Since June 1943, he was deputy commander of the 69th Army. Since March 1945, the commander of the 25th Rifle Corps on the 2nd Ukrainian and 1st Belorussian Fronts. During the war he took part in the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of the Caucasus, the Battle of Rostov (1943) and a number of other battles and operations. He fought also in the Battle of Berlin.