Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I whanau a Gorshkov i te 20 o Hepetema 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. I te taha o te roopu kaiako i tangohia mai i te akoranga, i whawhai a Gorshkov ki te whakakore i te Rebellion Tambov
hei kaiārahi rōpū. Mo ana mahi i te pakanga, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te Order of the Red Banner.