Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakati pa 1918 na 1921 akaiswa mutorongo kanenge katanhatu navaBolshevik. Muna 1919, akazvipira kunyoresa muRed Army kuti arwe neuto revarungu rakapesana neshanduko, asi akaiswa mutirongo muKharkiv nekuramba kubvisa maoko evashandi uye kudzvinyirira kuratidzira. Pana 8 March 1921, mukati mokumukira kweKronstadt
, akasungwa muMoscow neCheka, pamwe chete nedzimwe nhengo dzeNabat confederation. Maximoff akavharirwa mujeri reTaganka, kwaakatongerwa rufu nokuda kwokuparadzira mashoko anoparadzirwa nevapanduki. Pashure pokuramba kudya, muna December 1921 akakwanisa kukwezva ngwariro yavashandi vaishanyira Red Trade Union Congress. Somuuyo wedzvinyiriro inobva kunzanga yamarudzi ose, iye navamwe vaanarchist 10 vakasunungurwa mutorongo ndokudzingwa munyika.