Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Skvirsky ya sami jami'in ma'aikata da mukaman makarantar soja a cikin shekarun 1930, kuma ya kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Soja ta Frunze, inda kuma ya koyar. An sanya shi ga rundunar soja ta 14 da ke yankin Leningrad a matsayin jami'in ma'aikaci a watan Satumbar 1939, ya shiga cikin Yakin Soviet na Soviet na 1939-1940
kuma an sanya shi shugaban ma'aikata na rundunar soja ta 14 a watan Oktoba 1940.