Tusi se faaauauina mo lenei palakalafa - Ina ua uma le taua, na faauu Khetagurov mai le 38th Pyatigorsk Infantry Courses i Kislovodsk i le amataga o le 1922. Mai ia Fepuari o lena tausaga, sa tautua ai o ia i le 28th Mountain Rifle Division o se fesoasoani i le taʻitaʻi o le pelotoni, aʻoaʻoina le taʻitaʻi o le pelotoni i le aʻoga a le vaega, ma le taʻitaʻi o le pelotoni i le 84th Rifle Regiment. Ina ua uma ona faauu mai le Kiev Combined Military School ia Aokuso 1926, na auina atu Khetagurov i le 36th Rifle Division i Chita i Transbaikal. O iina sa tautua ai o se ta'ita'i'au ma "politruk" o le 36th Artillery Regiment, ma o se ta'ita'i'au ma le "politruk" o se maa o le autau o le 108th Rifle Regiment. Ia Novema 1928 na siitia atu ai o ia e auauna i le tulaga mulimuli ma le 25th Mountain Horse Artillery Battalion o le 5th Kuban Cavalry Brigade o le Transbaikal Group of Forces. Sa auai Khetagurov i le taua a Saina ma le Soviet i le 1929.
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