The unit landed near the settlements of Baksi and Adzhimushkay, not far from the Strait of Kerch, and held its position for five months despite withering Axis fire. Beginning in January 1944, it slowly made headway toward Kerch and dislodged the defending Axis troops from one portion of the city.
A military unit established a foothold near Baksi and Adzhimushkay villages, not far from the Kerch Strait, and endured five months of Axis fire before making slow progress toward Kerch in January 1944. The unit eventually pushed the Axis troops out of one sector of the city.