Mezue ahịrịokwu a: A mụrụ Kirpichenko na 25 Septemba 1922 na Kursk, Kursk Oblast, akụkụ nke Russian SFSR, na USSR. Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ pụrụ iche nke ndị agha ụgbọelu nke anọ, nke na-enye ọzụzụ ụgbọ elu nke mbụ na agụmakwụkwọ sekọndrị. Ọ gara n'ihu ịga Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, mana mbuso agha Axis nke Soviet Union na 1941 kwụsịrị ọmụmụ ya. O sonyere na 103rd Guards Rifle Division na Jenụwarị 1945, na-ahụ ihe na njedebe nke agha, na Hungary, Austria na Czechoslovakia, na na
Balaton Defensive Operation na Machị afọ ahụ. N'oge ọ na-eje ozi n'oge agha, e nyere ya ihe nrite "N'ihi Obi Ike", maka akụkụ ya na Vienna Offensive. Ngalaba ya nọgidere na-arụ ọrụ ruo mgbe ndị agha Axis nọ na Czechoslovakia nyefere onwe ha na 12 Mee 1945.