Early Years
Born a peasant in Chantsovo, Russia, Sidorenko attended ten grades of school and later studied at the Penza Art College. In 1939, he dropped out of college and was conscripted into the Red Army, receiving training at the Simferopol Military Infantry School in the Crimea.
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