Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Gorshkov i te 20 o Mahuru 1902 i runga i te "khutor" o Olshanka, Don Host Oblast. I te wa o te Pakanga Taketake o Ruhia, i nohoia te rohe e nga Ope Taua o Ruhia ki te Tonga tae noa ki Akuhata 1919, a ka noho tonu a Gorshkov ki nga mahi ahuwhenua. I whakauruhia ia ki te ope Whero i te Mahuru 1920, i tukuna ia ki te ako i te 7th Borisoglebsk Cavalry Course. Ki te wehenga cadet tangohia i te akoranga, whawhai Gorshkov i roto i te tukinga o te
Ko Tambov Rebellion hei kaiārahi rōpū. Mo ana mahi i te pakanga, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te Order of the Red Banner.