Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MunaGunyana 1939, yechi51 yakava chikamu cheUkraine Front yekupinda kweSoviet muPoland, asi haina kuona kurwa. Chikamu chakarwa muHondo yeZima sechikamu che7th Army kubva muna Ndira kusvika Kubvumbi 1940. Varwi vashanu vechikamu vakapiwa zita rokuti Hero of the Soviet Union nokuda kwezviito zvavo munguva yehondo. Muna June 1940, boka racho rakabatanidzwa mukubatwa kweSoviet kweBessarabia
sechikamu che14th Rifle Corps. Musi wa22 Chikumi 1941, chikamu ichi chaive chikamu che14th Rifle Corps ye9th Army muOdessa Military District. Chikamu chacho chaiva munharaunda yeDanube Delta. Rakarwa neuto reGermany raifambira mberi muOperation München. Yakadzokera kuPrut uye ipapo kuDniester pedyo neDubăsari. Zvadaro divi rakamanikidzwa kudzokera kuSouthern Bug neDnieper paKakhovka neKherson. Pakazosvika November 1941, boka racho rakanga riri muDonbass. Musi waNovember 16, divi, zvino chikamu che37th Army, rakarwisa munzira yePavlovka neTaganrog. Musi wa 27 Mbudzi, divi racho rakabatanidzwa muhondo yeRostov. Chikamu chacho hachina kuputsa kusvikira 29 November uye chakapfuurira kuSultan-Saly. Muna Ndira 1942, divi rakatamisirwa kunorwa muBarvenkovo-Lozovaya Operation uye raive paDonets. Pakupera kwaJuly, boka racho rakabviswa paDon uye mhiri kweManych. Yakaparadzwa musi wa 16 Nyamavhuvhu uye vashandi vayo vakaendeswa kune mamwe mauniti.