Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An tattara shi a cikin Red Army a watan Yulin 1931 ta jam'iyyar, an kira shi kuma aka tura shi zuwa ilimin soja; a 1933 ya kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Jirgin Sama ta 7 ta Stalingrad. Daga 1933 ya kasance mai koyar da matukin jirgi a cikin wannan makarantar jirgin sama na soja; daga 1935 ya kasance kwamandan ma'aikatan jirgin sama mai nauyin TB-3 na brigade na 45 na Moscow Military District. A 1937 shi ne kwamandan na TB-3 nauyi m. Daga 1937 zuwa 1939 ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Injiniya ta Zhukovsky Air Force na Red Army. Daga watan Janairun 1939 Ivashutin ya fara aiki a cikin hukumomin tsaron tsaro na Red Army. Ya yi aiki a cikin na'urar sashen na musamman na NKVD na Yankin Soja na Yamma; kuma daga 1940 a matsayin shugaban sashen na musamman na NKVD na 23rd Rifle Division a Yankin Soja na Leningrad. Ya shiga cikin
Yakin Soviet da Finland.