 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Chivabvu 1919, Denisenko akanyoreswa muRed Army uye akapihwa ku3rd Lebedinsky Guard Company semurume weRed Army asati atumirwa kubato rekuchengetedza re8th Army uyezve 102nd Rifle Regiment ye12th Rifle Division. Neboka racho, akarwa muhondo dzairwisa uto raAnton Denikin paDon uye muDonbass muna 1919. Kubva muna December 1919, Denisenko akarwa ne45th Rifle Division panguva yeOdessa Operationuye Kurwisa kweKiev. Kubva pakupera kwaNovember 1920, aive mukuru wezvematongerwo enyika mu420th uye 397th Rifle Regiments ye47th Rifle Division. Muna 1920, Denisenko akabatana neCommunist Party. 