Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Site na Mee 1919, Iovlev jere ozi dị ka onye agha Red Army na onye isi ndị agha na 104th Rifle Regiment nke 12th Rifle Division. Ọ lụrụ ọgụ na Southern Front na ngalaba megide ndị agha nke South Russia na Osimiri Don, mgbe ahụ na Voronezh<unk>Kastornoye na Donbass Operations. N'oge oyi nke 1919-1920 ọ dara ọrịa ụkwara nta ma nọrọ n'ụlọ ọgwụ. E zigara ya ka ọ gụọ akwụkwọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ ndị agha nke Eastern Front na Samara n'afọ 1920, ọ jere ozi na Turkestan Front na
na-alụ ọgụ maka Bukhara ya na ndị otu cadet si n'ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ, Iovlev ghọrọ onye isi nke nchịkwa na nhazi nke ndị Revolutionary Military Council nke puppet Khorezm Soviet Republic na May 1921. Na-ekere òkè na mkpochapu nke Basmachi ije, ọ jere ozi dị ka osote onye isi nke arụmọrụ nke ndị ọrụ nke Samarkand Operational Group of Forces site na August 1922.