Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Mai i te 11 o Poutu-te-rangi i taua wa ko Kozhanov te rangatira o te 1196th Rifle Regiment o te 359th Rifle Division, e arahi ana i nga pakanga mo Rzhev, Kholm-Zhirkovsky, me Yartsevo. I te raumati me te ngahuru i te reimana i runga i te paruru ki te raki-rawhiti o Rzhev. I te 5 o Hui-tanguru 1943 i tohua a Kozhanov hei kaiawhina rangatira mo te 220th Rifle Division, i whawhai ai ia ki te Rzhev-Vyazma Offensive. I te marama o Hune i tukuna ia ki te ako ki te Voroshilov Higher Military Academy. I muri i te whakaoti i te akoranga tere i reira i te Paenga-whāwhā o te tau 1944 i tukuna a Kozhanov ki te 3rd Belorussian Front a i te 8 o Mei ka riro i a ia te mana o te 91st Guards Rifle Division. Mai i te 23 o Hune i whawhai ia hei waahanga o te ope taua 39 i te whakaeke Vitebsk<unk>Orsha, te whakaeke Vilnius, me te
Ko te whakaeke a Kaunas. Mai i te 3 ki te 4 o Akuhata ka tae atu nga waahanga o te wehenga ki te Dubysa, i whakaekea te whakaeke i a ia, ka whawhai ki te whakawhānui i to raatau piriti, katahi ka neke atu ki te 10 o Akuhata. Mo tana mahi i te pakaru o nga whakapae Tiamana ki te tonga o Vitebsk i whakawhiwhia te wehenga ki te Order of the Red Banner i te 2 o Hurae, ana mo te hopu i Kaunas i whakawhiwhia ki te Order of Suvorov, te akomanga tuarua, i te 12 o Akuhata.