Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I te marama o Tihema 1941, i whakauruhia a Grabovenko ki te ope Whero ka tukuna ki te 455th Rifle Division, i hangaia i te Kemerovo Oblast. Kaore i roa ka whakaingoatia te wehenga ko te 237th Rifle Division. I te Paenga-whāwhā 1942, i whakawhitihia ia me te wehenga ki Vologda i te Rohe o nga hoia o Arkhangelsk. I te Hōngongoi 1942, i tukuna te wehenga ki te whawhai i te Pakanga o Voronezh
He aha? I te marama o Hanuere 1943, i whawhai ia i te Mahi Voronezh-Kastornoye. I te Hui-tanguru me te Poutu-te-rangi, i whawhai ia i te Pakanga Tuatoru o Kharkov. I te Hōngongoi me Akuhata, i whawhai ia i te Pakanga o Kursk.