Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Oktoba 1919 Melkumov ya zama kwamandan brigade na sojan doki a cikin rundunar soja ta 8. A watan Janairun 1920 ya zama kwamandan Brigade na 1 na Rundunar Sojan Sama ta 1 na Turkestan, yana yaƙi a Gabashin Turkestan. Daga watan Agusta zuwa Satumba na 1920, rundunar sojan doki ta Melkumov ta shiga cikin
Aikin Bukhara don hambarar da Sarkin Bukhara Mohammed Alim Khan. A watan Satumbar 1920, ya zama kwamandan Brigade na 2 na Rundunar Sojoji na 3 na Rundunar Sojoji ta Turkestan. A watan Fabrairun 1921, ya shiga cikin cin nasarar Mohammed Alim Khan kusa da garin Boysun da kuma kama garuruwan Denau, Yurchi, Sary-Assiya, Karatag, Gissar da Dyushambe, wanda aka ba shi lambar yabo ta farko ta Red Banner.