Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te Pakanga ā-Iwi o Rūhia, i uru atu a Bogdanov ki te ope Whero i Petrograd i Hune 1918. I tohua ia hei rangatira pluton i te 4th Kostroma Regiment, ana mai i te Paenga-whawha 1919 i whakahau i tetahi kamupene o te 2nd Reserve Regiment. Mai i te Hanuere 1920 i mahi ia hei rangatira mo te 502nd Rifle Regiment o te 56th Rifle Division, e whawhai ana i te Pakanga Polish-Soviet i nga pakanga i Vitebsk, Minsk, me Vilna Governorates. Mo tana "tohe tino nui i te pakanga", i whakawhiwhia a Bogdanov ki te Order of the Red Banner. I hoki ia ki te 2nd Reserve Regiment ki te whakahau i tetahi roopu i te Oketopa 1920 ana i te Hanuere 1921 i whakawhitihia ki te whakahau i tetahi kamupene i te 40th Kostroma Infantry Courses for Command Personnel. I waenga i te 10 o Mei me te 20 o Hurae, i uru ia ki te whakakore i te Rebellion o Tambov
hei kaihautū kamupene me te ope taua, hei rangatira o te akoranga.