Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akabatana neRed Army muna March 1920, uye nguva pfupi pashure pacho akabatanidzwa mukudzvinyirira Kumukira kweTambov. Akaramba achifambira mberi mumatanho mukati memakore epakati pehondo, uye muna February 1939 akapiwa mutungamiri we186th Rifle Division yeUral Military District. Pakutanga kwekupinda kweNazi muSoviet Union, divi raBiryukov rakabatanidzwa ne22nd Army ndokutumirwa kuWestern front. Biryukov akakuvadzwa muHondo yeSmolensk. Mushure mokupora kwake, akapiwa mutungamiri we 214th Rifle Division, iyo yaakapinda nayo muHondo yeStalingrad. Muna June 1943, Biryukov akapiwa mutungamiri we20th Guards Rifle Corps, chikamu che4th Guards Army, chinzvimbo chaakabata kusvikira pakuguma kwehondo. Muna 1945, mauto aBiryukov akarwa zvine mbiri ne
Kurwisa kweGermany paLake Balaton, uko Biryukov akapiwa zita reHero of the Soviet Union muna April 1945.