In June Baksov was transferred to command the 67th Guards Rifle Division. He led it in the Battle of Kursk and the Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation as part of the 6th Guards Army. In late September the division was withdrawn to the Reserve of the Supreme High Command with the 6th Guards Army and relocated to the vicinity of Gorodok, Kalinin Oblast. From January 1944 the division, part of the 2nd Baltic Front fought in fierce fighting in the Idritsa sector, and in the Vitebsk–Orsha offensive and the Polotsk offensive during the summer. For distinguishing itself in the capture of Vitebsk, the division was awarded the name of the city as an honorific on 10 July and the Order of the Red Banner on 23 July. Baksov was made a Hero of the Soviet Union for his leadership of the 67th Guards on 22 July.