Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Kuumbwa uye kudzidziswa kwechikamu kwakaguma muna Kukadzi 1943 uye chikamu chakapinda muhondo musi wa21 Kukadzi 1943 paAlekseyevka, 50 km kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweOryol. Izvi zvakaunza divi racho munzira yeOperation Citadel yeWehrmacht
kana Hondo yeKursk, kwayakashanda ne42nd Rifle Corps ye48th Army, Soviet Central Front. Mumazuva okutanga ehondo, 16th Rifle Division yakadzivisa kurwiswa kweGermany ne18th Panzer Divisions, iyo yaiperekedzwa nendege 120. Pashure pokurasikirwa zvakakomba, mauto eSoviet pakupedzisira akabuda achikunda. Pakati paFebruary 20 naMarch 24, 1943, divi rakarasikirwa nevarume 1,169 vakafa uye 3,275 vakakuvara. Mukurwisana uku mumwe musoja ainzi Viktoras Jacenevičius, akakuvadzwa, akabatwa musungwa uye ipapo akatambudzwa kusvikira afa navaGermany. Akapiwa zita rokuti Hero of the Soviet Union.