He was immediately sent to the Hungarian People's Republic where he commander a motorized rifle platoon in the Southern Group of Forces.

He was recalled three years later to serve in the North Caucasus Military District in southern Russia as a regimental commander.

He returned in 1995 and immediately became the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic, a position he would stay in until 1999.

[6] During a meeting with a visiting an American delegation, Topoev criticized at the US's role in the War on Terror by quipping, "Tell your President in America that he should be careful who he sells arms to.

During the 2005 Tulip Revolution, he tendered his letter of resignation to Prime Minister Bakiyev and immediately left the country.