Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Iri brigade rakatanga basa se1st kuumbwa kwe38th Rifle Brigade, yakaumbwa se "mudzidzi" brigade muCentral Asia Military District munaNovember 1941. Muna December yakatumirwa kuMoscow Defense Zone isati yabatana ne2nd Guards Rifle Corps mumatare eKalinin Front muna Ndira 1942. Yakaona kurwa muToropets<unk>Kholm kurwisa
sechikamu che3rd Shock Army uye yakakonzera kurasikirwa kukuru kumauto eGerman akatenderedza Kholm munaKurume; musi wa17 Kurume yakatumidzwazve se4th Guards.