Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ọnwa Febụwarị afọ 1942, a họpụtara Buslayev ka ọ bụrụ osote onye isi nke 7th Rifle Division, nke e hiwere na Ural Military District. N'abalị anọ n'ọnwa Mee, ewepụrụ ya n'ọkwa a ma họpụta ya onye isi nke 6th Destroyer Brigade, nke nwere egbe mgbochi tank, na mpaghara ahụ. Ka ọnwa ahụ gasịrị, ndị agha ahụ sonyeere ndị agha nke mbụ nke ndị agha, na-etolite na Moscow Military District. N'ọnwa Julaị, e zigara ngalaba ahụ n'ihu Voronezh, na-alụ ọgụ na
Agha nke Voronezh dịka akụkụ nke ndị agha nke isii. Na ọganihu nke n'ihu na Belgorod, ndị brigade keere òkè na recapture nke Novy Oskol na 28 Jenụwarị 1943, na mgbe ahụ recapture nke Kharkov na Operation Star na 16 February tupu alụ ọgụ na Agha nke Atọ nke Kharkov na Machị. N'ihi nduzi ya nke ndị agha ahụ, e nyere Buslayev iwu nke Agha Patriotic, klas nke 1, na June 22.