Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Disamba na 1941, an tattara Grabovenko zuwa Red Army kuma an aika shi zuwa rukunin 'yan bindiga na 455, wanda aka kafa a yankin Kemerovo. Ba da daɗewa ba aka canza sunan rukunin zuwa 237th Rifle Division. A watan Afrilun 1942, an canza shi tare da rukunin zuwa Vologda a cikin Yankin Soja na Arkhangelsk. A watan Yulin 1942, an tura rukunin zuwa yaƙi a lokacin yakin Voronezh
Ka yi haƙuri. A cikin Janairu 1943, ya yi yaƙi a cikin Voronezh-Kastornoye Operation. A watan Fabrairu da Maris, ya yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Kharkov na Uku. A watan Yuli da Agusta, ya yi yaƙi a yakin Kursk.