Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Laghachi na Soviet Union na Disemba 1937, Batov na-achịkwa ndị agha nke 10th Rifle Corps na 3rd Rifle Corps, nke ikpeazụ nke o duziri na Soviet na-arụ ọrụ n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ Poland na Septemba 1939. E mechara bufee ndị agha ahụ na Finnish, ma lụọ ọgụ nke abụọ (February <unk> March 1940) nke Agha Russia na Finland
na mpaghara Karelian n'okpuru 13th Army. Maka ọrụ ya na Finland, e nyere Batov nke abụọ Order nke Lenin, bulie ya n'ọkwa nke onye isi nke ngalaba ("Komdiv") na, na June, na lieutenant general. Mgbe ahụ, a họpụtara ya osote onye isi nke Transcaucasus Military District. Ọ bụrụ na agha adaa na Germany, a ga-achọta ya n'ebe ndịda nke USSR.