 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure meOperation Barbarossa, kupinda kweGerman muSoviet Union, Novikov akarwa muhondo kuSouthern Front, achitungamira 2nd Cavalry Division. Novikov akarwa paKukombwa kweOdessa. Mushure mokubviswa kubva kuOdessa kuenda kuCrimea, akasimudzirwa kuva Major general musi wa 12 October 1941. Musi waNovember 3 akagadzwa kuva mutungamiriri weYalta. Musi waNovember 23 akagadzwa semutungamiri we2nd Rifle Division, 2nd Cavalry Division. Akarwa muKukombwa kweSevastopol. Chikamu chaNovikov chakadzivirira Chikamu chekutanga chekudzivirira kweSevastopol paBalaklava axis kubva munaNovember 9, 1941. Novikov akava mutungamiriri webato. 