 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akagadzwa mutungamiri we3rd Guards Rifle Division ye2nd Shock Army munaGunyana 1942, Tsalikov akaendeswa nedhivhizheni kuStalingrad Front kuti ajoine 2nd Guards Army pakati paDecember mushure memwedzi miviri iri muchengeti pedyo neSinyavino. Chikamu chakadzinga kurwisa kweGerman muOperation Winter Storm uye musi wa24 Zvita vakaenda kunorwisa. Vachiputsa kuramba kweAxis, 3rd Guards yakayambuka Manych musi wa19 Ndira 1943 ndokusvika kuDon muNorth Caucasus Offensive. Munguva yakatevera yeRostov Offensive, iro divi rakatora chikamu chekuchamhembe kweNovocherkassk nekurwiswa kubva kuchamhembe nekuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva uye vakatevera mauto eAxis kudzokera kuMius, yakasvika musi wa18 Kukadzi. Yakadzoserwa kunzvimbo yekuchengetedza kuvakazve, iro divi rakadzokera kunorwa ne2nd Guards Army muMius Offensive pakati paJuly. Tsalikov neboka rake vakakomberedzwa nechiGerman kurwisa musi wa 30 Chikunguru uye havana kuputsa kusvika 1 Nyamavhuvhu. Mushure mokugamuchira kusimbiswa, 3rd Guards yakarwisana muDonbas Strategic Offensivekubva musi wa18 Nyamavhuvhu, akabva aenda kunotora chikamu muMelitopol Offensive neCrimean Offensive. Mukuru wake, 1st Guards Rifle Corps commander Lieutenant General Ivan Missan, akamuongorora se munhu akashinga uye akatsunga uye nguva dzose ari pamberi, achikurudzira vanomutevera neushingi hwake. 