Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Lobov i Smolnikovo, Volokolamsky District, Moscow Oblast ka uru atu ki te Soviet Navy i te 1932. I te tau 1937 ka oti a Lobov i te M.V. Frunze Military Academy ka mahi i roto i te Soviet Pacific Fleet. I waenga i te 1938 me te 1946 i whakahau ia i tetahi kaipuke kaitiaki me tetahi kaipuke whakangaromanga. I te tau 1945 i whai wāhi ia ki te
Ko te pakanga a te Soviet ki a Japan.