 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1999, akapedza kudzidza kuCombined Arms Academy, uye munaGunyana wegore rimwe chetero, Stvolov akarwa muDagestan semukuru we503rd Motor Rifle Regiment. Akatungamirira regiment munguva yehondo muKaramaki, Chabanmakhi, Ishcherskaya, uye Grozny. Akakuvadzwa kanokwana kana muhondo. Mukubatana kwakatevera, Stvolov akashanda semukuru wevashandi veboka remauto re West uye mutevedzeri wemutungamiriri we205th Motor Rifle Brigade. Muna March 2000, Stvolov akabatanidzwa mukurwisa Komsomolskoye. By chirevo President of Russia musi 9 September 2000, Sergei Stvolov akanga paakavapa zita Hero of Russian Federation pamwe Golden Star menduru nokuda kwemabasa ake panguva Chechen Wars. 