<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Wathunyelwa eMpumalanga Ekude yaseSoviet ngoMashi 1922, uSkvortsov wasebenza nePeoples Revolutionary Army of the Far Eastern Republic njengenhloko yeqembu le-machine gun le-2nd Border Battalion. Usebenze ne-3rd Verkhneudinsk Regiment ye-1st Pacific Rifle Division kusukela ngo-Agasti walowo nyaka, futhi ngasekupheleni kwalowo nyaka walwa neyunithi yakhe emkhankasweni wokuthatha iPrimorye neVladivostok. Kamuva, wasebenza ne-regiment njengomphathi we-platoon, umphathi we-machine gun detachment, kanye nomphathi wenkampani yezibhamu. Ngalesi sikhathi, uSkvortsov waqeda izifundo zokuvuselela izinyanga eziyisithupha ze-5th Army eChita ngo-1924 kanye nesifundo seVystrel ngo-1929. Phakathi nengxabano yaseSino-Soviet ka-1929  <response>: , ibutho lathunyelwa emngceleni waseChina. USkvortsov wasebenza njengomphathi osizayo futhi esebenza njengomphathi wabasebenzi be-61st Osa Rifle Regiment ye-21st Perm Rifle Division yeSiberia Military District eTomsk kusukela ngoNovemba 1930. 