Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Zykov akasiya musha wake wokumusha kuti ashande mumugodhi wegoridhe uye akanyoresa muuto reRussia muna 1911, achiva mukuru mukuru. Achishumira nechikwata chaiva muuto munguva yeHondo Yenyika I, akapinda muOctober Revolution muAshgabat uye akabatana neRed Army munguva yeHondo Yenyika yeRussia. Akarwa muNorth Russia uye akashongedzwa nokuda kwezviito zvake, achigumisa hondo somubatsiri wemutungamiriri wehondo. Achibata nzvimbo dzekutungamira mumasangano ekuchengetedza kubva pakupera kwema1920, Zykov akakwira kumukuru wedhipatimendi mukupera kwema1930. Akatungamira 121st Rifle Division kubva pakutanga kweOperation Barbarossa, achitungamira muhondo dzeBiałystok <unk> Minsk, Smolensk, Moscow, uye
Voronezh. Mushure mekunge ashanda semutevedzeri wemutungamiri wemauto wechi60 pakupera kwa1942, Zykov akatungamira 18th Rifle Corps muSoviet kufambira mberi muUkraine mushure meHondo yeStalingrad pakutanga kwa1943, asati adzokera kunzvimbo yake yekare semutevedzeri wemutungamiri wemauto wechi60. Akabata chinzvimbo ichi kusvika pakupera kwa1944, paakaendeswa kunzvimbo isiri yekurwa semutevedzeri wemutungamiriri wedunhu remauto nekuda kwezvinetso zvehutano. Zykov akarega basa nokukurumidza pashure pokuguma kwehondo.