 Golubev akaberekerwa mumhuri yevarimi musi wa9 Kukadzi 1936, mumusha wePakhomlevichi, Lepiel District, muVitebsk Region, yaimbova chikamu cheBelorussian SFSR, muSoviet Union. Akakurira mukati mokupinda kweAxis uye kubatwamuzvikamu zvenharaunda dzokumadokero kweSoviet Union, uye apedza chikoro chesekondari, akaenda kunoshumira muBaltic Fleet kubvira muna 1955. Akabva ashanda semuchina wokugaya zvinhu mufekitari inogadzira matarakita muOrdzhonikidze, kuNorth Ossetia, uye akasarudzwa kuva nhengo yekomiti yeguta reKomsomol. 