Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Petrova akarwa muHondo yeSoviet-Finnish
asati azvipira nokuda kwebasa muHondo yeGermany neSoviet. Pakutanga akashanda mu4th Division yeLeningrad People's Militia asati apinda muboka rezvechiremba, kunyange zvazvo akanga akwegura zvikuru kuti ashandiswe. MunaNovember 1941 akaendeswa kunorwa semupfuri mu1st Infantry Battalion ye284th Infantry Regiment ye86th Tartu Rifle Division, kwaakakwira kuburikidza nematanho kusvika kune sergeant-major (starshina). Muhondo yeLeningrad iye akadzidzisa vamwe varwi veRed Army sevarwi vanopfura mukuwedzera pakutora chikamu muhondo yakananga.