Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mokunge Operation Barbarossa yatanga musi wa 22 June, Dyakonov akasiya chikoro uye muna September akatora mutungamiri we27th Separate Cadet Rifle Brigade. Kusvikira munaNovember iro brigade rakarwa muhondo dzinorema dzekudzivirira padyo neMoscow, ndokuzoendeswa kuKalinin Front ndokurwa mukuparadzwa kwemauto eGerman akatenderedza Lake Seliger, kutorwa kweMolotitsy uye kukomberedzwa kweDemyansk Pocket. Pana 29 January ipapo-Colonel Dyakonov akatora murairo we257th Rifle Division ye3rd Shock Army, iyo yaakatungamirira mu
Kurwisa kweToropets<unk>Kholm. Zvikamu zvaro zvakafambira mberi anopfuura makiromita mazana matatu nemakumi masere muhondo kubva kuOstashkov kuenda kuVelikiye Luki, ndokuzoenda kunodzivirira. Muchirimo cha1942, 31st Rifle Brigade nemauto maviri eski akaiswa pasi pekutonga kwechikamu, ichiwedzera mutsara wayo wekudzivirira kubva pa40 kusvika ku80 km. Munguva yeHondo yeVelikiye Luki, chikamu ichi chakazvitsaura mukutora kweguta uye mamwe mapoinzi akasimbiswa, ayo akachinjirwa kuita 91st Guards Rifle Division musi waApril 18.