 The district was tasked with training reserve units for the front.On 10 May, in order to suppress to the uprising of Nikifor Grigoriev's Red Army troops, Kliment Voroshilov took temporary command of the district's troops until 25 May, when the uprising was defeated.In June the district's territory was taken over by the White Armed Forces of South Russia, and the advance of the Volunteer Army on Kharkov forced the headquarters to flee the city before it was captured.