 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Kurume 1985, akava mukuru wevashandi veAir Force yeKyiv Military District. Muiri basa, akatarisira kuChernobyl kwokutangamabasa okuchenesa neherikoputa. Nokuda kwezviito zvake, Antoshkin akapiwa zita rokuti Hero of the Soviet Union. Akazoraira Mauto Emhepo eDunhu reCentral Asia Mauto uye Moscow Mauto eDunhu. Pakati pa1993 na1997 Antoshkin akatungamira Russian Air Force Frontal Aviation. Muna 1997 akava mukuru weAir Force kurovedza kurwa ndokubva pamudyandigere gore rakatevera. Antoshkin akasarudzwa mutevedzeri weState Duma muna 2014. Akanga akabatanidzwa neUnited Russia. 