 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Akarwa muhondo yeCaucasusHondo Yenyika I uye akasimuka kubva kuva murwi kuenda kuva murwi muuto reRussia roUmambo. Parkhomenko akabatana neRed Army munguva yeRussian Civil War, achishanda nemauto evatasvi vemabhiza, uye akapedza hondo semutungamiri wehondo. Munguva yepakati pehondo, akaenderera mberi nekutungamira regiment, asi akasungwa ndokuiswa mutirongo panguva yeGreat Purge. Akadzorerwa muuto, Parkhomenko akatungamirira boka revarwi muBelarus pakatanga Operation Barbarossa. Mushure mekunge divi rake rirasikirwa zvakanyanya mumavhiki ekutanga ehondo, akatumirwa kuNorth Caucasus uye akatungamira boka revatasvi vemabhiza muBarvenkovoLozovaya Offensive kutanga kwa1942. Mugore iroro, Parkhomenko akatungamira rimwe boka revatasvi vemabhiza ne9th Army mumatanho ekutanga eHondo yeCaucasus, ndokuzoshanda semutevedzeri wemutungamiriri wemauto panguva yeHondo yeStalingrad. Akapedza chikamu chikuru cha1943 muSoviet Far East semutungamiri weboka uye akadzoka kuzotungamira boka riri kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweUkraine mukutanga kwa1944, asi akabvisirwa kutungamira. Parkhomenko haana kuzombobata basa zvakare uye akapedza nguva yasara yehondo semutevedzeri wemukuru wemauto asati aenda pamudyandigere mukutanga kwema1950. 