Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Babban kwamandan sojan ruwa a lokacin Siege na Leningrad, Tributs ya jagoranci kwashe Soviet na Tallinn
, ya shirya ayyukan soja don kare tashar jiragen ruwa na Kronstadt da Oranienbaum a lokacin 1941-1943, kuma ya shirya hare-haren da jiragen ruwa na jiragen ruwa na Baltic suka kare Leningrad daga hare-haren bam na iska. Kasancewar sa cikin aikin kare Leningrad ya taimaka wajen ceton garin daga lalacewa, amma ya kasa ceton fadar sarakunan Tsar, kamar Fadar Peterhof, daga lalata da Nazis.