Born in Moscow Oblast. From 1916 served in the tsarist army, from 1918 in the Red Army, graduated from the Regimental School for Junior Commanders. Participant of the Civil War. Studied at the Industrial Academy in Moscow. Since 1935, he worked as the first secretary of Polotsk Raion Committee of the CP (B) B, as the head of the organizational and economic department of the Narkamzem of the BSSR. During the war he was a member of the collegium, deputy chairman of the military tribunal of the 2nd Byelorussian Front. From 1947 — the secretary of Polotsk City Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus, the head of the department of industrial and municipal construction of Polotsk Oblast Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus, chairman of the regional professional union. Personal Pensioner of All-Union's Significance since 1973.
He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, medals, and diplomas of the Supreme Council of the BSSR.
The title of Honorary Citizen of Polotsk was conferred in 1967.
I. Likhachev - military commissar of Urginsk Military Garrison in Mongolia. 1921
Headquarters of the 103rd Infantry Brigade. I.M. Likhachev is standing the second from the right. 1921
Servicemen of the 35th Infantry Division. 1921
I.M. Likhachev with wife Alexandra Ivanovna. 1924
Military Lawyer of the 2nd Rank I.M. Likhachev. 1941
Speaker I.M. Likhachev during the grand opening of the Park of the 50 Years of Soviet Power. 1967
Speaker I.M. Likhachev during the grand opening of the Park of the 50 Years of Soviet Power. 1967
Honorary Citizen of Polotsk I.M. Likhachev 1975
During the opening of the Monument to the Soldiers of the 1st Baltic Front. I.M. Likhachev is the fourth from the right. 1967
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