Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubvira muna May 1919, Iovlev akashanda somurwi weRed Army uye mutungamiriri weboka mu104th Rifle Regiment ye12th Rifle Division. Akarwa pamusoro Southern Front pamwe chikwata pamusoro Mauto South Russia pamusoro Rwizi Don, ipapo muna Voronezh<unk>Kastornoye uye Donbass Operations. Munguva yechando ya1919/1920 akarwara ne typhoid uye akaiswa muchipatara. Akatumirwa kunodzidza paChikoro cheMasoja cheGore rimwe cheEastern Front paSamara muchirimo cha1920, akashanda paTurkestan Front mu
vachirwira Bukhara neboka ravadzidzi rakatorwa pachikoro chacho. Pashure pokupedza chikoro, Iovlev akava mukuru wekutungamira uye kuunganidza mutungamiri weRevolutionary Military Council of the puppet Khorezm Soviet Republic muna May 1921. Achibatanidzwa mukudzvinyirirwa kweBasmachi kufamba, akashanda semubatsiri mukuru wechikamu chinoshanda chevashandi veSamarkand Operational Group of Forces kubva muna Nyamavhuvhu 1922.