Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akashanda mu384th regiment yeRussia 7th Army, akabatsira kudzvinyirira kumukira kweKronstadt
muna Kurume 1921, uye akashanda semutungamiriri 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.