 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva pamazuva ekutanga mushure mekutanga kweOperation Barbarossa, kupinda kweGerman muSoviet Union, brigade yakatora chikamu mukuita kweBlack Sea Fleet. Gorshkov akakwidziridzwa kuva counter admiral musi wa 16 Gunyana. Munguva yekukombwa kweOdessa Gorshkov akatungamira kuburitsa munzvimbo yeGrigorievka asati atora kutungamira kweAzov Flotilla muna Gumiguru. Mukupera kwaDecember uye kutanga kwaJanuary 1942 akatungamira kumhara kumahombekombe ekuchamhembe kweKerch Peninsula. Muna August Gorshkov akatungamirira ngarava dzehondo 150 dze flotilla mukuputika kubva kuGungwa reAzov kuenda kuGungwa Dema mushure mekubviswa kwemauto eSoviet kuenda kuNovorossiysk. Mushure mekuparara kwechikepe, akazova mutevedzeri wemukuru wemauto emauto uye nhengo yedare remauto reNovorossiysk Defense District. Gorshkov kwenguva pfupi akatungamira mauto e47th Army achidzivirira dunhu munaNovember panguva yeHondo yeCaucasus. 