Cruthaich dreach nas iom-fhillte den abairt seo A'tòiseachadh air 2 Lùnastal, 1941, bha e na Cheannard air Staff an 3mh Arm, a bha fo cheannas an Leifteanant Ginearail Vasily Kuznetsov.
Gu dearbh, is e dreach nas iom-fhillte den abairt "A' tòiseachadh air 2 an Lùnastal 1941, bha e na Cheannard air Staff an 3mh Arm agus ghabh e pàirt ann am Battle of Moscow. "