 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutanga muna Ndira 1942, boka racho rakarwa muVyazma Airborne Operation. Pakati pa 27 Ndira na 2 Kukadzi, mabhatani matatu e8th Airborne Brigade, 201st Airborne Brigade ye5th Airborne Corps uye 250th Separate Rifle Regiment akaiswa kumashure kweGerman padyo nemusha weOzrechnya. Zvimwe zve4th Airborne Corps, yakaumbwa ne9th Airborne Brigade uye 214th Airborne Brigade yakadonhedzwa kubva musi wa 18 kusvika 24 Kukadzi kumadokero kweYukhnov nechinangwa chayo chekucheka nzira yeWarsaw uye kubatana ne50th Army. Panguva airdrop musi 23 February, 4th Airborne Corps mukuru Alexei Levashev akaurayiwa apo ndege yake yakapfurwa pasi. Kazankin akava mutungamiriri anoshanda. Nemhaka yokuparadzirwa kwemauto eparatroopers pakumhara, basa racho harina kuzadzisa zvinangwa zvaro. Musi waMay 13, akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru. Mukati mokupukunyuka musi wa25 June, akakuvadzwa. 