<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - uProvalov wabizelwa ebuthweni leRed Army ngo-September 1928. Ngo-1929, waphothula esikoleni sokuqeqeshelwa ubuqhawe se-117th Rifle Regiment ye-39th Rifle Division. UProvalov waba umsizi womlawuli weqembu futhi walwa empini yaseSino-Soviet  <response>: phezu kwe-Chinese Eastern Railway phakathi kukaSeptember noNovemba. Walimala phakathi nempi. Ngo-1930, wajoyina iQembu LamaKhomanisi laseSoviet Union. UProvalov waphothula esikoleni sase-Irkutsk Infantry School ngo-1931. NgoDisemba walowo nyaka, waba umholi weqembu lombutho. Wabe eseba umkhuzi wenkampani futhi kamuva wayala inkampani ehlukile yezibhamu zomshini. Ngo-1933, waphothula esikoleni sezempi sase-Omsk. NgoNovemba 1937, uProvalov waba yinhloko yezikhulu ze-120th Rifle Regiment ye-40th Rifle Division. Waba umkhuzi webutho ngoJulayi 1938. 