Levin served as a Red Army officer in the late 1920s and fought in the Sino-Soviet conflict of 1929.

He was seriously wounded in January 1944 and upon recovery became a regimental commander in the 37th Guards Rifle Division.

Levin was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for his leadership of the regiment in the Battle of Berlin.

Levin retired from the army in 1954 and became chairman of the Altai Krai DOSAAF.

[1] Levin was born on 10 January 1902 to a peasant family of Russian ethnicity in the village of Antsir in Yeniseysk Governorate.

From August 1932 to January 1935, he lived in Barnaul, where he worked at the Locomotive-Car Repair Plant.

Levin moved to Chirchiq, where he worked[3] at the Chirchiqstroy Construction Trust.

The division advanced northwest, ending the operation on the line of Ozarichi and Parichi.

For his actions Levin was awarded the Order of the Red Banner[1] on 5 March 1944.

On 21 July the division reached the Polish border and crossed the Western Bug.

Until the end of August the division fought in the area between the Western Bug and the Narew.

From 26 March, Levin and his regiment fought in the storming of Danzig, which was captured after heavy fighting four days later.

Between 14 and 19 April Levin organized the construction of equipment necessary to cross the Oder, according to division commander Kuzma Grebennik.

The regiment's assault battalion held the bridgehead against heavy artillery and mortar fire as well as counterattacks in marshy ground which made digging it difficult.

On 29 June 1945 Levin was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin for his actions.