Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Oketopa 1919 ka noho a Melkumov hei rangatira mo te roopu hoia hoia i te 8 o nga ope taua. I te marama o Hanuere 1920 ka riro ia hei rangatira mo te 1st Cavalry Brigade o te 1st Turkestan Cavalry Division, e whawhai ana i te Turkestan Front. Mai i Akuhata ki Hepetema 1920, i uru atu te roopu hoia eke hoiho a Melkumov ki te
Te mahi a Bukhara ki te whakaheke i te Emir o Bukhara Mohammed Alim Khan. I te marama o Hepetema 1920, ka riro ia hei rangatira mo te 2nd Cavalry Brigade o te 3rd Turkestan Cavalry Division. I te Hui-tanguru 1921, i uru ia ki te hinga o Mohammed Alim Khan i te taha o te taone o Boysun me te hopu i nga taone nui o Denau, Yurchi, Sary-Assiya, Karatag, Gissar me Dyushambe, i whakawhiwhia ai ki a ia tana Tohu tuatahi o te Tohu Whero.