Buuxi weedha soo socota: Qaybta 257-aad ee Rifle (qaab-dhismeedka labaad) waxaa lagu sameeyay gobolka Kalinin intii lagu jiray Nofeembar iyo Diseembar 1941, oo uu hoggaaminayay Major General Karp Zheleznikov. Qeybtu waxay bilaabatay sameynta iyadoo la raacayo tilmaamaha Waqooyi-galbeed ee Nofeembar 8, 1941 ee aagga Kuzhenkino iyo Yedrovo. Cutubyadeeda waxay dib u isticmaaleen tirooyin la mid ah kuwii hore loo kala diray qeybtii 257aad ee Rifle. Waxay ka koobnayd 943-aad, 948-aad, iyo 953-aad ee Rifle Regiments, 793-aad ee Artillery Regiment, iyo cutubyo taageero yaryar ah. Guutada 257aad waxaa loo diray ciidanka weerarka ee 3aad ee Waqooyi Galbeed, waxayna dagaal u galeen markii ugu horeysay intii lagu jiray
Weerarkii Toropets <unk> Kholm bishii Janaayo 1942. 21-kii Janaayo, 257-aad, oo ku sii socda Velikiye Luki, ayaa galay Snopovo, oo gooyay wadada u dhexeysa Kholm iyo Toropets. Zheleznikov wuxuu dhaawac ka soo gaaray lugtiisa shil ka dhacay 23kii Janaayo waxaana laga daad gureeyay safka hore, madaxa shaqaalaha qeybta Kornayl Kornayl Aleksandr Letunov wuxuu noqday ku simaha taliyaha qeybta. Kornayl Anatoly Dyakonov ayaa la wareegay hogaanka qeybta 29 Janaayo. Intii lagu guda jiray duulaankii, 257th wuxuu jabiyay difaacyada Jarmalka ee waqooyi-galbeed ee Ostashkov isaga oo kaashanaya cutubyo kale oo ka tirsan ciidanka, wuxuuna ka adkaaday iska caabin madax adag si uu u horumariyo duulaankii Velikiye Luki. Laga soo bilaabo dabayaaqadii Janaayo ilaa Nofeembar, qaybta oo qayb ka ah Ciidanka 3-aad ee Shoogga ee Kalinin Front ayaa difaacay jagooyinka waqooyi-bari ee Velikiye Luki. Guga 1942, Guutada 31-aad ee Rifle iyo laba guuto oo baraflayda ah ayaa la hoos geliyay gacan ku haynta qaybta, iyagoo ballaariyay khadkeeda difaaca 40 illaa 80 km.