Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin Mongolia ne ya sadu da matarsa Julia Barminan, malamin makarantar sakandare wanda ya iya magana da harsuna huɗu kuma wanda ya yi nazarin tatsuniyoyin Girka, wanda ya aura a 1923. An haifi 'yarsu Ariadna a shekara ta 1925. A cikin 1924 da 1925 ya halarci Makarantar Horar da Sojoji ta Leningrad, inda ya fara haɗuwa da Georgy Zhukov. Ya koma Mongolia, inda ya kasance mai horar da Sojojin Mongolia. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, yayin da yake aiki a cikin Red Banner Far Eastern Army na musamman a ƙarƙashin Vasily Blyukher, ya shiga cikin Yakin Railway na Rasha da China na 1929-1930
lokacin da Tarayyar Soviet ta shiga tsakani don mayar da Jirgin Ruwa na Gabas ta Sin zuwa hadin gwiwar gwamnatin Sin da ta Soviet, bayan da shugaban kasar Sin Zhang Xueliang na Jamhuriyar Sin ya yi kokarin kwace cikakken iko da layin dogo.