<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ebuyela eSoviet Union ngoDisemba 1937, uBatov ngokulandelana wayala i-10th Rifle Corps kanye ne-3rd Rifle Corps, eyokugcina eyayihola ekuqashweni kweSoviet empumalanga yePoland ngoSepthemba 1939. I-corps kamuva idluliselwe eFinland ngaphambili, futhi yalwa esigabeni sesibili ngoFebhuwari kuya kuMashi 1940 se-  <response>: Impi yaseRussia neFinland emkhakheni waseKarelian ngaphansi kwe-13th Army. Ngenxa yezinsizakalo zakhe eFinland, uBatov wanikezwa i-Order yesibili kaLenin, wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngumkhuzi wesigaba Komdiv futhi, ngoJuni, waba ngumphathi jikelele. Wabe esebekwa esikhundleni sokuba yiphini lomkhuzi wesifunda sezempi saseTranscaucasus. Ukuqubuka kwempi neJalimane kwakuyomthola ekude eningizimu ye-USSR. 