Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Semyon Pavlovich Sakhnov ɗan manoma na Ukrainian a ranar 15 ga Fabrairu 1900 a Samoylovka a cikin Saratov Governorate na Daular Rasha (yanzu Saratov Oblast, Rasha). Ya kammala makarantar firamare ta kauyen. An tattara shi cikin Red Army a ranar 20 ga Yuli 1919 yayin Yaƙin Basasa na Rasha, an tura shi ya yi aiki tare da rundunar sojan doki na 23rd Rifle Division a Kudancin Gabas. Tare da na biyun, Sakhnov ya yi yaƙi a matsayin mutumin Red Army a cikin dakile tawaye a bayan rundunar soja ta 9, da kuma yaƙe-yaƙe da Sojojin Kudancin Rasha a ci gaba a Novocherkassk, a kan Kogin Manych, da Yekaterinodar. An tura shi zuwa Rukunin Jirgin Ruwa na 99 a Balashov a watan Fabrairun 1920 kuma daga baya a wannan shekarar ya zama ɗan takara na 34th Machine Gun Commanders 'Courses a Saratov, wanda ya zama Makarantar Saratov Infantry a watan Mayu 1921. Tare da 'yan bindigar daga makarantar, Sakhnov ya yi yaƙi a cikin dakile
'yan tawayen manoma a cikin Saratov Governorate.