<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Empini yombango yaseRussia walwa eNyakatho Front njengomsizi we-regiment. Kamuva waqokwa njengomsizi womkhuzi wombutho wabe eseba ngumkhuzi wombutho. Ngo-1920, walwa empini yasePoland neSoviet. Wabamba iqhaza ekucindezelweni kweKronstadt Uprising ka-1921. Njengomkhuzi wombutho wama-97 wanikezwa i-Order yakhe yokuqala yeRed Banner. Ngo-1921, njengomlawuli weBrigade Rifle, wabe eseba ngumsizi womlawuli we-11th Infantry Division ngo-1922 futhi wanikezwa i-Order yesibili yeRed Banner. futhi wajoyina iBolshevik Party ngo-1922. Kusukela ngo-1924 kuya ku-1929 wayengumkhuzi we-2nd Priamurskoj Infantry Division futhi kamuva waba ngumkhuzi we-30th Infantry Division. Ngo-1929 wabamba iqhaza ezimpini ze-Chinese-Eastern Railway  <response>: amabutho kaZhang Xueliang aseRiphabhuliki yaseChina. Ngo-1932 waqokwa njengoMkhuzi we-73rd Infantry Division weSifunda Sezempi SaseSiberia. Wajoyina iGeneral Staff ngemuva kokuphothula izifundo zakhe eFrunze Military Academy ngoNovemba 1935. Wasebenza njengenhloko yoMnyango Wesithathu Wokuqeqeshwa Kwezempi e-Red Army kusukela ngo-1936 kuya ku-1939. Kusukela ngoJanuwari 1940 wayengumsizi womkhuzi wesifunda sezempi saseNyakatho yeCaucasus, wabe eseba yiSekela lomkhuzi futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba nguLieutenant General ngoJulayi 1940. 