Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akabatana neRed Army muna Kurume 1920, uye nguva pfupi yapfuura 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, uto raBiryukov rakarwa zvine mbiri pakurwisa kweGermany paLake Balaton
, iyo Biryukov yakapihwa zita reHero yeSoviet Union muna Kubvumbi 1945.