In June 1941, Zavgorodniy belonged to the 123 IAP of the 10 SmAD.
The regiment was based at Imenin on 22 June 1941 flying Polikarpov I-153s. During the first day of the war the unit claimed more than 20 victories while losing nine of their own in air combats. Pilots flew as many as 10-14 sorties, in one case even 17 sorties were reported during the day.

Zavgorodniy claimed two victories during the first day of the war. The second of his two claims was for an enemy bomber. He was also wounded in one of his legs during the day’s combat.

Zavgorodniy ended the war with 2 victories claimed while flying biplanes.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1941
1	22/06/41		1	Enemy aircraft	Destroyed	I-153		Imenin area	123 IAP
2	22/06/41		1	Enemy bomber	Destroyed	I-153		Imenin area	123 IAP

Biplane victories: 2 destroyed.
TOTAL: 2 destroyed.

Sources:
Aerohobby No.1'94, kindly via Alexey Andreev
Stalin's Eagles - Hans D. Seidl, 1998 Schiffer Publishing, ISBN 0-7643-0476-3
Additional information kindly provided by Yuri Shakhov.