Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - November 1941 kuumbwa kwe257th Rifle Division yaive chikamu chevarwi veRed Army, chikamu chechipiri kutakura zita iri muHondo Yenyika II. Chikamu chakabatanidzwa ne3rd Shock Army uye chakatumirwa kuhondo muToropets<unk>Kholm kurwisa
muna January 1942. Kutevera kupera kwekurwisa, 257th yakadzivirira nzvimbo kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweguta reVelikiye Luki kwechikamu chikuru chegore. Nokuda kwokuzviratidza panguva yeHondo yeVelikiye Luki mukupera kwa1942 uye kutanga kwa1943, boka racho rakarongedzwazve se91st Guards Rifle Division muna April 1943.