<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Phakathi no-Okthoba, lo mnyango walwa eMemel Offensive kanye ne-Operation Gumbinnen. Kusukela ngoJanuwari 1945 uKozhanov wahola i-division e-Insterburg-Königsberg ehlaselwa. Ebhekene nokuhlaselwa kaningi, i-division yahlasela i-Inster ngoJanuwari 18 futhi yathatha amaphuzu angama-26 aqinile, kwathi ngoJanuwari 22 yahlasela iDeime futhi yaqhubeka nokuhlasela eningizimu-ntshonalanga ukufinyelela emaphethelweni eKönigsberg. NgoFebhuwari 2 isigaba sathola umyalo wokuphendukela entshonalanga ngaseBaltic Sea. Ngosuku olufanayo i-91st Guards yathatha umgwaqo omkhulu waseGermau, usuka enyakatho uye eningizimu ePillau. Kusukela ngomhlaka 2 kuya ku-11 kuFebhuwari isigaba salwa sizungezwe, sabe sesingena emigqeni yaseSoviet. Ngemuva kokubuya ekuvinjezelweni, lo mkhakha wawuse-corps reserve, futhi ngoFebhuwari 19 wathuthela endaweni yaseSeerappen. Ngenxa yezenzo zayo, lo mkhakha wanikezwa i-Order of Lenin ngoFebhuwari 19 kanti uKozhanov wenziwa iQhawe leSoviet Union futhi wanikezwa i-Order of Lenin ngo-Ephreli 19, 1945. Ngo-Ephreli, lo mkhakha walwa ekuhlaselweni kweKönigsberg kanye nokuhlaselwa kweSamland  <response>: , lapho yalwa khona ezimpini zokuthumba idolobha laseKönigsberg. 