Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: An haifi dan Rasha, Nikolai Stepanovich Nikitchenko a ranar 17 ga Disamba 1901 a Starodub, Chernigov Governorate. A lokacin yakin basasa na Rasha, Nikitchenko ya shiga Red Army a ƙauyen Unecha a ranar 27 ga Oktoba 1918 kuma an tura shi a matsayin mutumin Red Army zuwa kwamandan kwamandan na 1st Ukrainian Division. Tare da rukunin, ya yi yaƙi a Kudancin Kudancin da Sojojin Sa kai. A watan Fabrairun 1919 an ji masa rauni kuma an kwantar da shi a asibiti har zuwa Yuni. Bayan ya warke a watan Yuni an tura shi zuwa rukunin da ke warkewa na 19th Reserve Rifle Regiment a Bryansk, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin kwamandan kwamandan a cikin rukunin masu leken asiri daga watan Fabrairun 1920. A watan Disamba na 1920 an tura shi zuwa Rundunar 'Yan bindiga ta 22 a Liski a matsayin mataimakin kwamandan kwamandan a cikin rukunin masu leken asiri. Tare da na 22, ya yi yaƙi a cikin murkushe tawayen Kolesnikov kusa da Ostrogozhsk. A watan Afrilun 1921 an tura shi don yin karatu a 27th Oryol Infantry da Machine Gun Command Course. A matsayinsa na ɗan takara, ya yi yaƙi a cikin murkushewar
Tambov Rebellion tsakanin Mayu da Nuwamba na wannan shekarar.