Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa20 Nyamavhuvhu, Petrakovsky akagamuchira ruzivo rwekuti aifanira kutungamira 395th Rifle Division, ipapo achiumba kuVoroshilovgrad. Mamiriro okunze akaipa akaverengera kutiza kwake kuenda kuKharkov kusvika musi wa22 August. Vanhu 395 pakutanga vaiva vanochera marasha muDonbass. Petrakovsky akapedza kuunganidza boka racho muna October. Chikamu chakarwa mukudzivirira kweMariupol uye Hondo yeRostov mumwedzi yakatevera. Musi waApril 9, 1942, akapiwa Order of the Red Banner. Petrakovsky akagamuchira mubairo zvakare musi wa5 Chivabvu. Mukati mezhizha ra1942, boka racho rakarwa mu
Hondo yeVoronezh. Musi waChikunguru 21, Petrakovsky akagamuchira kukwidziridzwa kune mukuru mukuru. Akakurumidza kubviswa pakuva mutungamiri nekuda kwe "kukundikana kutevedzera mirairo yemutungamiri we18th Army".