Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva yeHondo Yenyika yeRussia, akanyoresa muRed Army muPetrograd muna August 1919 uye akagadzwa kuva mutungamiriri wekambani mu10th Reserve Regiment yeNorthwestern Front. Akatungamira boka revarwi vepamberi kubva munaGunyana 1920, uye muna Zvita akava mutungamiri wekambani mu96th Rifle Regiment ye32nd Brigade ye11th Rifle Division. Neboka racho, akarwa mukudzvinyirira
Kumukira kweKronstadt, kugamuchira wachi yesirivha nokuda kwokupamba bhatiri. Kubvira muna May 1921 akashanda somubatsiri womutungamiriri webato rechikamu chokurovedza. Mikhaylov neboka rake vakazotora chikamu mukudzvinyirirwa kwekumukira kweEast Karelian pakati paDecember 1921 naMarch 1922. Nokutora fekitari yeVolazminsky, akapiwa Order of the Red Banner, kuwedzera kune chiratidzo cheTo the Valiant Soldier of the Karelian Front chekutora chikamu mukuita.