During the 1937 - 1941 period, he was artillery chief of the Belorussian, North Caucasus and Kiev Military Districts. From 1941 to 1948, he was head of the Main Artillery Directorate (GAU) (In Russian: GAU =  Glavnye Artilleryiskye Upravlenue) and member of the Military Council of the Red Army's artillery force.
During the 1937-1941 period, he held the position of artillery chief in the Belorussian, North Caucasus, and Kiev Military Districts. From 1941 to 1948, he served as head of the Main Artillery Directorate (GAU) (In Russian: GAU =  Glavnye Artilleryiskye Upravlenue) and a member of the Military Council for the Red Army's artillery force.