[3] In English-language publications it is sometimes referred to as Ponyri Station, due to its location on the railway between Oryol and Kursk.

[10] The Soviet advance was brought to a halt in late February with the lines several kilometres north of Ponyri, and they began to dig in, at first as a matter of course, and then more seriously as a summer German offensive was anticipated.

Rokossovsky had anticipated that the main German 9th Army attack would come straight down the rail line, but in fact it struck somewhat farther west, and he scrambled to get reserves into place.

[13] On the following days the 9th and 18th Panzer Divisions gradually pushed into Ponyri, at great cost to both sides.

The 1023rd Rifle Regiment hung on to the high ground of Hill 253.5, just to the south of the settlement, and by July 11 the German forces were stuck fast, many kilometres from their objectives.