Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin yakin basasa na Rasha, an tattara shi cikin Red Army a Petrograd a watan Agusta 1919 kuma an nada shi kwamandan kamfani a cikin 10th Reserve Regiment na Arewa maso Yammacin. Ya umurci rundunar soja na gaba daga watan Satumbar 1920, kuma a watan Disamba ya zama kwamandan kwamandan a cikin 96th Rifle Regiment na 32nd Brigade na 11th Rifle Division. Tare da rarrabuwa, ya yi yaƙi a cikin murkushewar
Tawaye na Kronstadt, yana karɓar agogon azurfa don kama baturi. Daga watan Mayu 1921 ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin kwamandan bataliya na rundunar horar da sashen. Mikhaylov da ƙungiyarsa daga baya sun shiga cikin murkushe tashin hankalin Gabashin Karelian tsakanin Disamba 1921 da Maris 1922. Don kama masana'antar Volazminsky, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Red Banner, ban da lambar yabo ga Sojan Jarumi na Karelian Front don shiga cikin aikin.