 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera chiitiko, Bogdashin akakurumidza kubviswa kubva mungarava kwenguva yakagadzwa mumiriri ku19th All-Union Conference yeCommunist Party yeSoviet Union. Pakupera kwayo akatumirwa kuLeningrad kwemakore maviri ekudzidza paGrechko Naval Academy. Paakapedza kudzidza muna 1990, akapiwa Order yeRed Star. Pamutemo ikoku kwakanga kuri nokuda kwokubudirira kwake mukosi yokudzidza kushandisa zvishandiso zvitsva zvechiuto, asi mukuru mukuru anopa mubairo wacho, mukuru wechikoro, akawedzera kuti tose tinoziva kuti uyu mubairo ndewei. Muna 1991 Bogdashin akagamuchira zita re, gore rimwe chetero raakapihwa kutungamira kweanotakura helikopta Moskva. Ikoku kwakateverwa nokugadzwa muna 1996 kutungamirira ngarava yakasiyana yezita rimwe chetero, missile cruiser Moskva. Kubva muna 1998 kusvika muna 1999 aive mutevedzeri wemutungamiri we30th Division yezvikepe zvinorwisa ngarava dzeBlack Sea Fleet, yakavakirwa muSevastopol. 