Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakauruhia a Provalov ki te ope Whero i te marama o Hepetema 1928. I te tau 1929, i puta ia i te kura rerenga o te 39th Rifle Division's 117th Rifle Regiment. I riro a Provalov hei kaiāwhina i te kaihauturu o te roopu, a, i whawhai ia i te pakanga Sino-Soviet
i runga i te Rerewhenua ki te Rāwhiti o Haina i waenganui i Mahuru me Noema. I whara ia i te whawhai. I te tau 1930, i uru ia ki te Rōpū Kaunihera o te Soviet Union. I puta a Provalov mai i te Kura Whakatere o Irkutsk i te 1931. I te marama o Tihema o taua tau, ka noho ia hei kaiarahi roopu i roto i te ope taua. I muri mai ka riro ia hei rangatira o te kamupene, a, i muri mai ka whakahau ia i te kamupene pupuhi miihini motuhake o te waahanga. I te tau 1933, ka mutu ia i te Kura Taua o Omsk. I te marama o Noema 1937, ka noho a Provalov hei rangatira mo nga kaimahi o te 40th Rifle Division's 120th Rifle Regiment. I riro ia hei rangatira rangatira i te Hōngongoi 1938.