Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Cherepanov akadzokera kuSoviet Union muna 1927, zvichitevera kufa kwaSun muna 1925 uye kuparara kwakazotevera muukama hweSoviet-Soviet nemutungamiri mutsva we Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek. (Pasinei zvapo nebetsero yeSoviet yaipfuurira kuGomintang, Chiang anorwisana namakomonisiti akanga aronga kuuraya vaKomonisiti muShanghai uye akadzinga vapi vezano vake veSoviet.) Cherepanov akabatanidzwa mukupindira kweSoviet muna 1929
muInner Manchuria somutungamiriri weRed Army 39th Rifle Division muSoviet Far East.