<unk>Orsha offensive, Vilnius offensive, da Kaunas offensive
Ka yi haƙuri. Daga 3 zuwa 4 ga watan Agusta, sassan sashin sun isa Dubysa, sun kai hari kan shi, kuma sun yi yaƙi don fadada gadar su, sannan a ranar 10 ga watan Agusta sun koma cikin tsaro. Don aikinta a cikin nasarar da aka samu na sojojin Jamus a kudancin Vitebsk, an ba ta lambar yabo ta Red Banner a ranar 2 ga Yuli, kuma don kama Kaunas ta sami lambar yabo ta Suvorov, aji na biyu, a ranar 12 ga Agusta.