 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekudzokera kumusha kwake, Zykov akabatana neRed Army kuKotelnich muna Chivabvu 1918 panguva yeRussia Civil War uye akatumirwa ku82nd Rifle Regiment ye10th Rifle Division. Semubatsiri wekambani mukuru uye mukuru wekambani, akarwa nehurumende kuNorthern neNorthwestern Fronts muPskov neGdov matunhu. Akapfurwa nebhomba muna February 1919, akakuvadzwa muruoko muna June pedyo nemusha weTuloksa, uye akakuvadzwa mutsoka pedyo neDno muna October. Mushure mokunge hurumende yaendeswa ku18th Rifle Division munaNovember 1919, Zykov akashanda semutungamiri webato, mutungamiri wehurumende, uye mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wehurumende mukurwisana neBritishuye mauto eFinland mudunhu reOlonets. Nokuda kwokuzvizivisa kwake mukati ma1919, Zykov gare gare akagamuchira Order yeRed Banner kaviri, muna 1919 na1924. 