 The division covered the crossing of the Donets and fought in the capture of Kharkov on the night of 23 August.In the capture of the latter city, 670th Regiment commander Major Pyotr Kandaurov was killed leading his unit against German tanks on the Moskovsky Prospekt, and posthumously made a Hero of the Soviet Union.In the advance into Left-bank Ukraine, the division covered the 25th Guards Rifle Corps.