 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nekupinda kweGerman muUSSR munaJune 1941, akachengetwa muFar East kunyangwe zvikumbiro zvakati wandei zvekuiswa muhondo kumadokero, kunyanya mushure mekunge muninina wake Konstantin aurayiwa muchiitiko. Pakupera kwa1943 akanga achiri murayiridzi ne162nd Fighter Aviation Regiment. Akabhururuka kanenge ka10 muchiuto kumabvazuva, mamwe manyuko anoratidza 12 misasa achibhururuka Yak-7B, asi haana kupfura ndege ipi neipi yeGermany. Muna 1945 akaitwa mutevedzeri mutungamiri 300th Fighter Aviation Regiment, uye muchirongwa Soviet nechisimba Manchuria, panguva iyo akabhururuka mana nemamwe nhoroondo 30 pasi-kurwisa mishoni pamusoro Yak-9T. 