Ẹ parí gbólóhùn yìí: Ní oṣù October ọdún 1919 Melkumov di olórí ẹ̀ka ọmọ ogun ẹlẹ́ṣin kan ní Ẹ̀ka Ọ̀kọ̀ Ogun kẹjọ. Ni January 1920 o di olori ti 1st Cavalry Brigade ti 1st Turkestan Cavalry Division, ti o n ja ni iwaju Turkestan. Láti oṣù August sí oṣù September ọdún 1920, ẹgbẹ́ ọmọ ogun ẹlẹ́ṣin ti Melkumov kópa nínú ogun tí wọ́n ń pè ní
Iṣẹlẹ Bukhara lati ṣubu Emir ti Bukhara Mohammed Alim Khan. Ni Oṣu Kẹsan ọdun 1920, o di olori ti Brigade Cavalry Keji ti Ẹgbẹ Ẹṣin kẹta ti Turkestan. Ni Kínní 1921, o kopa ninu ikuna ti Mohammed Alim Khan nitosi ilu Boysun ati gbigba awọn ilu Denau, Yurchi, Sary-Assiya, Karatag, Gissar ati Dyushambe, fun eyiti o fun ni ni aṣẹ akọkọ rẹ ti Red Banner.