 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Mukucherechedza ushingi hwayo mumatanho ekutanga eOperation Little Saturn, 1st Rifle Division yakashandurwa ikava 58th Guards Rifle Division, boka revarindi vepamusoro, musi wa31 Zvita 1942. 408th, 412th, uye 415th Rifle Regiments vakava 173rd, 175th, uye 178th Guards Rifle Regiments, pamwe chete ne1026th Artillery Regiment yakava 130th Guards Artillery Regiment musi wa 27 February 1943. Kuenderera mberi nekurwisa, 58th Guards yakatora Millerovo pamwe chete ne38th Guards Rifle Division musi wa 17 Ndira 1943. Pakati paFebruary, yakasvika kuSeversky Donets pedyo neVoroshilovgrad, ichibatsira mukutora kwekupedzisira musi wa14 Kukadzi. Mukati mehafu yechipiri yaFebruary uye kutanga kwaKurume, pakutanga ne1st Guards, ipapo 6th Army, uye 3rd Tank Army kubva pakati paKurume, yeSouthwestern Front, iro divi rakabatanidzwa mukudzosera kupokana kweGermankumaodzanyemba kweKharkov. 