Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I whawhai a Zakirov i te toenga o te Pakanga o Kiev
, me te whakaeke Zhitomir<unk>Berdichev. I te 10 o Hanuere 1944, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te Order o Lenin. I mate ia i te Hui-tanguru 1944.