Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Yakaumbwa muna 1918, yaiva yeRussia, uye gare gare yeSoviet, Red Army yakaumbwa paEastern Front mukati meRussian Civil War. Rakatumidzwa zita romutungamiriri waro wokutanga, Vasily Chapayev. Sezvo raitungamirirwa naChapayev rakawana mukurumbira munguva yehondo uye semhedzisiro yakagamuchira zita rake, rakasarudzwa 25th Chapayev Rifle Division (). Chikamu ichi chakatamiswa kumadokero kunorwa muhondo yePoland neSoviet uye chaigara muUkraine munguva yepakati pehondo. Akasundirwa mberi kuti atore rutivi mu
Kubatwa kweSoviet kweBessarabia muna 1940, divi rakadzokera kumabvazuva mushure mekunge Germany yapinda muSoviet Union muOperation Barbarossa. Rakaparadzwa pakakombwa Sevastopol pakati pa1942.