In January 1921, he graduated from the 9th Kazan Cavalry Courses. After so, he became a platoon commander of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment of the Separate Volga Cavalry Brigade, where he helped suppress the Tambov Rebellion. From October 1921 he was a platoon and eventually a squadron leader in the 6th Kirsanov cavalry courses, and again a squadron leader in the 7th Starozhilovsky cavalry courses.