 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kubatana kwaCecan Sr neRed Army neUkraine Soviet Socialist Republic kwakanga kwatanga mwedzi miviri gare gare, paakaenderera mberi nekutsvaga vaBessarabian vakadzingwa kuti varwe sevarwi kumashure kwemitsara yeRomania muhondo yevagari vemuUkraine. Kunyange zvazvo akanga abudirira zvikuru mukuronga boka, akaiswa pasi pekucherechedzwa neDhipatimendi Rinokosha reguta, uye akasungwa kaviri seanopesana neshanduko. Pakati pa1919, Cecan akanyoreswa neRed Army mukurwisana kwayo neUNR, uye akabatana nevarwi veOdessa vaitungamirirwa nomutambudzi wechiJudha, Mishka Yaponchik. Akaona chiito pamusoro peUkraine Peoples Army, kusanganisira kunze kweVoznesensk kuSouthern Bug, uko Yaponchik akaurayiwa. Mumwe mushumo unopikisa unoratidza kuti Cecan akatiza muhondo; maererano naŞornikov, izvi hazvigone kuve zvechokwadi, sezvo vese vakatiza, kusanganisira Yaponchik, vakaurayiwa ipapo neCheka. 