ðə bɪɡˈɪnɪŋ ʌvðə ɡɹˈeɪt pˌeɪtɹɪˈɑːɾɪk wˈɔːɹ wʌz kɹˈuːʃəl fɔːɹ lˈɛmɪʃˌɛv; dˈʊɹɹɪŋ wˈʌn ɪvˌækjuːˈeɪʃən hiː kˈɔːt ɐ vˈɛɹi bˈæd kˈoʊld wˌɪtʃ ɹɪzˈʌltᵻd ɪn tˈuː ɐtˈæks ʌv nuːmˈoʊniə, kˈɑːmplᵻkˌeɪɾᵻd baɪ plˈɜːɹəsi ænd tˌuːbɚkjʊlˈoʊsɪs ʌvðə ɹˈaɪt lˈʌŋ.
The beginning of the Great Patriotic War was crucial for Lemeshev; during one evacuation he caught a very bad cold which resulted in two attacks of pneumonia, complicated by pleurisy and tuberculosis of the right lung.