<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: UmRashiya, uNikolai Stepanovich Nikitchenko wazalwa ngo-17 Disemba 1901 eStarodub, eChernigov Governorate. Ngesikhathi seMpi Yombango yaseRussia, uNikitchenko wajoyina iRed Army endaweni yase-Unecha ngo-Okthoba 27, 1918 futhi wathunyelwa njengendoda yeRed Army ku-platoon yomkhuzi we-1st Ukrainian Division. Ngeqembu, walwa eSouthern Front ngokumelene ne-Volunteer Army. Ngo-February 1919 walimala futhi walaliswa esibhedlela kwaze kwaba ngo-June. Ngemuva kokululama ngoJuni wathunyelwa eqenjini lokululama le-19th Reserve Rifle Regiment eBryansk, lapho asebenza khona njengomsizi womkhuzi weqembu eqenjini lokuhlola le-regiment kusukela ngoFebhuwari 1920. NgoDisemba 1920 wadluliselwa ku-22nd Rifle Regiment eLiski njengomsizi womlawuli we-platoon eqenjini lokuhlola. Nge-22, walwa ekucindezelweni kokuvukela kukaKolesnikov eduze kwase-Ostrogozhsk. Ngo-Ephreli 1921 wathunyelwa ukuyofunda e-27 Oryol Infantry and Machine Gun Command Course. Njengomfundi, walwa ekucindezelweni  <response>: Ukuvukela KwaseTambov phakathi kukaMeyi noNovemba walowo nyaka. 