Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeRussian Civil War, Malyshev akabatana neRed Army munaKurume 1919 uye akaendeswa ku7th Rifle Division, kwaakashanda semukuru wechiuto chemapfuti che30th ne58th Rifle Regiments. Chikamu chakatumirwa kuEastern Front ne2nd Army, ichirwa nemauto eKolchak muhondo munzvimbo yeVotkinsk uye mukutora Votkinsk neIzhevsk. Muzhizha ra1919 boka racho rakatumirwa kuSouthern Front, uko kwakarwa muhondo dzinopesana neArmed Forces yeSouth Russia munzvimbo yeOboyan neSudzha. Mukudonha uku divi rakarwa muOrel<unk>Kursk operation
uye kubatwa kweDmitrovsk, uye muna Ndira 1920 mukudzvinyirirwa kwekupikisa kweSoviet munzvimbo yeGlukhov, Putivyl, uye Konotop. Muna Kubvumbi Malyshev akagadzwa kuve mutevedzeri wemutungamiriri wevashandi ve58th Rifle Regiment, vachirwira muPolish-Soviet Hondo kuWestern Front, ipapo mukudzvinyirira mauto aStanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz mudunhu reOvruch nemaMakhnovists muPoltava Governorate. Nokuda kwokuzviratidza muhondo, Malyshev akapiwa Order of the Red Banner muna May 1920.