 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bakalov akaberekwa musi wa 18 Kubvumbi 1929 mumusha weSemeyka, muCentral Black Earth Oblast, ipapo chikamu cheRSFSR, muSoviet Union. Baba vake vakatamisa mhuri kuenda kuguta kuma1930 vachitsvaka basa, uye muduku Bakalov akabatana neKazakhstan Volunteer Society, sangano rokuzvipira rinokurudzira kuchengeteka kwemvura nebasa. Nokupinda kweAxis muSoviet Unionmuna 1941, Bakalov nedzimwe nhengo dzeOSVOD vakadanwa kuti vatsigire hondo nokugadzira zvikepe zvekutakura vanhu vehondo, vanhuwo zvavo uye zvombo. Munguva yehondo akadzidza pachikoro chaicho che4th military recovery unit, akapedza kudzidza muna Nyamavhuvhu 1945 ndokuenderera mberi nekushandira nebazi rekununura ngarava semuchina, achishanda mungarava dze Stalingrad ne Chapaev kununura ngarava dzakanyura munguva yehondo. 