Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Tsalikov jere ozi dị ka onye isi ndị ọrụ na mbido 1930s ma were ọkwa ndị ọrụ mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Frunze Military Academy. Ọ bụ onye isi ndị ọrụ mgbe Operation Barbarossa bidoro, ọ ghọrọ onye isi ndị agha n'izu mbụ nke agha ahụ ma jiri mma chọọ ya mma maka arụmọrụ ya. N'ihi ya, e nyere Tsalikov iwu nke 377th Rifle Division, nke o duziri na arụmọrụ iji belata nnọchibido nke Leningrad. Na ngwụcha 1942 a họpụtara ya onye isi nke 3rd Guards Rifle Division, na-eduga ya na ndị Soviet counter-offensive na Stalingrad. E nyere Tsalikov ihe nrite maka ndu ya n'ọkwa nke abụọ,
Donbas Strategic Offensive, na Crimean Offensive. Ọ gbagoro n'ọchịchị nke 13th Guards Rifle Corps mgbe njedebe nke Crimea Offensive, mana e gburu ya na ogbunigwe n'oge Šiauliai Offensive n'etiti 1944.