 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Panguva yaakasarudzwa kuti apiwe zita rokuti Hero of the Soviet Union pakati paNovember 1942 nhamba yake yevarwi vaiva nepfuti dzakakwirira yakanga yasvika varwi 262 vavengi. Pashure pokupedza kudzidza pachikoro chevakuru vakuru akagamuchira chinzvimbo chemutevedzeri wemutungamiri muna February 1943. Akava mutungamiri weboka revarwi paakadzokera kuchikwata chake ndokuenda kunorwa mubato reDemyansk. Muna May 1943 akabviswa pamberi nokuda kwezvikonzero zvoutano ndokurapwa muTver. Mukati mokuparadzirwa kwake akadzidzisa vamwe vapfuri vanopfuura 30, uye mukuwirirana nokuverenga kwake akauraya varwi 313 vavengi. 