Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Tsalikov akashanda semukuru mudiki mukutanga kwema1930 uye akabata zvinzvimbo zvevashandi mushure mekupedza kudzidza kuFrunze Military Academy. Mukuru mukuru weboka apo Operation Barbarossa yakatanga, akava mutungamiri wehondo mumavhiki okutanga ehondo uye akagadziridzwa nokuda kwebasa rake. Somugumisiro, Tsalikov akapiwa murairo we 377th Rifle Division, iyo yaakatungamirira mukuita kuti asunungure Siege yeLeningrad. Mukupera kwa1942 akagadzwa kuva mukuru we3rd Guards Rifle Division, achitungamirira muSoviet counter-offensive paStalingrad. Tsalikov akagadziridzwa nokuda kwokutungamirira kwake kwechikamu mune yekupedzisira, Donbas Strategic Offensive
, uye Kurwisa kweCrimea. Akasimuka kuti atungamirire 13th Guards Rifle Corps mushure mekuguma kweCrimean Offensive, asi akaurayiwa nemugodhi panguva yeŠiauliai Offensive pakati pa1944.