Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kafa Rukunin 'yan bindiga na 257 (sashi na biyu) a cikin Kalinin Oblast a watan Nuwamba da Disamba na 1941, a karkashin jagorancin Manjo Janar Karp Zheleznikov. Rukunin ya fara samarwa daidai da umarnin Arewa maso Yammacin ranar 8 ga Nuwamba 1941 a yankin Kuzhenkino da Yedrovo. Ƙungiyoyinta sun sake amfani da lambobi iri ɗaya kamar yadda aka rushe a baya na farko na 257th Rifle Division. Ya hada da 943rd, 948th, da 953rd Rifle Regiments, da 793rd Artillery Regiment, da ƙananan ƙungiyoyin tallafi. An aika da 257th zuwa Rundunar Soji na 3 na Arewa maso Yammacin Yamma, kuma ya shiga fada a karo na farko a lokacin
Toropets <unk> Kholm na kai farmaki a watan Janairun 1942. A ranar 21 ga Janairu, 257th, yana ci gaba a kan Velikiye Luki, ya shiga Snopovo, ya yanke hanyar tsakanin Kholm da Toropets. Zheleznikov ya sami rauni a kafa a cikin hatsari a ranar 23 ga Janairu kuma an kwashe shi daga gaba, kuma shugaban ma'aikatan sashen Laftanar Kanar Aleksandr Letunov ya zama mai kula da kwamandan sashen. Kanar Anatoly Dyakonov ya dauki umurnin rundunar a ranar 29 ga Janairu. A lokacin hare-haren, 257th ya karya ta hanyar tsaron Jamus a arewa maso yammacin Ostashkov tare da sauran rukunin sojojin, kuma ya shawo kan juriya mai taurin kai don ci gaba da kai hare-hare zuwa Velikiye Luki. Daga ƙarshen Janairu zuwa Nuwamba, sashen a matsayin wani ɓangare na Sojojin Shock na 3 na Kalinin Front sun kare matsayi a arewa maso gabashin Velikiye Luki. A cikin bazara na 1942, an sanya Brigade na 31 na Rifle da battalion biyu na kankara a ƙarƙashin ikon sashin, yana faɗaɗa layinta daga 40 zuwa 80 km.