Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hoki mai a Cherepanov ki te Soviet Union i te tau 1927, whai muri i te matenga o Sun i te tau 1925 me te pakaru o nga hononga Sino-Soviet me te kaiarahi hou o te Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek. (Ahakoa te awhina tonu a te Soviet ki te Kuomintang, i whakaritea e te anti-communist Chiang te kohuru o nga komunista i Shanghai me te peia o ana kaitohutohu Soviet.) I whai wāhi a Cherepanov ki te
1929 Whakauru a te Soviet ki Inner Manchuria hei rangatira mo te 39th Rifle Division o te ope Whero i te Rawhiti o te Rawhiti.