Tusi se faʻaauau mo lenei parakalafa - Skvirsky mauaina ofisa ofisa ma militeri aʻoga tulaga i le 1930s, ma faauu mai Frunze Militeri Academy, lea na ia aʻoaʻo ai foi. Na tofia i le Leningrad Military District-based 14th Army o se ofisa ofisa i le masina o Setema 1939, na ia auai i le Soviet Finnish War o le 1939-1940
Na avea o ia ma taʻitaʻi o le vaegaʻau a le 14th Army iā Oketopa 1940.