Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Stepanenko akasarudzwa kuti apiwe zita reHero yeSoviet Union kechipiri musi wa 28 Ndira 1945; panguva iyoyo, akanga abhururuka mamishinari e395, akabatanidzwa mumakwikwi e112 ehondo, uye iye pachake akapfura ndege dzevavengi 32. Akapihwa zita iri mushure mekupera kwehondo musi wa 18 Nyamavhuvhu 1945. Apinda muhondo semutyairi wechidiki, akanga ari mutungamiri wechikoro ane chinzvimbo chechikuru pakuguma kwehondo. Pamwe chete, akabatanidzwa mukuparadza ndege dzevavengi pfumbamwe, iye pachake akapfura 32, uye akabatanidzwa mumakwikwi e118 mukati memabasa e414. Akafamba muZuva reVictory Parade musi wa24 Chikumi 1945 sechikamu cheLeningrad kumberi; pamberi pechikamu chake chakaitwa chikamu cheLeningrad kumberi yakanga yarwa ichirwa pasi peBryansk, Stalingrad, Maodzanyemba, North Caucasian, uye Western
hondo. Akanga abhururuka muhondo dzeVoronezh, Stalingrad, Rostov, Kuban, Oryol, Riga, Polotsk, nemamwe maguta.