 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - O ti ṣẹda ni Oṣu kejila Ọjọ 5, Ọdun 1942 nipasẹ atunkọ ti Ẹgbẹ-ogun 1st Guards Igbimọ Keji, ni ibamu pẹlu aṣẹ Stavka ti ọjọ kanna, bi apakan ti Southwestern Front. A yan Lieutet General Dmitry Lelyushenko lati paṣẹ fun iṣelọpọ naa, o si mu awọn reins titi di Oṣu Kẹta ọdun 1943 ati lẹhinna lati Oṣu Kẹjọ ọdun 1943 si Kínní ọdun 1944. Titi di aarin Oṣu kejila, awọn ọmọ-ogun ti o wa ni ẹgbẹ 14th Rifle Corps, 50th Guards, 197th, 203rd ati 278th Rifle Divisions, 90th ati 94th Separate Rifle Brigades, awọn 1st Guards Mechanized Corps, awọn 22nd Motor Rifle Brigade ati awọn regiment tanki mẹta lọtọ. O bẹrẹ awọn iṣẹ ija lakoko Iṣẹ-ṣiṣe Saturn kekere ni aarin Oṣu kejila, o ṣẹgun awọn ọmọ-ogun ara Jamani ni Aarin Don ati idiwọ Iṣẹ-ṣiṣe Igba Irẹdanu Ewe, igbiyanju ara Jamani lati tu awọn ọmọ-ogun 6th ti o wa ninu apo Stalingrad ti a ṣẹda nipasẹ idaabobo Soviet ni Ogun ti Stalingrad, Iṣẹ-ṣiṣe Uranus. Láàárín oṣù January àti February ọdún 1943, ó jà nínú Operation Gallop : , lẹyìn náà ni ó dáàbò bo ìlà àwọn Donets. Ogbeni-ogun Georgy Khetagurov ni o ni aṣẹ lati Oṣu Kẹta si Oṣu Kẹjọ. 