Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akashanda mu384th regiment yeRussian 7th Army, akabatsira kuisa pasi
Kumukira kweKronstadt muna Kurume 1921, uye akashanda semutungamiri weboka panguva yekurwisa-vapanduki muhondo muCaucasus muna 1922. Apedza kudzidza paM. V. Frunze Military Academy muna 1930, Novikov akatamira kuAir Force muna 1933, uye akashanda semukuru wemabasa kusvika muna 1935, paakatora mutungamiri wechiedza chebhomba.