Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ sonyeere Red Army na March 1920, n'oge na-adịghịkwa anya mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, o keere òkè n'ịkwụsị Nnupụisi Tambov. Ọ nọgidere na-enwe ọganihu n'ọkwá ya n'afọ ndị dị n'etiti agha ahụ, na February 1939 e nyere ya iwu nke 186th Rifle Division nke Ural Military District. Na mbido mwakpo ndị Nazi wakporo Soviet Union, e kenyere ngalaba Biryukov na ndị agha nke 22 ma ziga ya na Western Front. E merụrụ Biryukov ahụ n'agha Smolensk. Mgbe ọ gbakere, e nyere ya iwu nke 214th Rifle Division, nke o so na Agha nke Stalingrad. Na June 1943, e nyere Biryukov iwu nke 20th Guards Rifle Corps, akụkụ nke 4th Guards Army, ọnọdụ ọ nọ na ya ruo ọgwụgwụ nke agha. N'afọ 1945, ndị agha Biryukov lụrụ ọgụ dị iche iche megide ndị
Ọgụ ndị Germany lụrụ n'Ọdọ Mmiri Balaton, nke e nyere Biryukov aha dike nke Soviet Union na Eprel 1945.