"[2]After the German offensive was halted the Red Army began its counter-offensive, Operation Rumyantsev, on August 3.

Two days later the 305th distinguished itself in being the first unit to break into the western outskirts of Belgorod, mopping up the city over the next 24 hours with the assistance of the 89th Guards Rifle Division attacking from the east.

In 1963, Vasilev was awarded the title "Honorary citizen of Belgorod" by a resolution of the city's Council of People's Deputies.

This Army was eventually moved to the 4th Ukrainian Front, fighting through Slovakia in 1945 and ending the war near Prague.

[4] On July 11, Vasilev was promoted to the rank of major general, but in August the 305th was disbanded, and he was placed at disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate until November, when he was given command of the 206th Rifle Division.