Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - a mụrụ Gorshkov na 20 Septemba 1902 na "khutor" nke Olshanka, Don Host Oblast. N'oge Agha Obodo Russia, ndị agha ndị agha nke South Russia weghaara mpaghara ahụ ruo August 1919, Gorshkov nọgidere na-arụ ọrụ ugbo. N'ọnwa Septemba afọ 1920, a kpọbatara ya n'ọchịchị Red Army wee ziga ya ka ọ gaa mụọ akwụkwọ na 7th Borisoglebsk Cavalry Course. N'ịbụ onye so n'òtù ndị na-eso ụzọ e si n'ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ kpọpụta, Gorshkov lụrụ ọgụ n'igbochi Nnupụisi Tambov
dị ka onye isi ndị otu. N'ihi ihe ndị o mere n'agha, e nyere ya Order of the Red Banner.