 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokupinda kweGermany muna 1941, Merzhanov aibatanidzwa muzvirongwa zvekudzivirira mukati nekukomberedza Moscow, uye akagara muguta apo Academy of Architecture yakaburitswa kuChimkent. Muna August 1942, Merzhanov, mudzimai wake neshamwari dzake vakasungwa. Pana 27 February 1944 akatongerwa kunze kwedare kwemakore gumi mumisasa yevashandi nokuda kwemabasa eAnti-Soviet. Maererano nomutongo wacho, uchapupu hwaMerzhanov hwakanga hwagadzirwa pachine nguva mberi muna 1938, uye zvapupu zviviri zvakaurayiwa mugore iroro. Merzhanov akanga ane rombo rakanaka zvokuti akatumirwa kumisasa yeKomsomolsk uko zviremera zveguta, izvo zvakashanda naye somunhu akasununguka muma1930, zvakamubudisa muimba yevarwi. Kwemakore mashanu akatevera akatungamirira sharashka yokuvaka. Chivako chaMerzhanov chevoruzhinji muKomsomolsk chinotevera chimiro chaStalin chema1930. Munguvayi, mudzimai wake akafira mumisasa uye mwanakomana wake, Boris Merzhanov 19291983, akasungwa muna 1948. 