Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 20 ga Agusta, Petrakovsky ya sami bayanin cewa zai yi umurni da rukunin 'yan bindiga na 395, sannan ya kafa a Voroshilovgrad. Mummunan yanayi ya jinkirta jirginsa zuwa Kharkov zuwa 22 ga Agusta. Ma'aikata na 395 sun kasance masu hakar kwal na Donbass. Petrakovsky ya gama tattara rukunin a watan Oktoba. Rukunin ya yi yaƙi a cikin kare Mariupol da yakin Rostov a cikin watanni masu zuwa. A ranar 9 ga Afrilu, 1942, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Red Banner. Petrakovsky ya sake karɓar lambar yabo a ranar 5 ga Mayu. A lokacin rani na 1942, rukunin ya yi yaƙi a yakin Voronezh
Ka yi haƙuri. A ranar 21 ga Yuli, Petrakovsky ya sami ci gaba zuwa babban janar. Ba da daɗewa ba aka sauke shi daga umurnin saboda "rashin bin umarnin kwamandan rundunar soja ta 18".