 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yakagadzwa muna 1938, yakatora chikamu muHondo yeKhalkhin Gol mune yakajairika basa remauto muna 1939. Muna 1941 yakava rutivi rwe3rd Airborne Corps ndokutora rutivi mukurwisana kwakapoteredza Kiev. MunaNovember 1941 varwi vakanga vasara veboka racho vakashandiswa kuumbazve 87th Rifle Division. Boka racho rakagadziridzwa apo boka racho rakagadziridzwa nokukurumidza pashure, asi rakashandurwa kuva chikwata chevarwi muna May 1942 pasina kuona hondo. 