Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Daga Mayu 1919, Iovlev ya yi aiki a matsayin Red Army mutum da kuma kwamandan kwamandan a cikin 104th Rifle Regiment na 12th Rifle Division. Ya yi yaƙi a kan Kudancin Kudancin tare da rukunin da ke adawa da Sojojin Kudancin Rasha a kan Kogin Don, sannan a cikin Voronezh<unk>Kastornoye da Donbass Operations. A cikin hunturu na 1919-1920 ya kamu da cutar typhoid kuma an kwantar da shi a asibiti. An aika shi don yin karatu a makarantar soja na shekara daya na Gabas ta Gabas a Samara a cikin bazara na 1920, ya yi aiki a kan Turkestan Front a cikin
Ya yi yaƙi da Bukhara tare da 'yan bindigar da suka fito daga makarantar. Bayan kammala karatunsa daga makarantar, Iovlev ya zama shugaban hukumar gudanarwa da tattarawa na Majalisar Sojojin Juyin Juya Halin Jamhuriyar Soviet ta Khorezm a watan Mayu 1921. Kasancewa cikin murkushe motsi na Basmachi, ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaban sashen aiki na ma'aikatan Sojojin Operational Group na Samarkand daga watan Agusta 1922.