<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-Okthoba 1922, uKoptsov wangena e-46th Machine Gun Course eStavropol naseVladikavkaz. Kamuva wadluliselwa e-United Higher Military School ebizwa ngeCentral Executive Committee eMoscow. Ngo-1925, uKoptsov waba yilungu leQembu LamaKhomanisi laseSoviet Union. Waphothula kulesi sikole ngo-1926. Ngo-Agasti walowo nyaka, uKoptsov wathatha umyalo weqembu le-49th Rifle Regiment, ingxenye ye-17th Rifle Division eNizhny Novgorod. Phakathi kukaMashi 1927 noSepthemba 1928, wakhonza njengomfundisi umlawuli we-platoon for preinduction training at the Bronnitsy Military Enlistment Office. UKoptsov wabe esengena enkambweni yokuqeqeshwa kwezempi nezombusazwe eMoscow, lapho aphothula khona ngoSepthemba 1929, ngemuva kwalokho waba yisikhulu sezepolitiki seqembu e- 3rd Verkhneudinsk Rifle Regiment ye-1st Pacific Rifle Division eSpecial Red Banner Far Eastern Army. UKoptsov walwa empini yaseSino-Soviet ngo-1929  <response>: ngesikhathi esebenza neDivision. Ngo-1931 uKoptsov waphothula izifundo zeLeningrad Armored Refresher Courses for Red Army Commanders. Waba umkhuzi futhi wabe eseba ngumkhuzi webutho e-1st Tank Regiment of the Belorussian Military District. 