 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chirango ichi hachina kuitwa uye Yermolkin akaramba asina basa rekupa vashandi veStalingrad Front kusvikira agadzwa mutevedzeri wemutungamiriri we169th Rifle Division, ikozvino ne64th Army yeDon Front, musi wa12 Ndira 1943. Pachinzvimbo ichi, akapinda muOperation Koltsouye kuparadzwa kwemauto eGermany akakomberedzwa muStalingrad. Kuita kwake pano kwakaongororwa zvakanaka mukurwa sezvo akazviratidza kuva mutungamiri akashinga uye akatsunga. Pashure pokuguma kwehondo muStalingrad, boka racho rakabviswa kuReserve yeHigh Command, ndokuzotumirwa kuWestern Front sechikamu che11th Guards Army. Muna Chikunguru Yermolkin akarwa muOperation Kutuzov nechikamu, achigamuchira Order yeRed Banner nekuda kwekuita kwake panguva yekuita. Musi wa 30 Chikunguru boka racho nehondo yaro rakaendeswa kuBryansk Front ndokupfuurira kurwisa kumaodzanyemba, vachibatsira mukukomberedza mauto eGermany kumaodzanyemba kweOryol. Yermolkin akaurayiwa mukurwisana pedyo neNavyya musi wa 7 September uye akavigwa muguva guru muguta reNavyya. 