Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kirpichenko akaberekwa musi wa25 September 1922 muKursk, Kursk Oblast, chikamu cheRussian SFSR, muUSSR. Akaenda kunhamba 4 Air Force Special School, iyo yakapa kudzidziswa kwekutanga kubhururuka pamwe chete nedzidzo yepakati yepakati. Akaenda kunopinda Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, asi Axis yekupinda muSoviet Union muna 1941 yakamisa zvidzidzo zvake. Akabatana ne103rd Guards Rifle Division muna Ndira 1945, achiona chiito mumatanho ekupedzisira ehondo, muHungary, Austria neCzechoslovakia, uye ku
Balaton Defensive Operation muna March wegore iroro. Munguva yebasa rake rehondo akapiwa menduru ye"For Courage", nokuda kwechikamu chake muVienna Offensive. Chikamu chake chakaramba chiri muchiito kusvikira maAxis mauto muCzechoslovakia akazvipira musi wa12 Chivabvu 1945.