Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
Hondo yeKursk yakatanga musi waChikunguru 5, 1943 6th Guards Army yaive muVoronezh Front, ichidzivirira divi rekumaodzanyemba kweiyo salient, uye 90th Guards yaive muchikamu chechipiri cheuto rayo, yakacherwa kuseri kwemvura ine matope yeRwizi rwePena kudzivirira yakanyanya kuitika yeGerman axis yekurwisa yakananga kuOboyan. Mushure mekurwa kwezuva rekutanga, panguva iyo XXXXVIII Panzer Corps uye chikamu cheII SS Panzer Corps vakakuvadza uye vakamanikidza kudzoka kwechikwata chekutanga cheMasoja, Gen. N.F. Vatutin, mutungamiri wepamberi, akaraira 1st Tank Army kutsigira chechipiri chechipiri. Usiku hwose, 6th Tank Corps yakasimbisa kuruboshwe uye pakati pechikamu, apo 3rd Mechanized Corps yakasimukawo mukutsigira. Izvi zvakasimbiswa zvaikosha, nokuti 90th Guards yakanga yatanga hondo isina simba, ichinge yaisa battalion yemapurisa uye chikamu chezvombo zvayo kune yekutanga echelon.