 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chikamu chakasvika kumabvazuva kweCrimea sechikamu che51st Army panguva yeKerchFeodosiya yekumhara basa, yakaitika mukupera kwaZvita 1941 uye yakatanga Hondo yeKerch Peninsula. Mauto eSoviet akaedza kubvisa mauto eSoviet akanga akavharirwa muSevastopol kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweCrimea, asi kurwisa kweGermany pakati paJanuary kwakamanikidza maSoviet, kusanganisira 390th Division, kuti vadzokere kumabvazuva; ivo pakupedzisira vakakomberedzwa muKerch Peninsula. Somugumisiro wezvinetso zvemutauro nekuda kwekushayikwa kwevanhu vanotaura chiRussian muchikamu, 390th yakaitwa muArmenian national division munaFebruary uye yakapiwa mutungamiri weArmenian. Chikamu chakaparadzwa pakurwisa kwekupedzisira kweGerman, Operation Bustard Hunt, muna Chivabvu, uye chakapararira zviri pamutemo nguva pfupi yapfuura. 