Born in 1922 in the village of Denshchiki (now the Khanty-Mansiysk region). He graduated from the 8th grade of the school in Ostyako-Vogulsk. In 1940 I.M. Molokov was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army. After studying at the courses of political instructors, he was sent to the front. Combat path: at the front he commanded battery 308 art. shelf. Killed in action on November 8, 1943. Buried southwest of 1 km. from the village of Snegiri, Dubrovinsky district, Mogilev region.