Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeRussian Civil War, akanyoreswa muRed Army muPetrograd muna Nyamavhuvhu 1919 uye akagadzwa mutungamiri 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 kupandukira kweKronstadt
, kugamuchira wachi yesirivha nokuda kwokubata 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.