Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I uru ia ki te ope Whero i te Poutu-te-rangi 1920, a, i muri tata mai ka uru ia ki te whakakore i te Rebellion o Tambov. I piki haere ia i roto i nga rarangi i roto i nga tau i waenga i nga pakanga, a i te Hui-tanguru 1939 i whakawhiwhia ia ki te rangatira o te 186th Rifle Division o te Ural Military District. I te timatanga o te whakaekenga a Nazi ki te Soviet Union, i whakauruhia te wehenga a Biryukov ki te ope taua 22nd ka tukuna ki te taha Hauauru. I whara a Biryukov i te Pakanga o Smolensk. Whai muri i tana whakaoranga, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te rangatira o te 214th Rifle Division, i uru ai ia ki te Pakanga o Stalingrad. I te Pipiri 1943, i whakawhiwhia a Biryukov ki te rangatira o te 20th Guards Rifle Corps, he waahanga o te 4th Guards Army, he tuunga i mau ia tae noa ki te mutunga o te pakanga. I te tau 1945, i whawhai te ope a Biryukov ki te whakawātea i te
Ko te whakaekenga a Tiamana i te roto o Balaton, i whakawhiwhia ai a Biryukov ki te taitara o te Toa o te Soviet Union i te Paenga-whawha 1945.