Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei rarangi - I whanau a Levin i te 10 o Hanuere 1902 ki tetahi whanau kaiahuwhenua o te iwi Russian i te kainga o Antsir i Yeniseysk Governorate. I puta ia i ngā akomanga e whitu i te tau 1919. I whakauruhia a Levin ki te ope Whero i te tau 1921. I te marama o Tihema 1922, i puta ia i te kura 26 o Krasnoyarsk Infantry. I riro ia hei rangatira rangatahi i te 3rd Shock Regiment o te Pacific Corps i Vladivostok. I te tau 1923, ka uru a Levin ki te Kura Whakatere o Vladivostok, ka mutu i te tau 1926. I noho ia hei rangatira pluton me te rangatira o te kamupene pu i te 76th Rifle Regiment o te 26th Rifle Division i Nikolsk-Ussurisky. I whawhai ia i te pakanga Sino-Soviet
o te tau 1929. I tukuna a Levin i te Paenga-whawha 1932.