In the First World War, he served in the 50th Białystok Infantry Regiment,[1] and at the beginning of 1916 he had the rank of Podporuchik.

To the question of how he could work honestly with the Red Army, he answered: I don't hide it, I sympathize with the Whites, but I'll never be demeaning.

Alafusov was arrested on April 15, 1937, on charges of espionage, sabotage and participation in a counter-revolutionary terrorist organization.

In his testimony of May 22, Marshal Tukhachevsky, on June 1, was accused of transmitting information to German intelligence.

On July 13, 1937, the military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR was sentenced to death by a high degree of punishment.