Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Ọ sonyeere Red Army na Machị 1920, n'oge na-adịghịkwa anya mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, o sonyere na mkpochapụ nke Ngagharịiwe 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 mwakpo ndị agha Germany mere n'Ọdọ Mmiri Balaton
, nke enyere Biryukov aha nke Hero nke Soviet Union na Eprel 1945.