Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ivan Dmitrievich Pavlov an haife shi a ranar 8 ga Satumba, 1919 a Makovskiye Vyselki, Ryazan Oblast, zuwa dangin manoma. Bayan kammala karatunsa a kwalejin fasaha, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai fasaha a masana'antar karafa. Pavlov ya yi aiki a cikin soja a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, yana aiki na tsawon shekaru shida, yana farawa a Yakin Soviet-Finnish
Ya kuma shiga cikin yakin Stalingrad. An ba shi lambar yabo da taken "Hero na Tarayyar Soviet" saboda rawar da ya taka wajen kare Stalingrad.