 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Nzira yekurwa yechimiro yakatanga muna Chikunguru 1942 panguva yekuzvidzivirira mutaundi reBely, Tver Oblast, ndokuzotora chikamu muRzhev-Sychevskaya uye muLuki oparesheni. Muna February 1943 nhamba yezvidzidzo zvaro yakatsigira mauto eNorth-Western Front mukubviswa kwehomwe yeDemyansk. Gare gare, sechikamu cheKalinin Front Gumiguru 20, 1943, yakatumidzwa kuti 1st Baltic Front, 3rd Air Army yakatora chikamu muFronts Smolensk, Nevel, Gorodok, Vitebsk, Belarusianuye Kurwisa kweBaltic. 