 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ruzhinji rweguta rwakabatwa nemauto eGermany neRomania pana September 10, 1942. Chikwata chiduku chevafambisi vengarava vokuSoviet chakadzivirira chikamu chimwe cheguta racho, chinozivikanwa seMalaya Zemlya, kwemazuva 225 kutanga musi waFebruary 4, 1943, uye guta racho rakasunungurwa neRed Army musi waSeptember 16, 1943. Kudzivirirwa kwechiteshi chengarava nevafambisi vengarava kwakabvumira maSoviet kuchengetedza guta reguta, iro rakatadzisa Axis kushandisa chiteshi chengarava kutumira zvinhu. Novorossiysk yakapiwa zita rokuti Hero City muna 1973. 