From early 1943 to August 1944 he commanded the 24th Rifle Corps, being made a Hero of the Soviet Union for his leadership in the Battle of the Dnieper.

Completing three grades at the city school, he worked in a printing house as a typesetter and was arrested for being a member of the Bolsheviks in November 1913.

[1][2] Despite his political affiliation, Kiryukhin was drafted into the Imperial Russian Army during World War I in September 1916 and sent to the 216th Reserve Infantry Regiment at Kozlov.

Transferred to the 2nd Reserve Machine Gun Regiment at Petrograd in December, he was sent to the Romanian Front with a march company in September 1917.

[1] Drafted into the Red Army in June 1918 during the Russian Civil War, Kiryukhin was sent to the 3rd Moscow Rifle Regiment, fighting in the suppression of the Yaroslavl rebellion.

[1] Kiryukhin briefly became assistant commissar of the 72nd Brigade of the division in December 1919 before returning to the 214th Rifle Regiment a month later to command a company and then a battalion.

In July the corps joined the 61st Army of the Western Front and fought southwest of Bely, covering the Tula sector.

Appointed commander of the 20th Army on 5 October, Kiryukhin led it in the unsuccessful attack towards Sychyovka during Operation Mars.

For "skillful command" of the corps in these operations, Kiryukhin was awarded the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class on 23 September and made a Hero of the Soviet Union on 17 October.

During the Western Carpathian Offensive, Kiryukhin commanded a mobile group of the army, which captured Nowy Sącz.

[1] Kiryukhin continued as deputy commander of the army, withdrawn to the Carpathian Military District, after the war ended.

Retired due to illness on 25 July 1953, Kiryukhin died in Moscow later that year on 12 December, and was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in that city.