 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Piriyev akanyorerwa muRed Army muna October 1941. Akarwa muhondo kubva muna May 1942. Chiito chake chokutanga chakarwiwa paSouthern Front panguva yekudzokera shure muHondo yeCaucasus. Muna February 1943 akarwa muNovorossiysk-Maikop Offensive uye anonzi akaparadza pfuti yeGermany nebhomba remaoko. Akarwa muMalaya Zemlyakwemwedzi minomwe. MunaGunyana 1943 akapinda muKerchEltigen Operation. 