 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Ndira 1931, akagadzwa kuva Munyori Wokutanga weDare reDunhu reLower Volga reCommunist Party yeSoviet Union uye akashanda pachinzvimbo kusvika muna 1934 paakava Munyori Wokutanga weStalingrad Regional Committee yeCommunist Party yeSoviet Union. Musi waFebruary 9, 1934, Ptukha akasarudzwazve senhengo yeCentral Committee yeCommunist Party yeSoviet Union pa 17th Congress yeCommunist Party yeSoviet Union. Kubva muna 1935 kusvika musi waSeptember 13, 1937, akashanda saMunyori weChipiri weFar Eastern Regional Committee yeCommunist Party yeSoviet Union. Yakanga iri nguva iyi apo Ptukha akava nhengo ye NKVD troika uye akabatanidzwa zvakasimba muStalinist kudzvinyirira uye Great Purge. 